Dave Scinto, C.P.A.

President/Director

 

As partner of Francis, Scinto & Associates, Dave brings a wealth of experience working with not-for-profits, medical and dental multi-practitioner entities, manufacturing companies, wholesale distributors, software developers, and other concerns. Dave has over 14 years of public accounting experience, prior to which he worked in the aerospace industry. Dave is also a professor at Sierra College. That combined experience allows Dave to understand a company’s operations and goals, and to provide meaningful contributions. Dave has provided consulting services to clients ranging in size from small, closely held companies to large, complex corporate structures. His experience includes working with both start-up enterprises and rapidly expanding organizations. Dave holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Dave’s strategy with clients and organizations is to begin with the end in mind. Planning and perseverance always pay off.

 

Dave serves on the board of directors and as treasurer for the Grass Valley/Nevada City Chamber of Commerce. He is treasurer for the Nevada Joint Union High School District Foundation. Dave is also active on the boards of other corporations and is an active member of the Gold Country Kiwanis, serving as the 1998-99 president.

 

 

Ian Haley

Vice President/Director

 

Ian Haley has been a hardrock miner most of his working life. A graduate of Alleghany High School, he first worked underground at the age of 16. He has put in time at the following mines in the Alleghany Mining District: The Oriental, Eldorado Plumbago, Kate Hardy, Mayflower, and the mine he loves best: The Sixteen to One. Ian started at the Sixteen to One as a miner, then moved into the Geology Department helping with surveying and mapping. During this time he completed several Geology Courses at the Mackey School of Mines, he became specimen boss, then mine foreman. Ian was promoted to Mine Manager at the Sixteen to One Mine in 1996, at that time it had 50 employees. Ian is an owner/partner in a landscape rock business, The Rock Company, founded in 2001.

 

Rae Bell Arbogast

Curator/Secretary/Treasurer

 

Rae Bell (aka Pauline) was born in Southern California and moved to the Alleghany area with her family in 1975. They lived near the Ruby Mine where they relied on skis and a snowmobile for transportation in the wintertime.  Her father worked as a miner at the Ruby and Carson Mines.

Rae Bell has been involved with Underground Gold Miners Museum since 1999. Currently she provides bookkeeping & secretarial services to a few clients in addition to the museum. She is the Corporate Secretary for Original Sixteen to One Mine, Inc.

She serves as a Director of the Alleghany Water District and has held various board positions with the Fire District since 1996 (currently treasurer).  Since January 1997, she has served the community as a volunteer EMT with the Fire Dept. She is a part-time student at Sierra College majoring in business/accounting.

 

Her interests include local history, rock-work and gardening.

Dr. Edward Metz

Director

Dr. Metz holds degrees in Mining Engineering and Medicine. The focus of his medical practice has been diseases and injuries related to hard rock mining. He has consulted with several hardrock mines.

 

Formerly he was assistant professor of medicine at the University of Nebraska School of Medicine. Currently he is a consultant in medicine at the VA Hot Springs Medical Center in South Dakota.

 

Dr. Metz retired in 2000 from SD-ARNG as State Surgeon with rank of Col. in the Army Medical Corps.

 

He lives on a ranch where he raises long horn cattle and horses.

 

Thomas (Bud) DeGrio

Director

I was raised(1948-63)in Alleghany and graduated with two others; Harriette Giles of the Gold Crown Mine and Ann Hogan of the 16 to 1 Mine. I actually worked for the 16 in my 16th summer(1961). I earned $1.63\hour--check the books!! My Dad, Mike DeGrio,of the Hub, Oriental and El Dorado mines, drug me through just about every other mine in three counties--an education in itself. Anyway, I left town for college, went to war and have spent the last 40 years wandering around the mining and heavy civil construction industries. Mining & construction work have been really good to me and my family.....I only wish it could have been accomplished in Alleghany.!! Fondest of all memories are there.

 

Anita J. Wald-Tuttle

Director

 

As a youngster in the middle of Iowa I was always picking up rocks and wondering what they were.  As an art major at Iowa State University my favorite course was sliver jewelry  design, but the instructors were clueless as to what the gemstones were that we were setting in our jewelry.

Many years later I escaped to California and made it my mission to explore “rocks”.  In San Diego I belonged to the San Diego Lapidary Society and the El Cajon Gem and Mineral Society followed by the Vallejo Gem and Mineral Club.   When I moved to this areas I immediately became involved with the Nevada County Gem and Mineral Society, served on the Board as Secretary and President, and participated in the annual show at the fairgrounds.  Along the way I discovered the 16 to 1 Mine and the Underground Gold Miners Museum.  It’s been a natural progression.  I bring many years of board involvement of multiple organizations at most levels