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had three good men, energetic and interested, at mine 

 at head of incline, and at mill, instead of being com- 

 pelled to do all I have to do myself. There is not a 

 thing, down to seeing that cars get unloaded when they 

 come here with materials, which I don't have to look 

 after myself, and some days I am in utter despair. I 

 don't wonder mines don't pay, for the people up here 

 care very little whether they do or not as long as they 

 keep going." 



By the end of September the two Ball stamps were 

 set up in the Calumet Mill, and a successful trial shed a 

 ray of sunshine on the situation. 



TO Q. A. SHAW 



Sept. 25, 1867. 



At last ! Trial made this afternoon of one head suc- 

 cessfully. Everything seems to be working well and I 

 really believe we have made more copper in that time, 

 we have run about one hour, than whole mill if running 

 by rollers will. It is pleasant to see machinery go off 

 from the start — no hitches, nothing out of the way, 

 and by October 1 this head will be hammering away 

 day and night and not stop again. About half the 

 stockholders up here were out to see the machine start 

 and mill was quite well filled. I am sure if they all 

 felt as much relieved as your humble servant over its 

 working well, they must have felt well. Now it remains 

 to be seen what can be done by incline : I say 60-70 

 tons ; all others say 75-85. We will say 65 ; that would 

 give us at 5 per cent for 24 days per month, 144 tons 

 ingot, say 150 tons ingot per month. I think we should 

 live up to that. If we do, by January 1 we ought to 



