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Show DJ). MOFFAT IS NEW HEAD OF UTAOTPER CO. Colonel D. C. Jackling, 73, world famous as a mining pioneer pio-neer in the exploitation of large, low-grade disseminated copper deposits, recently retired as president pre-sident of the Utah Copper company. com-pany. The story of Colonel Jack-lings Jack-lings rise to engineering eminence emin-ence exemplifies the American ideal of equality of opportunity. At the directors' meeting in New York City October 26, D. D. Moffat, a native Utahn who came up from the ranks of company mining engineers, was named to succeed Colonel Jackling as head of Utah Copper. Mr. Moffat, vice president and general manager for Utah Copper the past 12 years, was named vice president of Kennecott Copper corporation on October 10. He is a leading figure fig-ure in Utah's industrial, financial finan-cial and civic affairs. Under his management Utah Copper company com-pany has reached an all time high in production, turning out more copper than any other single operation op-eration has ever produced. Colonel Jackling organized the Utah Copper company in 1903. Three years later he became vice president and general manager. He was elevated to the presidency presiden-cy in 1923, a post he held until his retirement last month. Born near Appleton City. Bates county, Mo., in 1869, Daniel Cowan Cow-an Jackling was left an orphan at the age of three. His boyhood was spent on the Missouri farm of an aunt and uncle. He worked his way through the Missouri School of Mines and remained there a year after graduation as assistant professor of chemistry and metallurgy. The next year, 1893, he was a hard rock miner at the famous Cripple Creek, Colo., district. He made the acquaintance of Charles MacNeil and Captain J. R. De Lamar, two of the most resource: ful mine operators in Colorado of the 90s. Influenced by. his forthrightness, competence and persistency, they sent him to Utah, where he was in charge of construction f and operation of metallurgical works of the Consolidated Con-solidated Mercur Gold Mines. Jackling made preliminary examinations ex-aminations and reports on the mining properties of Bingham in 1891. Convinced of its potential value he outlined a method of development and eventually gained gain-ed backing for organization of Utah Copper company. The mining min-ing process he evolved at Bingham Bing-ham has since been employed in all parts of the world. He has received re-ceived the highest honors the American engineering profession can bestow. He holds honorary degrees of doctor of engineering from the Missouri School of Mines, Min-es, University of. Southern California Cali-fornia and University of Utah, r |