[D0014AAW], Letter from Thomas Alva Edison to Henry Reese Hoyt, October 22nd, 1900
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Henry R Hoyt. Ans. Oct. 22–1900 Yours of Oct 18 recd = Mr Burns sunk no shafts under my instructions – [You say]Mr Burns[illegible struck through text] My last instructions to Messrs Chapman & Miller will with the least expense prove up the property & prove it up quickly if you do not give Mr Burns any instructions which will interfere with them -Of courseThere is no use for me to go there untilmore toI get some more data, I Can't see in the ground any further than others = You say that Burns states new shafts are outside the area examined by him & which we will probably not work I am pleased to learn this, which shows may instructions are being carried out, & as I have instructed them only to assay holes at present without milling we shall soon define the area of the good gravel — [Yours TAE] Report of shaft No 9 Saved 94.5% Value of Material Excavated 25.9 cents cubic yard or 12.7 cents per ton Shaft No 15 gave 3.18 cents per ton