Show personal mention 0 W johnson manager of the marcy mill department of the mine smelter supply company denver headquarters was in the city attending the A 1 I M E summer gathering and fraternizing with his many friends here N L hall metallurgical engineer well known here was one of the visitors to salt lake and a participant in the summer meeting of A I 1 M E early in the month mr hall is a member of the metallurgical staff of the illinois zinc co peru illinois judge E V higgins following a two months absence from his law offices on account of sickness is again at his atlas block headquarters attending to business as usual his host of friends are glad to see him in harness again much improved in health dr sterling z B talmage left on the fifth to take up his duties as assistant professor of geology at the northwestern university evanston ill mr talmage has been spending 1 5 the summer months in geological research work in the surrounding mining region ralph A scott sales manager of the denver rock drill manufacturing company came over from denver to participate in the meeting and festivities of the A 1 I M E gathering and incidentally to consult with the companas comp anys representatives here after that was all over he pulled out for butte and other points joseph utah mining man of many years activity returned early in the month from a trip to alberta canada where he be is presumably interested in the knight sugar company which is now completing a great beet sugar factory in alberta a utah financed concern mr reports great prosperity in the north country jules labarthe former member of the firm of bradley bruff and labrache La brathe metallurgical engineers of san francisco has accepted the management of the georgian manganese concession in in the russian caucasus and will leave soon to assume his duties labarthe designed and constructed the mason valley smelter and operated the plant for several years theodore marvin managing editor of the explosives engineer the hercules powder companas Comp anys magazine for users of explosives and which is always crammed chock hill full of valuable information and beautiful illustrations was avas a live wire at the A 1 I M E during its sessions here if he overlooked anything during his visit it was probably sleep i certainly nothing else dean L 0 howard of the washington school of mines pullman washington was in salt lake in attendance at the A 1 I M E gathering and taking advantage of the occasion to renew acquaintance with as many of his old time salt lake friends as he could find dr howard enjoyed his visit immensely he was accompanied here by prof H M I tenton henton of the same institution C T henderson head of the great western electrochemical company with headquarters in san francisco and works at pittsburg calif was a salt lake visitor early in the month while to butte mr hendersons company is the largest manufacturer of potassium which now is so universally employed in the flotation process of treating ores he reports that frank E marriner dean of all flotation oil salesmen in this country who represents v the great W western astun company was very re recently bently called home by the serious illness of mrs marriner thus causing him to abandon a portion of his trip which would have taken him to butte and the northwest mr marriner marrinersr Mar s host of friends will hope for the speedy return to health of mrs marriner george H short I 1 E M who with jack may is now operating a profitable lead silver mining proposition near montezuma colorado returned from a trip to the mine anin early in the month he was accompanied by C C gordon well known metallurgist who is in utah again after two or more years during which he was engaged in research work for the cerro de pasco copper corporation of peru J J beeson geologist recently left for a trip to alaska on professional business accompanied by A B knowlton and frank cameron jr examination of the engineers gold property at atlin in the skagway district is the work in hand since this item was in type word has been received here that mr knowlton had been killed in an accident at the mine though particulars were lacking brigadier general frank T hines who has been visiting his father and mother in this city and who left about the middle of last week to continue his trip of inspection of veteran bureaus throughout the country is reported to have accompanied his father frank L hines on a trip to the american fork mining district last week the elder hines is heavily interested in american fork mining properties located in the midst of present active producers in the district and it is suspected that general hines is preparing to take a hand in the development of the paternal holdings |