The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-03-01
AaSELF DUMPING HOIST
BUCKET AND INVENTORS
r. NJ BELL RECALLS ClRcUM-
STANCES IN CONNECTION
WITH PATENT.

The Engineering and Mining Jour
nal-Press of February II contains
letter from Robert n. Bell, for many
years mine inspector for the state of
Idaho. now residing in Boise. in which
he recalls the invention of a self
dumping bucket by men for years
prominent in the mining industry of
this district two of whom are now
dead. Mr.. Bells letter is interesting
to many Occur d'Alenels and is here
reproduced:
Bucket of Great Merit
81 have been interested in reading
the description of the standard hoist
ing and self-dumping bucket by G.
Cleveland Taylor in your issue OF
December 30. l happen to have been
connected with the development OF
this device to slight degree. and
hold it in such high appreciation as
safe and economical sinking bucket
that l am glad to add little to the
history of its development and fully
indorse all the good things that have
been said about it, as it is life-sav
ing device compared to the old form
of loose crosshead swinging and
spinning bucket and cumbersome
trap door arrangement.
This device in its original form
was used at Neihart, Mont by Fred
Bergen prior to 1900 Mr. Bergen
came to the Occur d'Alenes about
that time and was noted practical
operator in that district. He was
successfully foreman or superintend
ent at the following mines during my
sixteen years as mine inspector for
Idaho: Tiger oorman, Standard
Mammoth. Morning, Hypotheek and
Marsh Mining company. While at
the Standard Mammoth he introduc-
ed the idea to Captain k. IL. PascOe,
then superintendent Of that property
who had quick appreciation Of such
things and was noted Underground
operator himself 1t was developed
jointly by Captain Pascoe. Mr. Ber-
gen and William j. Hall, who vas as
sistant general manager for the Fed
eral Mining & Smelling company and
a keen student of mechanical and
business details. These three men in
1909 patented the device IN the Unit
cd States and all important foreign
countries as the Standard hosting
bucket
Mr. Hall for the last tour years
has been commissioner If public
works for Idaho with headquarters at
Boise. He and the widows OF his two
former partners still own the patent
the exploitation of which has never
been pushed, because of lack of means
to advertise it properly.
First Used in Standard Mine.
The first application of this device
was in the Standard shaft at Mace,
Idaho where it was built in the ma
chine shops at that mine. The cross
head was strengthened and equipped
with tension spring and safely
clutches at my suggestion. | describ
ed and illustrated this equipment IN
my annual report for 1907 from draw
ings furnished me by Rush J. White,
then chief engineer of the Federal
Mining company and still prOmin-
emit consulting and operating engineer
at Wallace, Idaho.
Captain Pascoe was killed in
5nowslide which occurred during the
night while he was asleep in his bed
At home in Canyon creek, just above
he Standard mine during the winter
If 1910. An interesting incident of
Captain Pascoe's work at the Stand
ard was the Strengthening of the 5000
DOT compartment vertical shaft in
is middle section through a 150-fOot
section of heavy ground, where it had
got foot out OF line. This he ac-
without checking the nor
nal production of the shaft of 1000
ons of ore a day The timbering was
eplaced two sets at a time, on the
graveyard shift
Mr.. Bergen lost his life in 1920 in
he Russell litigation shaft of the
Marsh mine by disturbing a pocket Of
nonoxide gas that had resulted from
/ burnt hole on the previous shift
While he was engaged in lowering the
Jump a few minutes before the NOR
ling shift went to work.
1.-THE Standard hosting bucket has
zen used in deepening most of the
zig vertical shafts in the Occur
rAlenes since its invention am
amiliar with many kinds of hosting
but believe the Standard
,ucket is the safest and most eff
lent device of it's kind that has yet
,een invented. 1t is inexpensive and
afe and simple in operation; it will
lump wet muck. and would be adapt
BILE as a small skip hosting plant
With a bottom ore pocket for shallow
critical shaft work, such as the short
ived unit operations found in the ex-
ensive southwest Missouri and Okla
IONA district where the hooker could
lave a much safer position to start
lis loads from, and the can men, in
N aoffxya orarnffor xy01f1d NOT have