Show A lii lightning aning nia machine chine drill A colfax washington 0 correspondent of the spokesman review says 11 W W waite of colfax has as perfected and secured on i a aw new kind of machine drill for mining and all kinds of work requiring drilling 11 in rock the tha machine chine is operated by one man who simply turns a crank which revolves a wheel to which is attached four 4 pound hammers mers which i strike the drill with terrific force each nov blow being harder than ahat that struck by a man man the machine which was nasr invented and manufactured in colfax being beina made at carley brothers foundry was on exhibition hibi tion here today and attracted great interest the correspondent turned the crank while mr carley timed the strikes and found that by turning it at a moderate rate blows are struck by the hammers in one minute this is said to be the work of eight able bodied men the machine works so easily a boy can turn it with ease A number of mining men who witnessed the exhibition say it will revolutionize manint mining 1 and greatly lessen the present cost of drilling and will make many low grade properties profitable mines the machine is made entirely of iron and weighs but pounds mr waite has been at work on it for several months but did not announce it to the public until today when he received the information that his application for patent had been received and that the device has never before been patented I 1 been made and it has been found that as a I 1 general thing a miner will now do as much i work in eight hours as he formerly did in I 1 ten the system has had a tendency of weeding out weak men and lazy men so that now employment is only given to first class miners a change that is at least bene beneficial f acial to mine owners as an incompetent workman is dear at any price |