The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-09-12

tine not a days work had been done
in any portion Of the mine; not a ton
of ore has been extracted, and not an
effort made to get any portion of the
mine in readiness for taking out ore OF
any grade. And during this time
every effort was being made to hurry
the mill to completion bv September
l. The management has evidently
been relying on the fact that certain
alleged expert report shows that there
are 300, 600 tons ef ore Tin sight" in
the Chainmsa mine, and possibly it
may have been thought that the power
OF that report would be all but sufficient
TO dump the entire quantity upon the
grizzlies in such quantities as would be
necessary to keep the mill In operation
without Interruption until the entire
300, 900 tons had been converted into
bullion and The product stored in the
treasure house. Then, perhaps, an
other accommodating expert could be
found who would report several ad-
ditional hundred thousand tons, and
the work would go on indefinitely.
Practical mining men, however,
know what the term ''ore in sight"
means, and they also know that 1t is
not an easy matter to get out $50 tons
OF ore day, or even half that amount,
In mine like the Chairman, and we
do not hesitate to say that had the
new plant been started up on Septem-
Der |, it could not have been kept In
operation month.
Ely has suffered heretofore because
of the stupidity and incompetency of
those in charge OF mining properties
here aud the NEWS does not propose
to stand idly by and see another repe-
tition of that experience. At the
present. time we have one silent monu-
ment standing to remind us of the
brief but brilliant engagement played
here by a management which has
since been retired, and really we do
not desire another.
We want The stock OF the
Chairman company to understand that
If their expectations are not realized,
it is not the fault of the camp, nor the
fault Of the property which they own,
aud we are content to leave it for time
to prove whether the NEWS'S state
ment or the Directors set of resolu-
tions IS the really honest presentation
of facts.
We have not the pleasure of Mr..
Otis's acquaintance, but presume he
and his associates on the Board OF
Directors are exeellent gentlemen and
good business men, But in these days
we do not 90 to an architect suhS.i saa
want tooth pulled; neither do we call
in the best doctor in town when we
have an important lawsuit to defend.
The conclusion is obvious, and it is no
disparagement TO the members of the
Board of Directors to assume that they
are not practical mining men. This
being true, it would seem they should
employ the best talent available, for
no mine has ever been known to run
itself, and no set of resolutions will ever
be framed strong enough to extract
ore from the ground, nor convert it
into bullion.
We win add in closing that we have
not an unkind word to say regarding
any person connected with the Chain
man company. Our mission is to give
the news, treating all people fairly, and
we will endeavor to perform that duty
to the best of our ability.
Since the above was in type the NEWS
has received two communications from
stock holders of the Chairman Com