Show DEXTER DEXT AFFAIRS Manager Maager Legg Gives Give a Little Lite Inter Interesting Iter Interesting esting History A recent recant item iem regarding the te decreased output of the Dexter Dester De ter in February as compared compe with the mines production under uder Manager Leggs predecessor was vas shown hown to Mr Legg by a Tuscarora reporter the other day dayan and an that paper in a ii a long article artcle quotes quote Mr Legg on conditions prevailing at atthe atthe the he mine when he assumed charge and for the he benefit befit of all concerned his statement statement is Js given give frt It is i less les than th three thre months since I assumed aume the management of the he property I found foun the physical condi condition condition tion ton of f the mine and mill mi deplorable particularly that of f the mine It I had reached a condition when hen a considerable amount of f dead ded work had to be done to tout put ut the property in position pos on both on n the he surface and below to undertake de development work and for the purpose of f economizing in i j the te and handling of ore In the past pat two months moths stations have beep been put in the te shaft which pos per possessed ps none before which had bad id been abandoned or had become danger dangerous ous ou have been ben or are ar being beng timbered and put in condition for foi future opera operations operations operations development work which had ad lapsed lap Rot not one man b being ing employed in prospecting new ground gout at It the time of my arrival has been resumed quite quie ex ox extensively e The work of f repairs repair and im improvements imprOvements pr will wl be practically e ed d by April 1 and we e will wi from fm now on be able to mine ore that to ta the ar up te pros pres present ent time we have been ben excluded exclude from fromon on account of conditions prevailing un underground underground Asked Aked if jf the lack of power was not nt in a great geat measure responsible for the e edere decreased dere output Mr 1 Legg replied Yes Yea Ye until the past part few days the tIle dee elec electric ele tic power has a been be p so low caused by b scarcity of water that tt the te mill mi at no notime notime II time could cold be run to t its Is full capacity aral aud aD to fifteen we have and frequently twenty stamps been reduced i iI I 1 |