The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-12-23
BUNKER HILL ENGINEER is NOW
MAYOR OF ROME.

Even before the world war the life
of Gelasio Caetani had been ro-
nance that seldom finds counter
part except in fiction. Abandoning his
professional career in which he had
already achieved distinction. Caetani
joined the colors of his native land
long before the United States entered
the war and through his engineering
skill accomplished one of the most
brilliant victories over the Austrians
in that memorable struggle in the
mountains that marked the Italian
frontier. And now this mining engi-
neer who was long connected with
the Bunker Hill & Sullivan and who
M to his return to Italy to enter the
war was associated in a partnership
with Albert Burch and Oscar H. Her
shey mining engineers and biologists
has been honored by his country by
being elected mayor of Rome Some
thing of his career is found in the
following editorial from the Mining
and Scientific Press:
News comes to MS that Mr.. GeIasio
Caetani has been elected mayor of
the city of Rome. His many friends
in the profession will be keenly in
terested to hear about this and will
join us in cordial congratulations. AS
on many other good engineers the war
had the effect on him of engaging his
interest in civic affairs, with a deter
minatiOn to do his part in the work
of reconstruction that faced each of
the countries lately belligerent Our
readers know that Mr.. Caetani played
his part finely as a soldier rising to
the rank of colonel in the Italian army
and making himself famous by the af-
fair of the Col di Lana, in which as
an officer of engineers he undermined /
and destroyed a strong Austrian po-
sition, killing or capturing all its de-
Tenders. In these days when all sorts
OF miserable tales and sordid relation
ships are dubbed romantic it is
pleasant to recall Mr. Caetanrs ca
reer as a mining engineer in our west.
He graduated from the Columbia
School of Mines when he had barely
learned to speak our language. about
sixteen years ago After graduation
he worked as a miner trammer tim
herman and mill hand at the STRAIT
tons independence mine in Colorado.
at the Treadwell in Alaska and at the 8
Bunker Hill in Idaho, thereby learn {
ing the rudiments of his profession in \
a thorough manner He asked no fa- {
vors bat went through the mir with :
4 keen determination to prove himself
4 capable technician and render him C
self fit for positions of responsibility 5
only his personal friends knew that J
ne was Don GelasiO Caetani the son ?
If the Duke of Sermoneta and a scion C.
If a historic Italian house of great n
wealth and influence ever since A. d. t
81. BY his antecedents, as by his Il
PERSONAL charm, he reminds us of An IL
hony Hopes Prince of Ruritania. and II
lso of one of Marion Crawfords most n
ttractive characters Indeed. in 50
several members of the OF
aetani family are supposed to be OF
Ortrayed. BE that as it may. our tC
lining engineer is no fiction. but n
irile personality who promised to be d'
ne of the leaders of the American 20
lining profession until the war and W
$ after-effects diverted his energies bi
new activities in his own country IN
r. Caetani to give him his Ameri-
IN title. designed the newest of the
g mills of the Bunker Hill & Sulli-
IN company; he won recognition on
s own merits as a metallurgist. and
monstrated that a pedigree is no ob
n to a capacity for doing hard work -.
nong hard workers. We feel sure -.
at the qualities of mind and person tb,
at distinguished him when among a.,
will aid him in achieving success in So
e splendid task of directing the ,,o
inicipal administration of the 49,
ernal City" ~.