Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-08-28

"eti, inc company sent out one of
those nondescripts called Financial
Directors, who have absolutely moth.
ing to do but to 70. X" the vouchers
at the end Of every month-an opera.
ton which takes up all Of one hour of
their valuable time twelve times a
year. The balance Of the time these
tlgureheads have nothing to do but to
get in everybody's way--a task for
which they seem admirably fitted. An
example will illustrate this PROPOSE
ton.
TYPICAL FINANCIAL DIRECTOR.
The Financial Director of the Ia .
homa company is Mr.. Kelly, from
Pennsylvania. Some time after lie
came to Atlanta, he visited the Ia
homa mine, in company with Mr.. Han.
ley, the foreman who, in the absence
OF the superintendent, courteously
showed him through. They came to a
place where the timbering did not suit
MIR. Kelly, who expressed his disap
proval OF it.
Mr.. Hanley said that he thought it
the most secure and best way of tim
boring.
MI. Kelly demurred.
Mr.. Hanley asked: "Mr. Kelly,
have you ever been in a mine before
coming here?"
mo, sir.''
"Well, l have worked in mines I'll
my life, and l know that this is the
best way to TIMBER
"Mr. Hanley, you will please do this
the way want it DONE"
"rhens SIR" rctorted Mr.. IIanley,
"you will have to get some one else to
do it, as l resign right now, and will
quit as soon as you can get some one
to fill my place.
Captain Baxter, Superintendent of
the Big Lode Company, at once Sc
cured Mr.. Hanley for his foreman,
and is delighted with the opportunity
afforded him Of securing the services
of such capital miner.
In this case, and solely because of
the uncalled.'or Interference Of the
Financial Director, the Tahoma Com.
pany lost competent miner, who was
thoroughly acquainted with the mine,
and whose services were therefore in
valuable. There are doubtless cases
wherein Financial Directors at the
mines exercise salutary restraint
upon the superintendent and other Of
ticers; but as whole a company is
better off without, especially when the
superintendent is competent man.
GOOD PROPERTIES.
The Leonora mine has also been
opened Systematically, and the main
tunnel, which is very nearly straight,
shows the vein up very satisfactorily,
with great width of ore. The Mil.
ME, which, like the Leonora, belongs
to the Big Lode Company, is not in
such good condition, but Supcrin-
tendent Baxter and Foreman Ham
ley, who are in charge, will doubtless
see to it that whatever work is done
on the Minnie in future shall bear criti-
cism.
The Last Chance Tor Atlanta Hill,
Of which Major Frank p. Cavanah, Of
this city, is Superintendent and Major
w. a. Stanton, until recently OF
Bellevue, is foreman, will also be
worked Systematically and economi-
cally from this time on.
The camp has yielded between 49,
100000 AMI sG,0OO,OOo, so far; but
this is an insignificant amount com,
pared with what it will yield in future
Heretofore, Atlanta has been at the
mercy OF few ignorant men Who
as Captain Baxter intimates, was the
case with the managers of the Buffalo
Company-werc good sausage.makers,
but very inferior miners. This, to-
yether with its isolation tit being 300
miles from the nearest accessible rail-
way station), and the rascality of some
Of the managers, caused it to b. neg
lected. Bat u new era dawned
upon Atlanta with the coming of
Colonel Petit, few years ago; and