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Show DESERET EVENING JfEWS SATURDAY DECEMBER iN 28 1918 St earn Skovels Used to Malce Porpkyry Coppers ; Utah Sopper .Output Pound Mark in 1918 years ago mine such as the "porphyry copper" were not dreamed of; and 'there wai the greatest skepticism regarding the probability that mountainous deposits of rock containing, I per cent and less of copper would over have an economic value. At most .of the copper mines of the world the discarded tailings of mills carried a greater percentage of copper, wtilyOcrade ore carrying several times as much could noth mined and wdbaed.at a profit; but the mineralised posits in such mines were not as large,. nor were they of the character that .. occur at Bingham, wfiere thd Utah Copper pioneered the exploitation of the porphyry deposits. Utah Copper is the child of Daniel C. Jack- ling, whose first experience at Bingham was gained in 1891 when he oporo erated an old stamp mill near there In making a test run on what Is now a part of Utah Copper holdings. hr, Jackling, who is first vies president and managing director of Utah Copper, had recently been' called from Colorado to Mercur, Utah, where ho eras metallurgist at the Golden Gate m in and where his attainments proved - ef great value to the owner pf the property, tpatpain Joseph R. De Lamar. While De Lamar had an option Mr, Jackling financed the great propft , the Bingham ground at the time the erty now known as Utah Coppor, and Billl-tewas made,' be dropped the from which many people have gained matter, only to take another optfpn great wealth, while thousandsIn have othseveral yean later, when more exten- got their share of its richness er ways. of several sive work was done through Utah Copper has, hn lens than II the short tunnels that had been ran years, jnled mors than 80,000,009 Into the mountain, and a larger ton- tons of oro from which has boon exabout 1.800,000.000 pounds of nage of the material extracted was tracted ounces copper, nearly 000,000 waffled, the second test, also, being of ounces 0,000,000 gold, ' and n of this while And Vnado by Mr. Jackling. Again the silver.' ' production has been on an .enordropped the propoattlo'n, but mous scale as compared with ordinary J addings faith in its, possibilities mining operations, with a large area grew, as he had worked ont the proc- of Its holdings that probably contain ess that promised to prove successful Oro yet unprospected, on the first of If 'operated on a large scale; bnt for the current year the quantity of ore classed as fully and partially developSeveral yean be devoted his attention ed was calculated as 871,000,000 tons, lb mining business in other districts, averaging 1.89 per cent copper. The of oro in 1918 has been 11,000,-00- 0 feteturning to Colorado with an option output tons from which between 200,000,-00- 0 on the property he desired to develop, and 205,000,000 pounds of copper Mr. Jackling aroused the Interest of have been extracted. y WENTT low-gra- low-gra- -- st cap-lai- Messrs. C. M. MacNeill and Spencer Fenroe of Colorado Springs, who, aft-fvisiting Utah and Inspecting the big rphyry deposits, joined him in of the flfst company to purchase a majority Interest -There was among mining men who learned of the enterprise, the strong-l- et opposition and adverse criticism, t being regarded by the average mln-a- s sheer folly. But Jaek- was persistent, and demonstrated tngplans for operating on a large scale 1 to a successful issue In a comparative-- i ly short time. One Jesuit 'has been the placing of Utah near the .top of I t fce list of g states, its lutput of the metal being exceeded by only three other states which were heavy producers of copper years here Utah Copper was born. It was ti rough his integrity and ability that cr , 'f copper-producin- Employes Small Army. Utah Copper employes 6,000 to men, and each Month distributes more than 13,000,000 in wages and other operating expenses. It has produced and distributed in Utah more than 1300,000,000, and the end of this great source of wealth will not be seen for many, many years. And the other porphyry coppers, in other states, with the development of several of which Mr. Jackling has been the leading factor, also have made production of an almost Inconceivable quantity of copper and created new wealth by the hundred million dollars, while the abundance of copper which these mines were able to supply the government did much In a direct way to permit this country to enter the war and strike the deciding blow. The mines of California and Nevada saved the Union with their large production of gold and silver, with which equipment and supplies for federal troops were obtained, and which supplied new wealth to take the place of what was destroyed. Also, they fnrn- -- cent copper, systematic sampling the property, giving the results of the property to Mr, Guggenheim, and to owned b De Lamar, which they dtd,' of various old workings gave averages test work, was written by Messrs Charles A Coffin, of the General Elec- - The new option was for six month V 1 8 . to I per cent copper.'