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Show VftN Li AND APPERSON HEAD THE" UNITED STATES FDEL ORGANIZATION C. W. Vnn Uiw of BoHton, IMiish., was elected piesidvnt of the United Stnten Fuel company nnd affiliated Interests at a meeting of the board of diicetors Sntmday, to succeed II L. Carpenter, who tcndcicd his lcslKuation a little more than two weeks ago. The bonrd of directors accepted the resignation of Mr. Cai penter and tendered him a lcsolutlon exproHsitiK in the highest teims its appreciation of the valuable seivicus leudered and of waim pei-sonal pei-sonal l egret at his retirement. President Vnn Law is vice president of the United States Smelting, Refining and Mining company and has had geneutl sup ei vision of thu coal opciations of the company for seveial mouths. Ho expects to remain in Utah until some time in Match and, while he will devote a ceitain amount of his time to the af fails of the fuel company, the executive charge of the coal concern nnd its affiliations in Utnh will be placed in the hands of A. B. Appcrson, who recently resigned as genet al superintendent of the Utnh lines of the Denver and Rio Grande inilroad. Mr. Carpenter, with his wife, plans to leao soon on a pleasure trip to South America, which will occupy sccral months. After the trip Mr. Carpentr will become a member of the staff of the United States Smelting, Refining and Mining company in its Eastern East-ern operations. President Van Law litis htul a wide and successful mining expel ex-pel lence. He gradunted from Cornell University in 189G as a mechanical engineer, nnd for six years thereafter was engaged in mining operations in Colorado. From there he went to Mexico to take charge of some mining operations at Ciuinajuato. After some very successful work there he became consulting engineer of tho American Smelting and Refining company, with chaige of all its mining operations in Mexico. His jurisdiction did not extend ex-tend to tho smelting operations of the company. In 1909 he left the American Smelting and Refining company to become manager of the Mexican properties of the United States Smelting, Refining and Mining company. He was in direct chnigc of all tho Mexican interests of the company, and spent the greater patt of his time at the properties of tho Campania dc Renl del Monte y Pachucn, which Is probably the largest silver producer in the world. In August, 1913, still retaining the management of the Mexican Mexi-can properties, he was moved to tho Boston office of the company nnd later appointed vice president and general manager of the United SUitcs Smelting, Refining and Mining Exploration company, com-pany, which litis under its charge nil Investigation and acquirement acquire-ment of new properties. A few months ago President Van Law wiib also made ottu of the vice presidents of the parent compnny, nnd in that capacity had in charge the conl Interests of the company. com-pany. Of the nineteen years spent in mining operations by President Vnn Law, eleven years have been spent in Mexico among some of the largest metal producers in the world. His experience not only includes vailous phases of mining, but many interesting incidents In connection with the i evolutions of the southern lepublic, of which ho declines to talk for publication. |
