This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 Excerpt: ...91.00 Iron 23.85 Lumber 37-39 Oil 25.27 Waste 90 Total for 8,875 carloads $1,984.92 When washed, these 8,875 carloads yielded 7,633 tons of ore. In 1902 during a month of 201 hrs. the two shovels dug 10,703 carloads, at the following cost: Excavating, wages $533.41 Hauling, wages 250.40 Drilling, 812 ft., at / ct 32.48 ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 Excerpt: ...91.00 Iron 23.85 Lumber 37-39 Oil 25.27 Waste 90 Total for 8,875 carloads $1,984.92 When washed, these 8,875 carloads yielded 7,633 tons of ore. In 1902 during a month of 201 hrs. the two shovels dug 10,703 carloads, at the following cost: Excavating, wages $533.41 Hauling, wages 250.40 Drilling, 812 ft., at / ct 32.48 Explosives 97-37 Dumping 194-99 Blacksmith work 84.11 Carpenter" 56-40 Repair" 137-28 Track" 185.10 Extra (night) labor 73-3 Renewal and repair supplies 182.46 Fuel 247.40 Iron, $24.60; lumber, $29.23 53.83 Oil, $28.40; waste, $2.28 30.68 Total for 10,703 carloads $2,159.21 When washed these 10,703 carloads yielded 7,573 tons of ore. Wages of shovel crew are: 1 shovel engineer, $3; 1 craneman, $2; 1 fireman, $1.25; 4 laborers at $1; 2 dinkey engineers at $1.75; y2 superintendant at $5. There were no firemen nor brakemen on the trains. Grade from shovel to dump, 2 per cent. in favor of loaded trains. The best day's work with one shovel was Jan. 30, 1903. The work was in a side-cut, 25 ft. high and cost as follows: Excavating (441 carloads), wages $12.75 Hauling (400 ft. one way), wages 3.50 Drilling 23 ft. at 4 cts 92 Explosives 1.66 Dumping 4-5 Trackwork 18.00 Blacksmith work 3.08 Repair work 5.15 Carpenter work 3.00 Coal at $4.50 ton 5.45 Iron and lumber 3.00 Waste 83 Total for 441 carloads $61.84 When washed these 441 carloads yielded 450 tons of ore. For the sake of comparison the following hand work in this ore will be interesting: Loaders received 8 cts. per cu. yd. and earned $1.25 to $2 a day; common laborers received 10 cts. per hr. In a month of 235 working hours, with a haul of 800 ft. (one way), 600 ft. being a mule haul and 200 ft. by gravity, in a material not as hard as hardpan, and working to a face 16 ft. high, ...
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