The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-05-02
BIG LEASES
PROGRESS

The Stindt and Donohue and the Big
Five leases were visited by w. A. How ,
ard representing the United States
Smelling Company. Charles Stindt. one
OF the principals. and the Record re-
oorter, yesterday morning.
There was the indescribable charm
of morning on the desert; the trans
parency of the air. wrapping one ten
5arIy. the occasional Hover. in its
nroper setting of single solitude, blaz-
ing like a rare and beautiful gem OF
matchless quality; the soft and silvery
sage: and, bordering the road. stretch
ing bare and whitely like a satin ribbon
across the country. there were the fra
grant cedars. And IL was good to see
The city worker. chained most times to
office confines. eXpanding-to the clear
environment and gazing with boys
delight at the deserts charms.
Al the leases the work has settled
into more regular routine, with the
ringing of the anvil threading through
the explosions of the gasoline hoist,
and underlying these sharp sounds
there was the broader. softer humming
OF steady work.
William H. Pitts, who ordinarily is a
pattern in neatness of attire. was found
Immersed in perspiration, grease and
CRIME as he labored with the setting OF
the new hoist. Cy Thomas piled the
air of a master mechanic to machinery
born. Boy Bowling, not Maurice Bowl
ing, but the boy who delights in high
rafters and cheerful work, was up IN
the gallows frame boiling on the boxes
for The sheave wheel and singing of
some lazy niger. Engineer Carman
na ggoSS gsdSy stop in
happy work to cast dark and gloomy
glances at the discarded windlass
Which bent and unbent him frequently
during the last few weeks. That wind
lass ought to be insured.
The magnetic pile of ore drew the
ard, picking up piece of the Big Five
Stir sfindt esi Tse Seh first U ear shipped to ye'
contained this same material" Th'
boyish greetings that are part and par
eel of the desert! Compare them t
the careful coldness chilling SO man:
city sTsr osss Mossea R Re ths ea"s brought aneM
answering smile that so helps bust
ness. For mining is business, not
romance. 80
there Is the evidence of the soundes
common sense. Nothing fancy ana n
frills; service, use and work; ore; sim
ple structures serving best the quic
development of whatever resource ma
underlie this mining section. The n nea
new sheds OF corrugated iron GOVERN
bright and brilliant red to the sobt
colors But. alas, the sheds are crue \
open onthe sides. which makes tai
ing ing rest nve oecasionally llI is relished by Ii
From the Stindt and Donohue lea'
the ore Is DelnS nOisteu III the ~
skin busily running up and down u
shaft and dumping into. a surface ca
II is now possible 70 hoist any M n.
terial quickly, and TINS materlal q
ha serted and emptied into the prop
bin or run to waste. And, compared
the Shipments of ore, the waste dun a
Robbins rested, so he claimed, but
hack was bent and the ore was movi
as he sorted. Asked about the ore;
said thai this was one of the on ia
and the ore was not looking up
standard, but tomorrow it would be
again. Down into the shaft went I
smelter mans white collar as
sought the ore down in its native la
Evidently the trip was well wol
while, as he chatted of the show
UPON emerging to the surface or I
ground The orebin at the Stindt a
Donohue lease was filled and one
the ore teams was taking on 10
luckily for the orebin, which was
ing more than filled Thus mans We
progresses, as it should