A HISTORY OF EDISON'S WEST ORANGE LABORATORY 1887-1931

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Working with Edison, built rubber conveyor belts move the ore through the processing . After dinner the mine, Edison would lead a discussion the experimental and engineering work hand. The "old man": loved nag his men, haze them with questions, just to see they knew what they were doing. told the Press that the profits were not going shared with outside o parties, "except the boys here who own the thing with me. One them was Thomas Robbins, rubber-goods salesman. Talking with the men all night, sleeping floors, clambering and out of the giant machinery, and surrounded dirt and equipment, Edison was his element. This was called "going school," and every man was expected to talk about the areas was involved in. When they were not hard work, Edison and the "boys" occupied themselves with practical jokes, cockfights, rattlesnake fights and boxing matches.^ For Edison, this was the life! The great works Ogden attracted many men looking for work and chance make money. wrote Kruesi: "come with Batch and into the mining business where you may dirty but very 9 happy." Edison had now given making the ore milling project joint venture with investors mill owners, intending run the operation with his own funds." At Ogden Edison was able recreate the close-knit comradeship Menlo Park, where and the "boys" had eaten, slept, and worked together.2 Charles Batchelor who joined Edison the mine. brought several "muckers" with him from West Orange and worked closely with assistant, Walter Mallory