“A small room called the sun room, because of its particularly sunny exposure, is used as a meeting place by various clubs, societies, and committees.
“There is no charge for the use of any part of the building to Homestake employees and their families, or to residents of Lead, except for the theatre where a nominal charge is made to cover the cost of pictures and other attractions.
“The company erected at a cost of more than $60,000 a thoroughly modern brick hospital of thirty-five bed capacity which furnishes absolutely free to its employees and their dependents every type of medical, surgical and obstetric treatment. No charge is made for any hospital care, operating fees, or for medicines.
“The employees and dependents make very great use of this service as shown by the 1922 annual report. Forty-three thousand people were taken care of in the dispensary, fourteen thousand visits were made at the homes and one hundred forty-three confinements were handled.”
The Homestake Employees Aid association is an organization to help the employees. Also:
“The company retires its old employees on account of old age, physical disability, giving them 25% of last year’s full pay plus $10.00 per year for each year’s service with the company, but in all not to exceed $600 per year.
“There were 64 men (1928) receiving pensions of from $350 to $600 per year. The average age of those receiving pensions, at the time of retirement was over 65 and the average years service is nearly thirty-one.
Weighing Gold Bricks in the assay office
“A pension is also paid to the widows of new men who lost their lives by accident prior to the enactment of the state compensation law.