Joplin High School - Joplimo Yearbook (Joplin, MO)

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llllnlrlla. Inralnsms rn the ,Hllmes nf the ,jjnplm Exsirxct X Joplln IS a great mlmng dlstrlct of Southwest MIQSOUPI Wh1Ch IS known all over Amerlca DISCUSSIONS of the methods of operatlon are 1n volumes and can be easlly obtalned In fact the vshole hlstory of Joplm mcludlng her great ab1l1t1es of produclng ore have been prlnted tlme and agaln but the locallsms used 1n the Joplln mmlng dlstrlct are famlllar to only a few people even of those who l1ve ln th1S d1str1ct The expresslons used by the workmg man of the mlnes are unfamlllar to the proprletors themselves lf they have not spent a great deal of tlme 1n the ground among the men whlle they are at work Locallsms are expresslons used ln one d1str1ct and unfamlllar to other dlstrlcts The expresslons of the Joplln mlners are dlfferent from those of other dlstrlcts and so may be termed locallsms The locallsms of whlch I am about to tell or1g1nated about thlrtv five years ago These expresslons are app11ed to lmplements Whlch were necessary 1n the mmers work when speaking to one another and have been used to thls day and probably w1ll be used as long as mlnes are operated ln thls dlstrlct mlners are more or less accustomed to speak among themselwes ln terms that Wlll baffle the lnexperlenced Workman who may come to the mlnes Also dlfferent factorles of the Unlted States manufacture tools under dlfferent names than are used here General terms are used In the Joplln mlnes that are used some other places but w1th a dlfferent mean1ng The bottom of the shaft IS the sump Gold Mlnmg and copper m1n1ng are two mlnlng lndustrles that do not possess a sump because the mlners usually start drlftlng IH the slde of a h1ll or mountaln Wh1l9 the Joplin shafts are all started from the surface of the earth and dug stralght towards the center of lt When the shaft IS dug to the depth deslred the bottom of the shaft IS or w1ll be the sump At the bottom of the shaft IQ a roughly made platform on whxch to land tubs from the top of the shaft or for settlng tubs to be holsted to the surface Th1s IS known as the doghouse There IS a doghouse or dressmg room on top of the ground If thls IS not modernly equlpped wlth shower baths and lockers the mlners call thlg a doghouse lnstead of a lockerroom The cuttlngs taken out of the drlll holes when drllllng IS a pasty hke form of pulverlzed rock and IS called muck The muck before belng taken from the drlll holes xs dampened wlth water because lf IH powder form It would be breathed by the men and Settllng on thelr lungs mlght cause the dlsease known as mlners consumptlon When drlftmg away from the shaft the farthest polnt ln any dlrec tlon IS known as the face The face usually contams ore mmerals and lf It does not It 1s abandoned and another drlft 1s started IH a dlfferent dlrectlon Near thls face the ore IS shot dovsn ln a kmd of wav so as to make two ledges one projectlng about twenty or thlrty feet nearer the shaft than the other These two ledges are known as the top stope and the bottom stope and other tlmes the opposlte The reason for th1s 1 because the d1rt IS more easlly handled I fn qi raw Q -,l. , I lmmll ll an. O O O Q O O 9 ll1L'.Xl.lJ I . l'l411'K. . V , . y . . . ! ,, . ,, . . . . . . .. , . , , . . o I u , q Y . . . 2 The reason for these localisms still being in use, is because the . .. , 9 K 9 ,. - , . .L . L ' 9 K , . . . , . K , - . A ,. 5 1 V 9 . . . .U FUR I' vvll