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five bookkeepers, four telephone operators, three stenographers, one type composer and a
secretary. They are involved also in businesses; in fact there are six storekeepers and two
merchants. Professionals and Skilled Tradesmen are sixteen: seven dressmakers, four
teachers, four nurses, three cooks, one seamstress, and one midwife. Boarding house keepers
are four but, as in the previous years, these data area minimum figure because many more
households include boarders. The remaining twenty-eight have unskilled jobs such as
laborers, cleaners, and waiters.
TABLE XIII. OCCUPATIONS IN 1920
GROUP
MINING GROUP AND RELATED
Blacksmith/copper mine 18 Janitor/mine 4 Paycheck/copper mine 1
Brakeman/copper mine 1 Labor agent/mine 1 Picker/copper mine 12
Captain/copper mine 1 Laborer surface/mine 6 Pipe fixer/copper mine 4
Carpenter/stamp mill 1 Laborer/copper mine 134 Pump man/copper mine 6
Carpenter/copper mine 6 Laborer/coal dock/yard 2 Rock house man 1
Coal passer/copper mine 2 Laborer/stamp mill 5 Roller fixer/copper mine 2
Copper dipper/smelter 1 Laborer/foundry 2 Saleslady/mine store 1
Diamond driller/ mine 1 Laborer/rock house 9 Shaft man/copper mine 2
Drayman/copper mine 3 Laborer/smelter 12 Shift boss/copper mine 1
Drill boy/copper mine 1 Laborer/stamp mill 13 Sprinkler/copper mine 1
Drill sharpener/ mine 3 Lander/copper mine 3 Stenographer/mine off. 1
Dumper/copper mine 12 Machinist/copper mill 3 Teamster/copper mine 4
Electrician/copper mine 4 Machinist/copper mine 4 Teamster/coal 2
Employment clerk/mine 1 Machinist/shaft 1 Teamster/drayman mine 1
Engine oiler/mine 1 Mason/copper mine 20 Telephone operator/mine 1
Engine wiper/mine 1 Mechanic/ mine 1 Timber boss/mine 6
Engineer/copper mine 2 Mechanic/foundry 1 Timberman/copper mine 82
Engineer/stat. engine 1 Mill hand/stamp mill 4 Timekeeper/copper mine 1
Fireman/boiler house 12 Mine inspector/mine 1 Tool boy/copper mine 1
Fireman/copper mine 3 Miner/copper mine 478 Train man/copper mine 1
Fireman/engine house 4 Molder/copper mine 1 Trammer/copper mine 11
Fireman/smelter 4 Motorman/copper mine 11 Truck driver/mine 82
Fireman/stat.engine 1 Motorman/rock house 1 Washer/copper mill 1
Fireman/stat. boiler 1 Molder/foundry 1 Watchman/copper mine 8
Foreman/copper mine 6 Not clear/copper mine 3 Weigh master/mine 1
Furnace mover/smelter 1 Oiler/copper mine 1 Welder/copper mine 3
Helper/smelter 1 Operator/gas engine 1 Yardman/smelter 2
Hoist boy/copper mine 1 Painter/copper mine
TRASPORTATION
1
Boiler maker/railroad 2 Driver 7 Laborer/railroad 14
Boiler wash/railroad 1 Engine cleaner/loc. 2 Machinist/railroad 6
Car repairer/railroad 1 Fireman/railroad 2 Motorman/railway 1
Carpenter/railroad 1 Fireman/roundhouse 1 Overseer/highway 1
Clerk/railroad 1 Freight depot/railroad 2 Railroad office assistant 1
Coach cleaner/railroad 2 Helper/railroad 1 Teamster/public road 1
Conductor/street car 2 Laborer 4 Trucker/street railroad 1
Conductor/street railway 2 Laborer/railway 1
Total
1084
(66.7%)
57
(3.5%)
43