Show 4V > V SILVERREEF V jI j I J 1 I I New Years Ttfe Barbee land Walker J SILVER REEF Jan 1st 1882 Editors Herald I wish you and your readers all A happy New Year The want of a pay day has no doubt spoiled the happy of the New Year for many of the little ones and others generally here And yet the sun shines out warm the mercury marking 73 ° F in the shade at S oclock here today Last night at 12 some happy New Year fellow climbed the pillar upon which the fine bell is hoisted and merrily rang out the old and in the new to the great alarm of all the denizens of the camp who however quickly recovered on learning learn-ing the facts It is very quiet today and would not have been recognized as a holiday holi-day but for olin Casadys usual holiday cavalcade the boys carriage ride with sound of trumpet and horn fro eacbin happy Pandamon ium music The gentlemanly manager of the Barbee and Walker Mr W Jd Nesbit being interviewed has given me the following facts and figures in regard to that property Since June 5th the average number of men employed has been thirtyfive for all work average monthly product pro-duct of ore l4iy tons average value of ore 26 per ton The mine is working up to its capacty and the mine never looked better The aggregate ag-gregate length of the shafts sand s-and drifts in the mine worked generally gen-erally through solid rockis 1500 besides the main inclines By proper business in August the property prop-erty has been recovered from an incubus in-cubus of debt through the agency of the bad management of 1B80 ad is now on a splendid financial footing foot-ing Yours J |