Show COPPER FIRM NAMES HEAD DEAD Continued from Page ge One vada and Arizona He succeeded In his contentions that copper ore with content as low as 2 per cent N could be mined profitably if mined i in large enough quantities Born Dom In Missouri Colonel Jackling was born near Appleton City Bates county Missouri Missouri Mis Mis- in 1869 He was orphaned at three and spent his boyhood on Missouri Misouri farms living with relatives relatives relatives rela rela- tives and doing farm work He worked his way through the Mis- Mis School of Mines from I which he holds an honorary degree of doctor of engineering by doing odd jobs After graduation he hf spent a year nt at the school as 83 an assistant professor professor professor pro pro- fessor of chemistry and metallurgy metal metal- but the far west called and in 1893 1893 he went to the Cripple Creek Colo mining district He came to Utah in 1896 as 83 a a. amill amill mill construction superintendent at Mercur After a period of work at Republic Wash he returned to Utah and began his efforts to develop develop develop de de- de- de the Bingham properties In 1903 the Utah Copper company company company com- com pany was formed with Colonel Jackling as general manager In 1906 he became vice president and general manager and in 1923 he assumed the presidency he has held until his retirement During his early days in Colorado Colorado Colo Colo- Colorado rado Mr Jackson served as 83 colonel on the staff stair of Governor Peabody and later Governor Spry of Utah app appointed him inspector general of small arms practice with the rank of Colonel Awarded Medal MedalIn MedalIn In the World war he was awarded the distinguished service medal by Woodrow WilBOn Wilson Wilson Wil Wil- son BOn for his part in producing copper copper copper cop cop- per and directing the building of the great powder r plant near Charleston W. W Va when he was director of th the government explosive sive plant as 83 well as 83 being assistant assistant assistant assist assist- ant to the U. U S S. S director of purchases purchases pur pur- purchases chases storage and traffic during that at war He is Is' Isa a member of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Metallurgical Metallurgical Engineers having served as president in 1938 and a member of the Mining and Metallurgical Society Society Society So So- of America He holds honorary honorary honor honor- honorary ary d degrees grees of doctor of engineering engineering engineer engineer- ing of the University o of Southern California and doctor of science of the University of Utah A native of Utah Mr Moffat became vice president and general manager of the company in 1930 succeeding Louis S. S Cates Gates who left to become president of Phelps- Phelps Dodge corporation Was Superintendent His first important executive f assignment with Utah Copper was superintendent of the Magna mills between 1910 and 1913 He then served six years as superintendent of the Hayden Ariz mill of the Ray Consolidated Copper company He returned here in 1919 as consulting consulting con con- engineer of Utah Copper mills and in 1924 became assistant to Mr Cates Gates Two years later he was named assistant general manager manager manager man man- ager a a. position he held until he succeeded Mr Cates Gates I |