. Not hav- Jackling and Oemmell.' of trio company, in 1902. In 1901 he pre- with the privilege of extension far 11 ing the money to prospect and develop sented it to John Hays Hammond. The months on payment of (6.040 for snog Values Arc Demonstrated. the property, as he desired he turned A Copper company of additional month after the first si Thar sis -hie attention to mining operations in - The summary of results of testing Glasgow.Bulphur Scotland. Marcus Daly and They did taka seven month extra. other districts, where he was moder- operations Senator W. A. Clark-we- r also consid- paying 435,000 for the privilege, os given as follows: ately successful. Investing his profit Dry weight ore irijJUted .... 574.83 tons ered as possible purchasers nf the tout of (420,000 for the 66 per cent. made through sales of properties in Average assay valy fit coppor. . It. 68 property, but nothing ctrtne of tbe efother districts ia exploration work in Total ury concentrate 29.289 ions forts to get them Interested. ."The Utah Copper Incorporated , Is F.(nrham canyon holdings and m Average assay concentrate . . . to 2 per cent fact that a maas of 1 was Utah first The company Copper the purchase of additional gTOund, he cent 21.75 copper or was unattractive 16 to 20 June 4, 1991, under tbs ' ; .ad accomplished about 6.000 feel tf Recovery 71,70 per cent years ago should surprise no one," incorporated 19.69 into 1 comments T. A. Rickard in the Mining laws of Colorado with a capital of tunnels, drifts and crosscuts at a cost Concentration (500,000, in aharea of II each. Tbs of a book 320.000 when the success of conThe concentrate was eoldTo the Ger- A Scientific 1reaa. "It rpquired following summer the first mill of ths .he Highland Boy started a copper ex- mania no common of structive imagination smelter then operating near order and unusual financial known as th Copperton, citement in 1894. courage company, Balt Lake City, the returns showing to at Bingham, was In profitable large-scal- e undertake the explora64,601 pounds net dry weight assay- tion of such a Captain De Lamar Takes Option. operation, tbe profit based on Z . deposit at that time. 0..12 o copper, being said to be at tbs . As ths result of an examination ing 23.18 per cent copper, 12,-0lien contents rate of 70 cent per ton of ore treated, per. being , Jackling Has Faith In Mine. made in 1896 for the late Captain sliver the of 3.27 . copper,' oujtees Mr. was so favorably Im- The capacity waa 300 tons a day. " JoaephiR. De Lamar, whose death re- gold, pounds and 3&.J2 ounces silver. Pay- pressed Jackling 29, 1904, the company was ! April of the with the occurred New in possibilities an cently York, option ment was made on 94 per cent of the after having taken part. in organised by incorporating in New infurtslx months on three-quart- er content at 1216 oents a pound; property for D Lamar in 1998 and Jersey with a capital of 14.500,040 tests the terest in, the property was taken by copper gold waa paid for at the rate of 1899. having written the report sumbeing 910 each. A bond issue the captain, the price being 3376,000. the 319 an ounce, and bn the allver 96 marising th roaults of the teste and was made July 1, 1904, the issue being .in the Markham stamp-mi- ll at Bing- per cent was paid at 6914 petit an of tbe examination of (he mine, that for $750,000, running three years and j ham a test run of 74 tons o( ore from the total smelter value of the he repeatedly advised Captain De drawing T per cent interest, the bonds I .' the Mackintosh tunnel. and two other ounce, concentrate being 11,508.40, equiva- Lamar the Bingham venture waa being convertible. In 1905 ths capital " '"The was d yleld-qtest made, workings lent to 865.07 per ton of concentrate. full of that Mr. Jackling was was increased to $8,900,000, and aga,d a concentrate containing 28 to S3 The promise. smelling charge was 37.98 per than only 80 year, of age, but be had increased in 1908 to 37.600,000, being per oent copper, on an ore assaying 1 Tmiu" already proved himself "a capable and still further increased in January, v,nf tor "wt0 per cent, the recovery being siv to 83 ?! toB quU engineer,", 1910. to 325.000.000, of which 110,- metallurgical per cent. The comparatively low "A masterful 244,900 in $10 shares has been issued. covery and th state of the conuer d.01' orAj.rlnr mrir the issue ef $8,282,340 stock tn , ejlaraetfef pMsoaeed of strong inltla- - From market discouraged De Lamar who I I.1 threport. the for th adjoining-.