Show mechanical MINE MUCKING 1 in the last issue of the mining review an article explained how the management of the standard mining company had improvised a mechanical mucking devise that had proven adequate to relieving inconvenience by the lack of men to shovel ore in the mine in this particular case the use of a scraper a piece of wire rope and a small donkey engine manned by two mine employ employees eeE had been doing the work of a dozen regular muckers duckers muc kers at a fraction of the cost it seems that the problem is one that has been calling for attention for some time past and the probabilities are that a number of men of inventive bent of mind are working on schemes that will sooner or later revolutionize lut ionize present methods of mining and handling ores already one man has perfected a mechanical mucking machine that is said to be attracting much attention among mining machinery builders A california exchange has this to say about the new devise it looks as if the muckers muc keis kers days are numbered howard dennis who has been engaged in gold mining in grass valley cal being em by one of the largest operating companies in the state has developed his mechanical mucking machine to a point where it has attracted the attention of eastern makers of mining machinery the machine is known as the dennis and is a device mounted on wheels vh eels built to operate on the surface or underground der ground the had its origin in the mind of air fr dennis about two years ago when lie he was in charge of building a dam foi the empire mining company the principle ile of the w was as laid before george starr the managing director who was so favorably impressed with its possibilities that lie he made arrangements for a completed machine to be built in the company machine shops under the supervision of mr fr dennis certain it is that if men can not be hired to do the work mechanical devices will have to be relied upon to a great extent to fill the vacancies |