California mines and minerals . ers may be added to the force of miners. The miners are paidthree dollars per day; the helpers, shovelers and car men are paidtwo dollars and a half per day. In addition to these two shifts, acrew of ten timber men is also necessary, receiving three dollars perday. DEEP MINING AT THE UTICA 113 1 would have been glad to add data as to the cost of the excava-tion of the ore, but as I was not in possession of any official data, Ithought it would not be best to give an estimate without the Com-panies permission. For the opportunity to collect the informationwhich th


California mines and minerals . ers may be added to the force of miners. The miners are paidthree dollars per day; the helpers, shovelers and car men are paidtwo dollars and a half per day. In addition to these two shifts, acrew of ten timber men is also necessary, receiving three dollars perday. DEEP MINING AT THE UTICA 113 1 would have been glad to add data as to the cost of the excava-tion of the ore, but as I was not in possession of any official data, Ithought it would not be best to give an estimate without the Com-panies permission. For the opportunity to collect the informationwhich this paper contains, 1 am indebted to the kindness of Mr. , under whom I have worked for about two years, as well asduring the vacation periods of my Junior and Senior years at theUniversity of California. I am also indebted to Mr. C. D. Lane andMr. Alvinza Hayward, through whose courtesy not only 1, butseveral others in the College of Mines have been able to gain consider-able valuable experience in the mines at


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