Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-01-20

a sharp Criticism ON Mime Manage.


ment.
TEN PAHuTE, January 10. 1880.
EDITOR SENTINEL The Wyandott mine
has been run in the same style as a great
many more mines ON u coast, and with
the same result. That is. q dead failure
and useless expenditure to the owners, and
all this through the ignorant stupidity Of
the present superintendent. His first move
as superintendent was that he did not want
a foreman to run any mines for him. He
would see to the boys, and save the fore
mans salary for the company. He did so,
but did not know ore from lime, and is
totally ignorant OF the commonest kind OF
mining, not even knowing the first rudi-
ment of blasting or displacing rock. The
miners were not slow in finding this out,
and the consequence was every man work.
ing in or about the mine was his own boss,
and bossed the superintendent, too. The
result has been thateverything in the mine
went wrong, when it went at all. The
company have expended 500, 900 on this
property, and all that the superintendent
can show for that amount is a hole in the
ground, 100 feet deep. and two cr~osscuts,
one running north 80 feet, and one run
ming south rs feet. This is Comby's first,
and all in this section of the country hope
it will be his last break at mining. We
pray you Josh, retire with the laurels you
have already won, and let the sun move on.
As a director Of capital in mining you are
a dead failure. But the boys had q good
time while playing in the employ Of your
company.
RoFEssoR NEwBuRY's REMARKS ON THE
wYANDoTr LEDGE.
He says it is a true assure vein. contain
ing rich silver ore, and, if properly worked,
is likely to become one of the best paying
mines in Eastern Nevada, and backs his
opinion by purchasing a large number Of
shares Of the company's stock. Now, then.
if we are to go anything on science, he is
one OF our leading lights in that branch.
He also spoke very favorably Of the whole
district, and particularly Of the Inca mine,
owned by Mr.. Russell and others, and OF
Mr.. Lambs and Mr.. Birney's great mining
project. in running the Great Western Tun-
mel. This tunnel will prospect the whole
south end of the mountain, and is likely
to become a very valuable property, as
there are several deposits Of rich ore known
to exist on the line Of the tunnel, some of
which they have already encountered. The
size of the tunnel is Ga by Az feet, in the
clear. 1t shows a great quantity Of spar,
and is run in a m%ining-like manne In
my examinations Of the several workings
Of mines in this district, | say that the
Great Western Tunnel is a credit to this
district, as well as to the e~nterprising gen.
tlemen who are running it, and they de-
serve credit.
A word to Eastern and foreign capital
talists purchasing gold and silver mining
property on our coast. or on any other
coast, and how to prevent so many failures
and waste of capital. When you purchase
mining property, send out our Superin-
tendents by all means; a man you can de-
pend o n one to take care of your money
bags; let it be his first care to secure
The services of some practical miner, aud
make him his Foreman. To be a good
Foreman requires brains as well as muscle,
and he should no have less than fifteen
years experience, and have climbed his
way from q common miner up 10 the Fore
manship, before being given charge Of a
valuable mining property by any company.
l say to foreign, Eastern and Western min
ing companies. in search of the precious
metals, to secure a man of this kind for
your Foreman, and you will avoid hun
dreds Of the unnecessary failures that hap
pen on the coast everyday. Any common
business man is capable of being a Super
intendent. There is no practical skill re-
quired all that is needed is common
sense. He is only a figurehead. l venture
to say that there are not five in one hun
bred on our coast who are practical mining
men, but they get the credit and the larger
salary, and sometimes quite a dab out of
the company's purse. l also say that the
prosperity of our mines depends to q great
extent on the management Of them, and,
without being thoroughly practical, none
of our mines can be worked with any show
Of success. There are many mines On our
coast to-day lying idle. and some of them
abandoned, that If properly handled would
pay dividends to their owners, besides CIV
ing hundreds of men employment that are
to-day suffering for the common necessaries
of life. ORPHAN,