. Report of the Geological exploration of the fortieth parallel . urred, men having sometimesstepped into the shaft and fallen to the bottom. A case of this kind tookplace in the spring of 1868, when one of the attendants was pushing anempty car toward one of the compartments to await the arrival of the cagewhich was then below. Finding that the car was moving with too muchspeed he endeavored to check it, but without success, and in his attempts toprevent the car from falling into the shaft, held on to it so persistently thathe lost control of himself and fell in with it. The shops appertainin
. Report of the Geological exploration of the fortieth parallel . urred, men having sometimesstepped into the shaft and fallen to the bottom. A case of this kind tookplace in the spring of 1868, when one of the attendants was pushing anempty car toward one of the compartments to await the arrival of the cagewhich was then below. Finding that the car was moving with too muchspeed he endeavored to check it, but without success, and in his attempts toprevent the car from falling into the shaft, held on to it so persistently thathe lost control of himself and fell in with it. The shops appertaining to these works are amply provided with allnecessary facilities for the construction and repair of hoisting cages, cars,wheelbarrows, and similar machinery used in the mine ; and there aretimber-framing machines by means of which aU the timbers used under-ground are easily and cheaply prepared. The value of this estabhshment isplaced at $150,000 in the pubhshed statement of the assets of the company. r or TH£SAVAail MINE. Scair lie ,„,(l>,rilal,Xy. THE COMSTOOK MINES. 147 SECTION II. COST AND YIELD OF OEES. The general costs of mining on the Comstock lode are very large, owingchiefly to the high price of labor, and, further, to the great cost of such mate-rials as timber, lumber, and fuel, of which the consumption is is generally paid by the day or month, the contract system not beingin great favor. Wages vary from $3 50 to $6 per day, in coin. Commonlaborers, wood passers, carmen, &c., obtain $3 50 to $4; miners, $4; head-miners, $6; carpenters, smiths, engine drivers, and other mechanics, $5 to$6, and in some cases more. Mateeials Consumed.—The cost and consumption of materials may beindicated by the following statements, taken from the reports of the SavageMining Company, showing the quantity and value of the various materialsused at their mine during two years past. Of the chief items, timber,lumber, and fuel, the former costs about $30 per th
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