The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-03-04

iaore III the same CLASS. we point
with pride to the Belmont, Montana
Tonopah, Sunnyside, Florence, Silver
Peak, Quartette. Seven Troughs
Coalition, the mines of the famous
Comstock, the Rawhide Coalition,
Nevada Hills, the National, and many
others of which | WILL speak later.
Not all the mines have been found,
for daily reports come of new finds
and 1t is only matter of persever-
ence and money when others will be
discovered fully as rich as any which
have yet been found.
is KEEPING POSTED
i have endeavored to keep before
me at all times the fact that we are
entering, as far as the state of Me-
vada Is concerned, a new and untried
field, and that the placing OF the
functions of this office before the
people in proper manner would
require patience and perseverance.
All who have given the industry any
thought must realize that Nevada
has long since passed the experiment.
al stage and that her mineral re-
sources under proper exploitation
can be depended upon for profitable
returns, and now that 1t has reached
a permanent business basis | believe
that more attention should be paid
to the ventilating and timbering for
the protection of the men employed
We realize that on account Of the
veins and ore deposits lying at diff
ferent angles and being of all shapes
and sizes, from the small seam to Inn
mense bodies hundreds OF feet In
width and of all lengths, and that
the material comprising them and
their country formation vary In tex
, ture from rock of stength, which re-
Z y. ~ ptfpport
to the soft ground, which rets---ssss
not only immense timbers and waste
filled to carry on the work safely.
but eternal vigilance on the part OF
those who carry on the work, that no
hard and fast rule can be laid down
to govern them. But there are many
things connected with mining which
are the same the world over and to
Which the same rule is applicable.
l COVERED BY RULES
These conditions have been fairly
covered by the set of rules and reg
ulations we have formulated, had
printed on cloth and furnished to all
the companies operating In the state,
III believe the strict observance of
those rules will greatly lessen the
number Of casualties and add little
peace and comfort to the miner
who risks the greater, even though
he be surrounded by all the safe
guards the ingenuity of man has pro-
, yided, and 1t will doubly pay the em-'
ployer, for all who have handled men
know that when men know their EN-
] ployer has their welfare at heart they
will take more interest in their work
!. and do all they can to advance his
: interests. -
J No man who has not participated
s In the risk and danger, which is the
{ lot of all who follow the vocation of
mining, has any conception of the
danger to life and limb which they
: encounter each time they go on shift.
Defective machinery, flimsy cables,
p incompetent engineers, dangerous
/. ground, insufficiency of timber, bad
4; air, poor fire protection, in fact there
,sl are many different things the min
er must depend on for safety that
r did he but stop to consider them, the
j: mining game would lose thousands
of its best men.
1t has been the earnest desire o.
this department of labor-and 1t ha,
been labor Of love-to eliminate
in so far as possible, the different ele
ments Of danger always present IL
ly mines and If, through our efforts, W.
e. have caused a single smile of glad
m ness to beam upon the face OF thu
h, miner or his loved ones we have in
le deed been fully repaid.
a Let me impress upon you the fac
le.l that the interests of the mine owner
ny and miners are mutual and interde
xe pendent. We cannot afford to s.
ee conduct the office as to unduly In
of crease operating expenses and reduc
earnings and thereby hinder tn
working of many of our low grad
but we do hold that single lif
en- should not be sacrificed in order tha
oti profits might accrue to the corpor;
to tions. As our interests are mutu;
tn and interdependent, we should a
of cooperate In a broad spirit for tn
ne promotion of this marvellous indu
try.