White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1914-03-29

ore body. far under the surface. but
up on a steep mountain. Attempts
had been made to mine 1t, but with
small success until Yeatman took
hold and dug his tunnels. cross-cuts,
and slopes around the periphery oil
a crater. Braden stands among min
ing men as a big achievement.
It Is a long jump from Chile to
Alaska, but Pope Yeatman spent the
summer of 1906 and the summer OF
1909 up there. His reports had
something to do with the formation
of the Alaska Syndicate" made up
of Guggenheim and Morgan interests.
1t was up there that the famous Cop
per River and Northwestern rail-
road was built some two hundred
miles long. costing $4,000, 900.
Yeatman holds the position of con-
sulting engineer to the Yukon Gold
company. Once, while forcing his
way through this wild and dangerous
country on horseback, he looked back
and saw his chief assistant engineer,
L. B. Sutton, disappearing In the
quicksand. together with his horse.
Turning back on the instant, Yeat-
man and his other men did a quick
piece of engineering, In the form OF
an impromutu bridge. and rescued
t14b C,,<%o. o.d +ba b1rea
One day a New York friend, hear
ing that Yeatman was in town, went
up to his office to see him-on the
seventeenth floor of los Broadway.
1t Is a big green-carpeted room. COM
handing a fine view of the Hudson
Yes, it's rough country up in
Alaska; there's no place like home.
Now | hope TO stay here a WHILE
said Yeatman.
Next day the friend called up to
invite him to luncheon.
Hes on his way to South
America" said the telephone girl.
Yeatman lives in Philadelphia. goes
to his New York Office every norm
ing and returns home every night.
His family residence In Philadelphia
Is a 111S Spruce street. a district
that is now we'll filled with business
structures; but 1t is convenient to the
railroad stations. On foot. Mr.. Yeat-
man can reach the Reading terminal
in five minutes. In his automobile
he can do 1t, on a pinch. in a minute
or two. He takes the sever O'Clock
train for New York. gets his break
fast on the train, and then, in his
seat in the parlor-car, he works with
his maps and papers until he reaches
Jersey City. Then he has ten minutes
on the ferry and a short walk up to
Broadway.
At five O'Clock or later he starts for
home again. ninety miles away. II
he is late, ne dimes on the train, but
more often he is accompanied from
New York by a stenographer. TO
whom he dictates during the two
hour run to Philadelphia. At Wayne
city. the s~tenographer leaves him and
In a few minutes catches a return
train to New York. Everybody who
works with Yeatman. or for him. has
the same strenuous time of it. And
as for expense accounts-well. the
ordinary everyday auditor or Office
manager would come e "a fainting
over Yeatman's expenses. On one
day recently the cable tolls We're
$3.50. Five cables were received
from him hat day in the New York
Offices. Within a period of three days
he sent cables from Rancagua. San
eiago. Valparaiso. A~ntofagasta, and
Ch%iquicamata. He sends in code, but
he uses all the code he wants. be-
cause he thinks ii is economy to keep
in thorough touch with the office.
1t is for his family that he lives in
Philadelphia. for there they are
among relatives. In New York, dur
ing his long absences. they would not
have this solace. His trips vary In
length from a few weeks to six
months.
In his daily career there is no lux.
ury. such as a high salary might sug-
gest. A lower berth in a Pullman is
good enough. and a plain state-room
on a steamship. When he gets back
from a hard trip in wild lands, Mrs.
Yeatman orders him driven to a
tailor's. first of all. Personally. he
doesn't like tailors. For clubs he has
almost no time-a bundle of laundry
has beer waiting two years for him
at the Rocky Mountain. club in New
York.
Recently a big lawsuit wat