Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-08-09
IFrom the 4. =. Chronicle, Aug

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Silver Mining Company. held on Monday
afternoon. O. l.. Weller. PRESIDENT. SUI.
mitted TO the Board the following reporto o.
his Investigation INTO the Embarrassment
OF the mine by Sam. I. Gurus iA reccs'
Superintendent; the alleged embezzie-
ments Of George y. Ford. the CLERK OF the
mine; the arrest Of Ford upon MS com
plant. and the radical reforms OF manage
ment no has inaugurated TO render subse'
auent robbery Is nearly impracticable a.
possible:
To the Trustees Of tho 0phir Silver Min.
ing Company-0entlemen Agrccably TO
your directions I proceeded 70 Virginia
| City to institute inquiries into the alleged
| Encouragement Of yeur company's Affairs
BY the Superintendent, and arrived there
| ON the 26th ultimo.
n srarN OF THE sILvEa LODI.
soon sscertainsd 10 almost . certainty
| that a certain woman OF that city had .
very great influence In tho employment OF
men In and about your mine. and that shs
| could dictate the locality Of their employ.
| mept. Her advantage In this consisted In
| not only having men In all parts Of the
| nina 10 report 10 her everything occur
| ring therein. but they paid her tribute BY
| rooming In her house, at prices largely In
| advance Of rent of rooms at other places.
I Answered tvepty-eiRht men thus hold
ms tbeir placss. and 1 rayo Mr., Hardy,
Acting SUPERINTENDENT, instructions 10
AFFORD ali OF them the choice Of leaving
,hsir ou.Ytrrs Al saId vomsn's house, or
,hs s~i,srnstive Of quitting The compsny's
ssrviee. and that within tan days,
founJ also. 10 nv satisisctlon, that Mr..
| Curtis hai In November, 1875, furnished
Inc sforersid woman with lumber AMI
paipting from the Ophir works, to the
| value OF S2,l44, for which the company
has never been reimbursed. This was al.
mitted TO me by Mr.. Curtis, and In answer
| 10 my query whether be expected the w0-
man 20 pay for the lumber or whether no
| intended ID q Q present to her. he replied
that he intended A n 4 present, expecting
| m be sble soon After 10 nay the company
,herefor. This matter never became an
| i,sm I'M the Ophir sccounts a. q debt
.o.i,s, NJ C,,tia thonuh n haa ruu for
1910 ,no,,hs. and tbs only nor
INN I.nt ~ a Inv Inc clerk vss In PENCIL
nm a fy leaf Of a hook NOT belonging 10 The
eamn.nv
srsyrsptxo ruy SUPERINTENDENT
I,non getting Al the ~indisputsbls facts
4. H.. 1890. 7 a.emaJ thsm spa,cient
~ snns i,.,r,.,;an. a.,
pl"sa,y NJ go -hish 7 M an ar
49, W. W.,S. a.
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ensIss - seans .1R ,.-ss.i~.uon. 7
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49, ~. srnJ. HsSItnov
III 49, T .p.nsnds.l MIN. / would haye
Aa..,nn,as,,v d,,rh,rysi him. INIT I have
I'ssN"pss.,si 30 - nj. Nr.I o,i,,.nn
nv IT,, ,h., drring ,ho lat
%you. ,ha .issl n, ths nine 0.o
T. ~ n.vs on tbe cmnlove.. hal
Io.n In ths habit of having considerable
morn Of silyer coin 10 the men anil
nocLstiny The discount thsreon himself.
mi. smountrd In Aprii 10 Ss5, In Nay 10
500, and in June 10 500, making an az
rrrgsie Of S275, which / directed him to
return or charge M 10 himself. have
ordered that this practice shall DO discon.
timed. and that future payments In all
c,se, must Ia made In checks. learned
mai there existed \ contract with q GER
Tain man for extracting ore from an old
Abandoned shaft. the terms Of which wcro
that tl,e COMPANY should receive one-half
the net profit and the contractor the other
half. some circumstances came ~ my
lnovieJse rsisiny the suspicion In my
mini that there was some c~rookedness
.omevhere In this. and / proceeded TO fer.
rel n out.
yoHp's FRAUDS.
After n great deal OF circunlocution I
elected the following facts: That such q
contract hal been running for . year or
more: that the company probably. not
certainly, got one-half the net profits (:
that che other half was divided equally
letween the two contractors and Mr.. Ford,
the CLERK /: that In a settlement I brought
shout wbile Al the works for tho purpose
az .oueezing ami sueb facts snd circum.
st.nees A. / might, SITS wss Iaid 10 The
.ompany and 4 like amount WAS kept by
the contractor ~ostensibly Tor himself. but
WAS subsequently, divided into three parts.
a 10 each Of tho two contractors and u
" Clerk Ford ; that q similar settlement
and division was made Last March when
the company realized $40 and Mr.. Ford
500. These amounts j ordered Mr.. Ford
to return 10 the company or debit ~ him
self. In this last settlement there were
some circumstances which left . suspic-
ion ON my mind that there was still some
more bullion unaccounted for. com.
municated this 10 MT. Hardy. who said
that he could learn the facts or al least get
q elua IN thplm. A few lOurH Iator Ia re-