The Mine That Waits on New York
Rich ore was struck at the Conquest, but the pumps stay idle and the men stay home until eastern stockholders cable back their instructions.
Work at the Conquest mine is at a standstill, awaiting word from the New York stockholders of the company. The New York interests have been notified as to the recent strikes on the property, but instructions from them as to carrying on the work have not been received. Supt. DeCamp has recommended pumping out the lower level and starting work there, about 175 feet lower than the place where the rich ore was encountered.
“The New York interests have been notified as to the recent strikes on the property, but instructions from them as to carrying on the work have not been received.”
A strike of rich ore should have meant paydays for Newport miners — instead the whole operation froze while absentee owners in New York decided what to do. It is the same story told across the rural West today: a resource bonanza, a distant boardroom, and a local workforce left waiting on a decision made a continent away.
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