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Show ENGINEERS VISIT COPPER CAMP d& NOTE TRANSFORMATION OF ORE BB THAYEE, president of the American Institute of Mining Engineers, who Is In attendance at the present meeting Mr Thayer Is the president of the Anaconda Oopper Mining company and is interested in the International Smelting & Eeflning Co and the Inspirational Consolidated Copper Mining company 1 Bingham Is the Central Point of Interest to Many-Mining Many-Mining Experts VISITING engineers and local members number ng more than 300 were n attendance at the var o s meetings held m the Ho tel Utah yesterday by the A ner can Instft te of M n ng Engineers The main event of the day was the vis t to the m nes mills and su elters at Bing ham Those that tool the tr p we e extended all poss ble hosp tal ty The even ng programn e ncluded the teeh meal sess on wh ch began at 8 30 and at the same time the wo nen oi the party were ente tamed at the Amer can theate The train left at 8 30 o clock yestei day inorning over the Bingham & Garfield railroad It cons sted of four filled coaches a lunch car and the Bu reau of Mines safety car No 2 The tra n am ed at B ngham at 10 o clock where it was switched across the trestle and on the upper Utah Copper h gh line just across the gulch from the main workings The passengers left the coaches and trestle and the train moved on to leave an unobstructed view of both sides of the canyon Telle, of Deposits At this pont T C Gemmell gave an interest ng talk on the ore depos ts the operation of the mine the costs and other subjects of a techn cal a ture pointing o t the var ous tems by way of lllustrat on The v s tors then went to the Utah Copper pit and se cured a closer v ew o the ore bod es methods of m n ng peculiar t es of dep os t on and were adv sed that there was suff cient ore an s ght to keep the m lis and smelters on operation ioi a per od of fifty years As the v s tors were leav ng the reg ular noon f r ng of blasts illustrated fore bly the great act vity of th s n mense property A novel bot luncheon was served on the tra n during the ro tu-n trip to the Magna plant Upon arrival the v sitors were w elcomed by H C Sm th and F G Janney Jr of. the local comm ttee Tl e guests were d v ded into squads, each under the personal direct on of one of the opera ting staff of the Utah Copper mills and escorted through the Magna plant All of the features of the large scale extract on of copper m neral from the low grade ores were expla ned A spe c al nad by th s t me been moved to the track directly below the mill where the director and crew of the mine s safety car gave a pract cal demonstra t on of mine rescue work f rst ad to the ininred Illustrated the use of the regenerat ve respirator the pulmotor and artificial resp ration The party then moved on to the plant of the Ga field Smelt ng oompany where they were received by the operating force were escorted through the plant and Bhown all of the deta Is of th s most interesting smelter Feature of Trip One of the novel features of the en tire tr p wa3 that members of the in stitute saw the copper ore be ng taken from the ground n B nghan canyon saw the monster locomotive and train that moved this ore to tho mills at Gar field, saw the mineral be ng extracted from these ores in the concentrators saw the copper be ng extracted from this m neral at the sn elter and finally Baw the fin shed metall c copper loaded on cars ready for shipment to the re finer The party reached Salt Lake at 6 30 o clopk in the afternoon Professor Robert H R cl erds of the Massachusetts Institute of Techno ogv the foremost au hor tj on ore d ess ng in the United States was among tl e v s t ore to B ngham W Earl Greeno gh general manager of the Marsh Mining company of Wa ace