WAGES
In the mill
site everything is made
with hand
steel no
compressors, jack
hammers
we feed the mill
one man turning
the steel another
swinging the hammer
In the mill
site we call a shift
producing
six tons of ore
the leach tank emptied
by shovel
scoops and wheelbarrows
Eight hours’ work is fifty
cents an hour
Twenty-four dollars
a week. The ore
worth $1,200
in today's prices