Show I 1 IN BONANZA DAYS whan evha apse qa slope balne bit sp jot gt laic hie pay times have changed ou on the western slope of the rocky mountains since the day when philip Dides heimer beimer then superintendent of the ophir mine bought a sealskin overcoat and paid 1000 for it financial darkness has getrued on the region where at one time men holding positions similar to the one named drew all the way from 1000 to 1 salary per month then nobody was more prosperous than the men who dug gold and silver from the ground in nevada but now the summit of mount davidson is occupied by the I 1 lean spirit of economy salaries must be bb slashed and all other expenses reduced says the francisco call when mr Dides heimer beimer was bossing b 0 asing operations at virginia city he was paid from 1500 to 2000 a month for his services and lic he like the other superintendents intended D ts could afford to spend lavishly one of the first superintendents mr P palmer a imer who had charge of ophir had Q d an annual salary galary of f for r several beveral years and none of t them hem received less than 1000 a month the te other day the salary of superintendent renting kenting 0 of f the savage ravage mine who is one of the th e oldest and most experienced mir iria men on the coast was cut down from aioo to 52 00 a month and the other superintendents ten dents tg will naturally have to come to the same terms william II if patton who was superintendent of consolidated virginia and a few other mines received altogether from 1250 to sl 1 I a mouth month for years charles strong of the gould curry hank smith of the belcher mr biston Os who was employed by the gould curry and other men long enjoyed a salary of a year when the big gould curry mill was built the company gave mr strong a present of a as a an extra mark of appreciation for his services as superintendent that mill was another example of the free manner in which cashwan cash was disbursed when the glory of the mines was at its height over eighty mills were running around virginia city at that time the year 1 and when 1 they hey t first began the charge they made was 30 a ton there was a sudden drop to 15 a ton before long and then i gradually the price came down 31 a ton at a time until the present rate of so G a ton 7 a ton in some mills was reached even this rate is deemed too high now on account of the depressed condition of the mines and the mine managers sa say 7 that it must be reduced |