Show k manager J sullivan of the raymond nine spent the week at bait lake president dubo s and manager amsden were at the yankee cons mine wed nedday and thursday frank higson has tented the bullion beck assay office besides doing the as saying for thie company he will devote a el are of hia time to custom v ork ef because 0 a break i the machinery I 1 the work waa suspend d at tl e centen mal nune monday afternoon the damage was repaired that night the night ehilt going on aa usual i s james crooks drovet over to the ba emch property in north gennea jay and together with E ehard aon and adams of sl ake made an in ejection of the u derio und showing at sabe mine joseph Oben dorer came it from salt lake monday night d in company with joseph hannifin visited the little hief property mr said that the extent of the decint str ke bould not be determined for some time x wm was in this jh from his property prop eity in gg the enokson district and ports the 1 ground as showing p exceptionally well under the present dev elopement t work the shaft chic I 1 is now down 70 feet will be pat docu to the foot wl t the tribune of february ft that there ie a poss ability of ahe b g eure ka hill mill at this place go n into mibs on again manager fox saya that or the ore marketed during the bedr cloning february wes re in addition to this there is now 10 worth of ore on ahe surface wait ing for a better price on balver superintendent et the gemini mine is now sending out about tons of ore daily from the third class dump in addition to the high grade output the mine there is boat tons of this third class ore on the dump aad if the returns aie satie factory the entire dump may be placed upon the market the shareholders of the old colony I areka company met in annual session lake tuesday and elected officers p forche ensuing year as fol juas H president P J secretary W Johns treasurer the remaining director beina J C sullivan the property u not being dorbad at the present time increase in wages the pay of machine men and duckers muckers at the gemini mine was increased this week 25 cents per day making the for mer 3 00 per day and the latter 2 25 the change took effect on the alist of of the month an i was a pleasant surprise to the employees of the company coming as a voluntary increase at the hands of the company bupt supt Me Chrystal said that some of the other companies were paying this scale and that he did hot wish the employees of his company to work for less than they could earn some where else about one hundred men are now on the pay roll of the gemini of interest to mining and sei press when driving drift it should be cut the the full size it is intended to have it there is no economy in orating a small drift and subsequently enlarging it the same applies to shafts and all other mine cuttings excepting which should be worked in blocks LEAD in lead mines is due to the miners inhaling the dast in the mine workings caused by drilling shoy eling tte oases of this kind occur in where ate oxidized carbonates sulphides sulp hides oxides etc adf is seldom headd of in mines producing galead unless the men drink the water in the nine which may contain various mineral sails detrimental to health though the water may be cold and perfectly clear aid pin sant to the taste arsenic i often present in mine water |