. Transactions. Dry Kdciin, i\c)i. being treated in the furnaces. The grade to Trail is very steep, anda specially constructed and very powerful stay locomotive is used onthe route. OUPUT OF THE MINES. For the six months ending June t^o the output has been as follows: January-June, 1897 30,008 tons 1898 1899 66,576 u>oo 72,080 • I90I 204,500 478 The Canadian Mining Institute. The output for the first six months of 1901 was divided as follows : Le Roi 104,298 Le Roi No. 2 20,270 Centre Star 51,918 War Eagle i9>o5o Great Western 8,058 Iron Mask 2,233 189 Monte Cristo 20 Sp
. Transactions. Dry Kdciin, i\c)i. being treated in the furnaces. The grade to Trail is very steep, anda specially constructed and very powerful stay locomotive is used onthe route. OUPUT OF THE MINES. For the six months ending June t^o the output has been as follows: January-June, 1897 30,008 tons 1898 1899 66,576 u>oo 72,080 • I90I 204,500 478 The Canadian Mining Institute. The output for the first six months of 1901 was divided as follows : Le Roi 104,298 Le Roi No. 2 20,270 Centre Star 51,918 War Eagle i9>o5o Great Western 8,058 Iron Mask 2,233 189 Monte Cristo 20 Spitzee 80 Velvet 586 Evening Star 74 LABOR CONDITIONS. Rossland is a union town, the local miners union being a branchof the AVestern Federation of Miners. The scale of wages for theleading positions has been :. Dry Room, Centre Star. I Mi?iing in the Rossland District. 479 Shift boss $500 Shaft men $4 00 Machine men $3-5o Timber men $ to $ Shovellers and car men $ Carpenters $350 Machinists. $ Blacksmiths $ Blacksmiths helpers $3-oo Hoisting Engineers $3 00 to $ Powder and tool $ Surface laborers $ Machine men, however, usually work by contract, and are paidaccording to the total length of holes drilled. Contracts are are fixed and contracts let at the beginning of each men are provided with a box of tools and a two compartmentbox for dull and sharp steel. Better wages are usually made by thismethod, the average being from $ to $ In most cases it ismore satisfactory to the employer.
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