Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-08-17
THAYER REPLIES.
DENIES THE cHARGES AGAINST
HIS MANAGEMENT.
aud Demands n Full Investigates
Of the natter-ue says the Fig
ures are Wrong Aa Exptasa-
tion C~sncerning that sleigh -
SliSer ray ent

the statement published in regSri TO the
number Of men. the wage. paid, salaries,
ETC.. and the alleged running expenses Of
the mipo were all outragcously wrong ex-
cep, the item Of water. which was correct.
He did not deem II necessary at this time
10 20 into a detailed statement Of all these
di.buI sements. They hal all been inolud-
Ell Ina the yearly statement furnished the
ompany ON the sth instant. and. having
been found correct. had been Immediately
handed over to the reporters present for
publication. A. to the assessments. no
such money as was mentioned had been
realized by the company from them. The
owned a largo number Of tho
shares % the capital stock and. Of course.
paid no assessments on these. This stock
Is for the benefit 81 every shareholder
alike. How IL was obtained and how II Is
held can at any time bc seen by any stock
holder by referring TO the books Of the
company in San Francisco. which are al
ways open 10 inspection. These receipts
hal been correctly stated In tho reports
made At the annual meeting below. IAN
these matters refer more particularly to
the management u the company In sAn
Francisco and. hence, were passed rapidly
Over.-fEr.
A. ~ the charges against the manage
ment here. they were false In every par
ticular. lie referred first To Alden Bailey,
the engineer. and the man Who appeared
first and foremost In making the charge.
against him. Some four months ago,
when the general depression came, II was
deemed advisable. instead Of employing
three engineers a, 50 per day. to dispense
with the services of one. Al. Bailey and
Walter lawson were retained and each put
ON t9olye-hOur shaft. at 81 30 per day.
subsequently, they put up a job 10 get 80
per day. each agreeing with the other not
10 work unless the 80 were paid them.
Their demand not being acceded b., Law
sou left, but Bailey wanted Ia remain atthe
s. "a, but was made to quit. and two new
men pa, ON duty. A. Bailey stated. lie
hal lsen an engineer at the mine from tile
time Mr.. Thay,r took charge OF u up To
that time. bailey at one tim" lived IN
Thayer's house, hut there Was not adays
work done on 1t while lac occupied II, aud
for all the work done on IL Thayer had
himself paid. A. he was prepared TO show
lie acknowledged that II he wanted a
L0or hung OF a screen made. or any little
lob of that Kind done. ani the carpenters
Al the mine were not very busy, he had
them 10 the work. but ho hal paid Tor u
himself. II had not cost the Julia Con-
solilaieL Company one cent. In this way
some things hal been made for the house,
but at his own expense. There had been
a sleigh male at the works, but II was Tor
the company and used for the company,
and hal been burned up in the big IRE.
Sine. then he hal used his own. which
came from Canada AMI which he could
prove lie bought anil paid $500 for himself.
After Billy MOoreheadh hal been discharged
from the mine he worked some two weeks
ON hi. lrhaycr'si house. but was never
paid for his work BY the company.
A to the PAYMENTS ~ silver, u hal been
sent an in bags from below. AMI he was
informed that ID hal been taken In for as
sessmonts. Ito hal himself seen a por-
ton of il rolled up in the Office n sacked
and shipped tn Virginia by express IL
hal been banked by Wells. Fargo Co.,
aud whet. checks we're given the men on
pay DAYS the proportion 81 the amount 10
lie paid In silver hal been marked on the
cheek. Whether more SILVER hal beeh
paid out than hal been shipped him be
was not prepared IL say. II there hal
be.n the company hal received ,hs osn.
of il (: neither Ice nor his clerk hal ever
maL- a cent 10y II. IL hal all been CRED,
itsl ON bank account. MI. mayer saiu
that persons holding certificates OF stoes
hal come 10 the Secrctary's Office AMI hsl
the certificates split mp into small lots
had then rendered silver. which the com'
pany hal mus leu so'np - al n..,l
rms iaoh'N nsn ~" - =. nav
IN payins oii'' anu"
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w"uId say 'h'' NJ. ~ Ip.iIsy'.l
iAy ana CAV. an urus, .,",i,o an him.
1,o'h'I L"' = an ."a.n,aJ Mr.. Th,yer
inis "'u'' -, wi,',.y Mr. Uailcy
saIr = ~" - III attending phy.
49, ~ ~ ,,c, given him np b. die.
,.'lan :. ma. ~, Tb.ysy hal visited
putuhS WI, '.n..,i,,in, Vas n, tho
%.nn wv, 49, Nh, mi Mr.. Thaycr
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head'u u y III ~ ciy,n mn IN
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thahAiuIs "'c'I""' sonoe scn mr.
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so" NJ. Thsvsy naiJ. After
ur ~" =. T,.s'r Ill lie slerk 10 Keep
nal'! nscna - 49, nm, ~ MI. nav. The
oaSN un' ..,.h, In n,lsy's name nor
sun va .. ~ ~" L,o,5,r. yanpe..
uy hlm' .u' ',,.,ian with mn. at
hAi" Th'rar so,,lcJ The sui, and
'oin'y "r. 'n' ~ ~ new, bcon re-
pau 'n' n'n,i, ran anJ which he
auhu'y Tha""r - ,hIs sav.
n. Ti..ari snnrIn.ion said: Refer.
- .om. month. since by a
,lI,,v san Tranci.co paper Ia the line
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