El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-05

/ in my meals with the men. They are
OF a delicious flavor, and iuicier and
sweeter than those raised out in the
open
Millionaire Owner Lives Plainly.
The principal camp of the Boyle con-
cessions is al Boyle creek. This is in
the heart Of the klondike valley. about
eight miles from Dawson and not far
. from the center of the great gold ter
ritory for which Bowie has the cOnceS-
sion II was here Nj Boyle began his
first work of getting the gold out OF
the earth, and here today are his offices
and the little cottage that forms his
log cabin. As time went on he built
bigger cabin. and then this cottage.
which is heated by steam and lighted
by electricity. To lock at IL you would
not suppose il the dwelling of a mil
lionaire miner II J. as plain its
owner. and although there are Kitchen
arrangements connected with Il, the
family and guests usually take their
meals in the messrt ems at the same
time as those Of the men,
Dredging Delays Cost 500 Hour.
Mr. Boyle'S camps rave the same sOr-
OF supplies as those of the Guggen-
helms. with all kinds OF machinery to
prevent any delay in the dredging
Each of his dredges cost in the neigh
borhood OF half million dollars. an1
il is estimated that every minute
son results in a loss of gold 10 the
amount of s1S4 This means more
than 800 an hour
Everything connected with the gold
working going on in the Klondike Is
run just as carefully as a great modern
factory. Cost sheets are kept. and the
operation OF the property Is based upon
the maximum efficiency of both men
and machines Mr.. Boyle's dredges
have worked for weeks at more than
81 per cent OF their capacity They are
run throughout the seasons, which lasts
from May until the latter part OF No
vember. with a loss OF less than 10 per
cent in stoppaEes of any kind. Thev
never put in less thar - hours out %
the q, and they 20 On day and night
Sundays and week days until they are
closed by the coolest of the winter
months.
Last year some dredging was don-
late in December and this year in the !
middle of January WREN the thermom-
eter was 80 degrees below zero
Boyle's biggest dredge was diCginS as ?
usual The dredge vas steam heated I
and the men were IS comfortable s
hoard ship at any time of the yea-.
dredges have worked for six DAYS OF /.
the week and lost only 20 minutes I
day during that time When il Is re- &
membered that single dredCe takes J
W gold to the amount Of $1,000 a dav.
and sometimes 10 $4,000 and upward. 1
you viii see how important is the 3
length OF the season, and that the g.
dredges lose no tine by breaks or /
other conditions.
Invention Keeps BiE Plant Running. I
And this brings me TO another Of the J
new wonders of civil engineering in the J
far north II Is the invention OF Joe ,
Boyle. by which ne keeps his biz hydro .
electric plant running throughout the 4
winter. and that notwithstanding the /
temperature a times falls to 20 degrees .
below zero It IS so cold here in the
winter that If You should attempt to .
run spraying machine such a s is used {
in an orchard the wafer would turn 10
snow before il fell % the ground. The !
THERMOMETERS keeps down to zero. SO far g.
below that. for the most Of the winter. .
and after the cold weather sets I'm the ]
land is ice locked until spring Some OF
the streams nave seven feet Of ice over .
them and many IT, eZe solid NeVerthe- {
less. MI. BOYLE has been able TO turn q .
branch of the Klondil1e river into a :
great ditch six miles IN length and drop
IL down upon turbines with n fall that
would create electricity to the extent Of 4
10000 horsepower DAY In and DAY out
the year through The amount Do, rs
actually using is only 5000 Horsepower. g.
but the equipment is such that n could /
be easily increased by the adding Of
unit<
Makes Natural ThermoS Bottle.
There are many electric plants Of
this kind in the world. but more which ]
is moved by water in such temnera-
lures as freeze the soil and gravel
everywhere to seven feet deep. or
where the rivers run above strata %
perpetual ice. How q d Joe Boyle solve
the problem lie cid il by marrying
the common horse seLse for which ne
s noted to his genius for practical in
Tention- He knew that the waters Of
The Yukon and the Klondike flow un-
Ter the ice all winter long and that
here is space between the water and
he ice overhead
Mr. Boyle concludes that It was this
lead air space that Kept the running
water from freezing Il was on the
principle OF the thermos bottle. The
lnly thing necessary was. to make ma
ure furnish the bottle This Joe BOYLE (
iOes- He fills his ditch to the top and
flows nature to freeze a sheet Of ice
foot or SO thick upon IL. He the1
irops the water for q depth Of two feet
md has still a running stream or four
Get OF more further down The dead I
iir space above keeps off most Of the
rOst. and in order a. add to the heat }
le instals electric heaters in the he'd
# the stream. which aid in keeping the
water from freezing These heaters
ZACH represent units equalinC about
me hundred horse power There are Z
few o. them in the six
niles of ditch They do not raise the
temperature of the water. but they aid |
n holding il just whore it is. II is the
same water falling that furnishes the
electricity Indeed. the water warns
Itself II makes me think Of a man