Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1890-08-22

district or situated within reasonable
dnta"ce OF each other are in need Of
expert professional services, it often
happens that IN srra"g-m-nt can no
made by which the diff r-n. mi,aua
companies or private owners can ~
cure the advantage Of high class SET.
vice by jointly paying tive salaries
which such work calls for. Thu.
consulting engineers ara often EN-.
p!oy ed by several companies. each Of
which assumes share Of the exp. nse,
in this way lowering the charge to
exch. while in the aggregate paying
fair rates to tho engineer. For tits
kind of service it is seldom that any
ons mine or metsllurgicAl works re-
quires tho entire attention, time and
personal presence of = consulting en-.
Rineer. Periodic visits for inspection
and emergency trips are usually tufi.
cient, aud al active man finds it quite
possible to attend .os ~ari.ty Of du-
ties and divide up his time 90 NJ to Or
constantly occupied without running
behind in any one part of his work.
The pla" is good one for beth sides.
Companies which w.ruld l1esi,xte Ut
the expense If employing hi xh. priced
men, secure economically all the At
te"tion they need, aud do not have TO
do without it or what is often worse
content themselves with inferior SIR
vice. Cheap professional labor is OF
doubtful value. often actually d-tri
mental. In engineering = man gen.
orally finds his level, and his value 10
approximately measurable by the pay
he commands. On the side of the
eng 'neer, the system is equally ad.
vAntaxeous. More and stead,-r occu>
patton Is the result, and far from re.
stricti"g the openings for employ men,,
the field Is wid~ned aud there is room
for more men.
So far we have merely touched
upon Common practice. the advant.
rges of which are we'll recos,iz. d.
But the system has been shown to be
capable of considerable extension,
though the instances are not very
numerous in which the cooperative
plan has been introduced IN other
branches # professional work than that
of tho consu ting engineer. Take the
case of group of mines, great or
small. or Of hot" Us is the rule IN
most distr,cts), each of which is in
need Of technical work, but perhal Q
cannot Individually afford to pay t. r
it. by combining, they can establish
II joint assay Office having better
fsciIi'ies for making prompt reports
and for melting bullion than the up. =
rating on q smaller scale. As the re.
suit, more frequent and syst. matte
sxmphng is possible in the mines, and
check ASSAYS are increased, the mine
officers not being h~mperrd nv the
penny wise economy in ordering sam
pies for assay. While the .qu,rm. ut
Of such a combination assay Office 10
more perfect, many labor-savine
appliances. such Ms power crushers,
etc., being admissible, and vasi"us
working test apparatus being added,
the proportionats expense is reduced
This is true also Of mine surveyi, q
and mapping, Designing Of s"r'a Z
Improvements and mechanical details
Bv the adoption Of the oo-opera'iv.
plan the mines chraply get the h. re-
ct Of the best skill, and asssyer.,
surveyors, draughtsmen and their
assista, t. reed have no fear that any
crowdi"g ont would ensue. On the
contrary, there would be work TO.
more of them.
TO put the whole matter conc;sely
it amounts to just this: Every m'n'
and every works, big or hs'le, ought
to have the very best services, and
the most effici mt appliances, in order
to reach the hest technical results
But, in point Of fact, it is only the
great mines and work. that can stand
the expense. BY "erest" we mean
largely productive enterprises. and
will include also those non dividend
ones which are hacked nv free>hxnded
assessment payers. II several neigh
horing mines are owned or controlled
ny the same financial ma"aeem' NJ, l.
! is MT difficult to effect such IN a.
: rangement; AID It is in such asei
> thar We find the syst. m most ire
quently exempliied. But it nigh
. ". Il b. fu th-r adopt I'd. Few mine,
> can carry foro, OF export special. I
) on their pay rolls it they a't-mpt t.
DO 81 individually.
! The custom is to require too mucl
, from the superintendent of a small
. mine. He is expected to he his owl
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