Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 January 1920 — HOT COFFEE FOR MINERS [ARTICLE]

HOT COFFEE FOR MINERS

Home Demonstration Aoent In Arizona ©_ Fh sin mesa oOIVM rivDicm, “Can you suggest some feasible way of supplying the m«n who are working in our mines with hot coffee at least once during their working hours?” the head of the welfare det partment of a large mining company, located in - county, Arizona, asked the home demonstration agent of that county. He desired an arrangement whereby the men coqld be supplied at the shafts of the mines with a hot drink to supplement their cold lunches. The home demonstration agent visited eight shafts with the foreman of the mines to observe conditions. Before making suggestions she also made an investigation of the character of lunch which was carried by the miners. She found that many take none at all. Of the 1,020 men who carried their lunches, only 61 bad bottles which keep liquids hot. The rest ate an entirely cold mfal at noon. This seemed to be one of the reasons for the lessened efficiency of the men in the afternoons. As a result of the Investigation huge containers of coffee have been placed recently in strategic points at the shaft mouths so that the men have a hot drink with their noonday meal.