Idaho was t e bo e representat ve of the Coe r d Alene m n ing district. Many Experts Here J V N Door cjanide expert and in ventor of ar ous machines extens ve used in jande mil ng arrived from New Yo k csterday norn ng JI M oo fen p om nent m ng eng ee and e a ca expert of Denve ar rived eH erday afternoon Co one! T omas B Bu br dge ap tal st and mln ng eng! eer of 1 nver Colo s In at nd n w Cool 4 1 T on;a r e neer of the vest vi 1 de ver a paper j on the muc talked of Drum ummon n ne in Montana J ntaro Ko ma m n ng engineer and super ntendent of the Ash 0 copper mines n Japan vv be the guest of honor at a d nner pa ty at the Ho e Utah roof ga den Wednesday e en ng Th s d nner v be g en by five eng neers -who vis ited t e Ashio m ne on the occas on of the Inst tute s tr p to Japan n 1912 They are "W L Saunde s H F Ba n D W Brunto "W L Care and C W Goodale They regret the absence of J W R chards S W Mudd and W ard Morse "who a so partook of the hosp ta i ty of the Furakawa M nlng con pany T is company Is tl e largest producer of copper In Japan produc ng 24 000 000 po nds year y out of a total for the em p re of 140 000 000 pounds Roof Garden Dinner An ong the p easant features coinc dent with the nee ng of tl e Amer can Insti tute of M n ng Engineers w 1 be a d n ner at the Hotel Utah roof garden on Wednesday even ng attended bv the vis Itors who are members of the S gma Chi f atern ty Among those who w 11 attend are Mess s C I Berr en Butte W W Case. Jr Denver L C Lennox Cr pple Creek W Earl G eenough Wal ace Ray ! mond Guyer Ketchum Idaho E1 Pern i b oke Bos on James Mooney k on i Oh o Fred Sc b rd Park C ty F Fau k ner and G T Hansen of Sa t Lake ; Professor R H R c ards of t e Massa I chusetts Inst tute of Techno 0oy n 1 be ente ta ned tonight by tl e ocal a umni 1 assoc at o at a d nner to be gl en on 1 t e roof garden of tl e U ivers ty lub i at 6 30 o c ock j The party 1 leave the Un on depot of i t e Oregon Sho t L ne and the San Pe i dro Los AnBe es & Sa t Lake rail vays j by special t a n at 8 30 a m for a trip to the sme ters at Mur ay Midvale and ' Tooele Lunc eon w 1 be served on the j tra n I The lad es of t e party who do not ! wish to make the tr p to the sme ters ! w 11 assemb e in the lobby of t e Hote i Utah and "A first visit the art ga ery of the Ame a palace which has been thro vn open for the occas on by Mrs Ed vin F Ho mes after which they v 1 be take to the Country c ub wl ere a spec al luncheon w 1 be served They will visit the country home of Mrs Her man A Prosser on B g Cottonwood creek for ea Papers for Today A teel nical sess on wi I be I eld in the bal room of t e Hote Utah on Wednes day even ng at 8 30 o clock at wi ch C W Wh tley 11 pres de Tl e papers to be read at th s sess on relate p n pa y to ore dress ng and the sepa at o of minerals w th notes o he refln ng of bu on Some nte est ng d scuss ons are antic pated T e p og amme of papers for th s sess on s as fo ows Losses of 2 nc in M nlng M 1 ng and Sme ting bv Dorsey A Lyon and San ue S A entz Separat on of Lead" Z nc a d Ant n onv O des b R D D e E ec ro tatic Separa o at M d a e by H A W en wo th Treatment of Comp e O es by S B Brethe ton The Effe t of Annea ing Upon Re fined Copper by Earl 8 Bardwe 1 L onom and Effic ency in Reverbera torj ne ng bv C D Demond Un t Construct on Costs for the Ne Ar zona Copper Sme ting Plant bj L Ho on Tones Me ng of Cathode Copper i t e E ect c Furnace by Do sey Lyo and Robe t M I eeney Cur es for tl e Sens bel- eat Cap tj of Furnace Gases by C R Kuze and G II W gton Basic lined Con erter P actlce at Old Domino Pant by L O Howard Lead Matte Convert ng at Tooe e" by O M Kuchs The Book C ffs Coal Held of Uta by Robert S S Lew s to be 11 ustrated wt lante n v ews showing t e princ pal coal mines of Carbon county |