The canadian magazine of politics, science, art and literature, November 1910-April 1911 . nd, todetermine the truth, he decided tovisit the claims in the guise of aprospector. Unknown to anybodyat the Anaconda, he siently departedfrom that Daly town one night and,with pack on back, actually tramped1,200 miles, re-entered the Similka-meen, mixed with the men of thehills, heard what they had to sayabout the Nicl-el Plate and obtained only expenditure had been the smallcost of recording. When Eodgersfinally decided that he had what hewanted, he paid the two men $60,-000, a princely reward for a
The canadian magazine of politics, science, art and literature, November 1910-April 1911 . nd, todetermine the truth, he decided tovisit the claims in the guise of aprospector. Unknown to anybodyat the Anaconda, he siently departedfrom that Daly town one night and,with pack on back, actually tramped1,200 miles, re-entered the Similka-meen, mixed with the men of thehills, heard what they had to sayabout the Nicl-el Plate and obtained only expenditure had been the smallcost of recording. When Eodgersfinally decided that he had what hewanted, he paid the two men $60,-000, a princely reward for a few yearsspent in the hills. Two companies were formed — theYale iNIining Company, to develop theclaims, and the Daly Reduction Com-pany, to treat the ores. The formeracquired twenty-five claims, but de-voted most of its attention to theNicli-el Plate and the Sunny side. Thereduction company put in a forty-stamp mill, the first in the Similka-meen, and a cyanide plant. Thesewere in the valley below the capacity of the mill was a month. For the waterpower to nm mine. UPPER TERMINAL OF INCLINE AND END OF TRAJIWAY AT HEDLEV MINE samples that he himself broke fromthe ore body. Back to Anaconda he went, and as-says told the same glad story. Thegreat search upon which Daly hadstarted Rodgers—perhaps the mostremarkable hunt in the history ofmining—was ended. As a precaution-ary measure, however, the NickelPlate, SnnnTjside, Horsefly, and Cop-perfield claims were merely- bonded:that is to say, a small sum was paiddown on them with the understandingthat if the property turned out wellthe full arnount agreed upon wouldbe paid, either in cash or claims named were practicallyvirgin. Wollaston and Arundel, theowners, had not done any work uponthem worth mentioninsr, and their and mill a wonderful flume, tlueemiles long, was built. A marvellouselectric tramline, one and one-halfmiles long, w-as constructed to carrythe ore from the mine to the tipplea
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