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Show A Handy Profession f . i v 1 . J I : . : : ': .: : . 5 : , . . ;,-:- v :: : 5; i " ' fss A 5 M ? : it 1-:' (:f:. ? !f iM . . ' ,.:seMmyVi Tliis is the story of the man that harvests the wealth o mother earth Mr. Miner. He is the man who daily puts on rough clothes and goes down into depths of the earth in Utah's deep mines to drill the holes and tamp in the dynamite and muck out the ore that pays the wages, the transportation trans-portation costs, smelting costs, power bills, taxes and all of the many items which go to make the operation of a mine successful. Mr. Miner is interested in these costs, for he knows that if the total of them gets too big, the operator will be forced to shut down the mine and he will be forced to join the swollen ranks of the job-hunter. job-hunter. Mr. Miner also knows that the lower the cost of operating operat-ing a mine becomes, that a lower grade ore can be mined and the chances of lengthening the life of his job are better. Mr. Miner has a good job, responsible respon-sible job and he likes it. He knows that the operator and their stockholders stock-holders have invested thousands of dollars to make his work possible. His work requires skill and experience. experi-ence. ' Mining is a vigorous, hardy profession and it requires stamina, courage and alertness in case of emergency. Mr. Miner may start In his profession pro-fession as a mucker; most miners do. His job is to go into the stopes and load the muck, which is the miners name for blasted ore. He may operate an air-driven machine built for mucking in place of the shovel. Mucking machines are used wherever possible in Utah mines. He has opportunity for advancement advance-ment to the jobs of miner, timber-man, timber-man, foreman or higher. If he is dependable and alert he might become be-come a eager, which is something like an elevator operator, or a hoist-man and spend his working hours at ihe control of a giant machine ma-chine which lifts and lowers the cages and ore-skips in the deep shaft. Salaried jobs also are open to Mr. Miner. Many now hold posi-tions posi-tions of superintendent, shop bosses, mill foremen and so forth, after starting as muckers. Mr. Miner is not unlike the rest of us. "Work is only a part of his daily routine. He has his home and family, his hobbies and re-, creation. His object, like the rest of us, is work to support these things. |