Mohave County miner., 1917-12-08

mining alone, amounted to 859 feet. They worked shifts enough to have totaled S17,OO0 in labor on an arbitra- " wage scale of S4 per day. Thus this company, which perhaps could have hired S2,500 worth of labor on a days pay basis, received S17,0OO in labor with no expense to itself, and obtained new development of its property in ration out of all proportion to the amount of work it's treasury could have paid for. Such figures come di- rectly home to the thinking manager with a force which impels investiga- tion of their application to his par ticular problem.
 The problem of leasers may have a correlative advantage in locations that are comparatively inaccessible. l have in mind a situation where a mine is 40 miles from the nearest railroad and during six to eight months in the year the road to the mine is impassa- ble. The mine is a large one and capable of supporting several hundred leasers, but the company is not afflu- ent and can afford to hire only small force on days pay. Were the directors to convert their plan of management into the leasing system, the direct re- suit would be the establishment of large town at the mine. There would then be somuch traffic in supplies into the town to support the popula- tion, and so much ore would be hauled out, that the road would be open all the year. This would be of great fi- nancial benefit to the mine in even this ona, particular, because its pro company would be freed from the problem of delivering all it's ore during the peak load of summer when rail roads and smelters are used.
 It is not my purpose to offer an ex- haustive discussion of this subject. I am merely pointing out some of the Thigh lights" which occur to me as a direct method of mine management for mines with long and prosperous life ahead of them-and not merely for such mines as obviously have one foot in the grave Summarizing some of the advantages are: l. Intensified effort in each mans portion of the work, which is bound to result in econ omy of time and money. 2. Expended activity of the mine through increase ih number of workers, regularity of production, increased production and exploration, and establishment of towns and mines instead of small camps. 8. Increased income of the company stores selling necessary mer- .chandise; income from the sale of com pressed air, transportation, and such other services as the company can furnish better than the individual leas- CTS.
 All these advantages are obvious and others will occur to anyone cons sidering a specific problem in relation to some particular mine. But they will not come of themselves, and pari passu to that of leasing system. The success or failure of any plan rests with the management, provided that the plan is sound. In the issue of Worlds Work for July, 1917, this point is emphasized by J. A. Hemphill, chair is emphasized by J. A. Hemphill chairman of the board of the Guar anty Trust Company, the largest trust company in the world. He says: 'Tn considering employment of funds in any concern, the greatest emphasis should be placed on the ability of the management. l would say that the most important is management, man agement, management and again man. agement. It is knowneaoisrdeaoi Fl agement, It is not enough to know that it is honest, it's liability in that particular business should be estab- lished. Ninetl-five per cent of the worth of an undertaking, should say is in the management" Does that