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~ We come to Cloversplint/mine. This is one of the newer mining camps
A and is above the average. Remember, we are traveling the righthhnd side of- I
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~~sf&@man;,wrmnhee~-pw#w§§?*5-. H.T.Graham, general manager of this property,
takes us around the camp. It is modern in every respect. Latest equipment
gives the mine a capacity of 40,000 tons a month and furnishes employment to
between 275 and 500 men. 4
There is a water system as good as will be found in many cities.
A huge tank on a hillside above the minajtown sends water to every home and
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provides fire protection at éeghla intervals along the stree s. , sewage
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system, street lights, well-plastered housesbpre not always associated with J
pictures of "typical"mining campso A nine months school employs three teach-  
ers for the l75 children in daily attendance. A church provides the religious%
background. The average daily wage at this company, exclusive of superin-
tendence and office, is $4.65, according to Mr.Graham. The company has work- y
ed out a savings account plan with one of the Harlan banks whereby men who p
save a part of their money during good times have it increased by payments é
V by the company when times are slack.These payments reach a maximum of $25 v
on $l00 deposited by the worker, plus interest drawn from the bank on the 1
savings. Whilexthixzmina _
While this mine is above the average there are others better oper-
ated in the Harlan fields.Men in most mines are allowed advances of $1 a day
T when times are bad. That may not be much when half a dozen moumths must be j
. fed but it is better than being dropped from the payroll in a wholesale cute
off of employes as occurs in cities throughout the country. One mine,daning p
I was told, had an overdraft of $10,000 during the month of June this year,
has a result of these advances to employes. Hundreds of families ace being
cared for by the operators where there is no wage—yearner in the camp. The
n men who run Harlan's mines.are not the tyrants pictured by special writers
who rush in, obtain a distorted view of conditions and then.rush out to give