. Mining and Scientific Press . of sound business sense on the part th mpany concerned. .Men that are ui either during working or during leisure hours, are liable to be th ntrcs of discontent of some form or other; and discontent should be avoided at all costs. , has been an important consideration in me of welfare work that has been initiated at Chu-quicamata. Few engineers who have not undertaken the manage-ment of industrial enterprises in foreign counlrealize the difficulties in the way of retaining the indi-vidual members of the subordinate groups of an Ancan staff for any l
. Mining and Scientific Press . of sound business sense on the part th mpany concerned. .Men that are ui either during working or during leisure hours, are liable to be th ntrcs of discontent of some form or other; and discontent should be avoided at all costs. , has been an important consideration in me of welfare work that has been initiated at Chu-quicamata. Few engineers who have not undertaken the manage-ment of industrial enterprises in foreign counlrealize the difficulties in the way of retaining the indi-vidual members of the subordinate groups of an Ancan staff for any length of time. At Chuquicamata,there has been a heavy turnover of minor companyofficials in the past, a condition that is much improvedtoday. In the first place, a large amount of work that inally don . \<- ia now in the ham ? the change has been satisfactory, for theis, primarily, the most desirable worker in anylocality, if be be capable. I have a high opinion of theChilean laborer and mechanic; he is quick to learn and. HOUSES FOR STA1 P I can be trained to observe the fundamentals of m-aland accuracy, lake others of our South Americanneighbors, he must be led rather than driven. He has«, ami unreliability is among them; bul a largeamount of mechanical work can be performed l>y Chileans of the better class. .Many ar< experiei d miners, and few are unaCCUStO) 1 to the handling of tools. The common labor is drawn from a class that isexceptionally strong and sturdy; for manual work, espe-cially under contract, they possess advantages over manyother typi s. The number of Americans, in proportion to output, J!IE) HKim CHILI \ I has steadily declined at Chuquicamata since the com-mencement of operations. Chileans are now used as am- and electric-shov< I o]y handle the drilling machines, as well as thenumber I ric motors that move- machinery of all kinds at different stages in the handling and treat-ment of the ore. Th and rep are 120 MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PR
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