Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1917-01-27
EXPERT INSURANCE man
|NSPECTS LUDWIG
PLANT

L. II. Earle, general expert speclal
for the Hartford Fire Insurance Com
pany, represented in this district by
the agency of Z. J. Cooper. arrived IN
Yerington Saturday. Mr.. Earle is one.
of the best known and most skilled IN
surance experts in the west. His com
pany carries heavy insurance tor the
Orem interests and on Sunday Mr.
Earle made thorough inspection OF
the big plant OF the Nevada Gonsoli-
dated Copper Company at Ludwig
There he was received by Mill super.
ntendent Irving, who spent several
hours showing the plant consisting OF
the big mill, teaching plant, and other
accoutrements of the NINE.
In the nature of his business Mr.
Earle is NECESSARILY an expert IN re
gard to construction and utility OF
plants like the Ludwig institution
Through the courtesv and attention
of the mill and mine officials, he was
ale to make a thorough inspection OF
the establishment and to judge OF Its
utility. Big companies like the Hart.
ford. are not at all friendly toward
enterprises that are liable to be run al
a loss Such companies are not only
interested in the construction OF the
buildings which they carry risks upoi
in regard to fire protection, where the
insurance is heavy, but what is known
as the moral hazard always enters
into the question. The buildings may
be ever so we'll constructed, and the
contents of the highest order, but the
careful insurance expert always looks
further, and in approving or REJECTING
the indemnity risk, takes into consid-
Grafton the manner in which the BUS.
mess is conducted and the manner OF
the business itself
On his return from his visit to the
mine Mr.. Earle spoke in highest praise
of the equipment as well as the man
apement of the enterprise, and with
ont hesitancy or qualification pro-
nounced the risk first class and very
desirable
The Ludwig mine and its manage
ment are valuable assets to any com
munity. They have taken fortunes
ont of the property and will take moro
as the efficiency OF the methods EN-
ployed continues to increase. During
the dull season past, despite the cos'
and labor involved in erecting the
teaching plant and mill, the delays
incident to an undertaking OF the
kind. the COMPANY has mined and
smelted an average of $4,000 worth
of ore per month during the past year
The output will be largely increased
during the approaching season which
has not vet we'll started.
The teaching plant is dali produc
ing copper, and the product will be
dialy increased until it amounts tt
at least $50 tons of ore per diem
Treating one per cent ore the output
would be. from the amount named
$4,000 pounds of metal produced pei
day. There is an immense amount OF
ore that runs from | Der cent to pei
cent copper that will be handled BY
the mill and teaching plant, while tn
higher grade ore will be shipped to the
smelter. either at Thompson or in
Utah.
The company for several month
has been and now is EMPLOYING over
three hundred men. AS has already
been stated, it furnished witr worf
many men during the past depres-
sion in mining. who otherwise would
have been compelled to seek homes
and employment elsewhere had it not
been for the energy and courage of the
management of the company