- ' poor n,d ,vwlt ut 1310 thereofwas paid J V u7tln relinquished th option At that the Boston Consolidated! Mls- property frlenda, but. graduate the price for electrolytic Conner had P . lPorp.hyrSn when shuree blasted $10,000 $50 that at shar and ' naturally ,ourl Bchool-o- f Mines, he was begin-ye- control of - the- - NevadaperCoasoitdated fallen to' pound Three lnt mU to feel his way to hi. natural pBing later, whmT copperhad risen to CUt at Ety, Nevada waa secured? . ' oll cents, De Lamar asked lor another 'X.hr .?lnsh!2I'vCR?5,.0J' ore lih 2.000 tUon captain of industry. He company of 1,000,168 share . . , to turn Wall' prospect by th purchase refused that ' option. copper, esy the report t into a profitable mine it would be of Mine. The second option, obtained in 1898 feet The the Description form of kc m uch to least eaanr at money,, De v,rjr apend Lamar, waa for th purchase Of by "The mine of the Utah Copper com- unfcrmly dU- ,ooo,000; and in thoa days, before intereet at (60 000 and PIE .C!lal2?pyr throughout th mass, there any nf the low rrede nnrnhvrv neon, pany is a mountain Impregnated with on s second quarter at (250,000, Rob-- ) I ore a veritable mountain Pf ert C. Qeramell, the present general i belnit Vftry mUa ,roa pyrlUe ol. olher ' art lea bad been proved a baste for suo- - copper 8uch has on ajfid ?le.lt ora writes T, A Rickard. exploltatlon ctful manager of Utah Copper, who wsa ! with !.ulF.hAd.e!!?. it Near the surface the oxidising was almost .impossible to engage the been the dream of the prospector from ia.r attention of capitalists in such a Ve- time Immortal MountwasMorgan, a mouq- Queensland, Australis, ntura , .. , - tain of gold ore, in so far as Its sura- -' Coloradoans Are Interested. ling, also a member of D Lamar's mlt was excavated bodily and sent id staff,-beinthen metallurgist at the , last work don by the mill, although now the outpoW after the Shortly Golden Gate mill, mad milling teat Whed out of th rock D Lamar at Bingham, in th summer comes from a definite in tbe Rogers mill below the leaving ItenW tho values practically nothing of 1899, Mr. Jackling resigned from within the core of the hill 600 feet mine: - De Lamar wanted more time on tbe surface, but Increasing rapidly th De Lamar staff. In 1901 he re- high on which the outcrop was dk-- " with depth, both as to value and per- turned to Colorado, becoming consult- covered. Mount Lyell and Mounts engineer to the United Btetes Re- Blachoff in Tasmania are th sites, , centage of copper present as su- ing duction A Refining company that had of bog min workings lphide" that follow ore- - t been organised by former Cripple in copper and tin, nr--"' "Estimate of Large Tonnage. Creek a Mediates. Charles M. Mao-Nel- bodies rich ; Mount Davidson waa M For th purpose Of estimating the Bpencer Penrose and Charles spectively 1 quantity and value of the ore In th L. McNutt. To them - he related bis rlchsdm by the Comstock lode, and the Extensive Mill Tests Mads. by its famous deposit t deppslt 4(1 samples were taken from at Bingham and they Ram els berg non of those was a mean- Early In 1898, Victor Clement hav- 10 principal tunneta by which, th re- experiences to back him if he could get silver;of but agreed ore so as this great quar- D tain Lamar's port state 1(7,200,000 cublto feet, or hold of th ing become manager of property. He wae ry, th face oftruly i 1,600 fast M which mining interest learned of the prop- 12,215,000 ton of lor were indicated, refused an Bingham for when he applied erty from Gemmell and Jackling. and the average of the assays showing 2 it while In option , Balt Lake City on business vertical height and 3,000 feet wide at familiarised himself with tbs results per cent copper.. As to probable or in December, 1908, but induced a the has of tests made under the terms of th beside that disclosed, Mr. Jackling said friend to trf for it. Th result was To realise th bigness of th min Tn company with that "an estimate of 25.000,000 ton half-wa- y D Lamar option up IU'"-- . friend- - obtained th option, It is best to ascend Mr. Gemmell he visited the property, in addition to that already developed, that the opposite slope, ' on th east aid ef he over which, turped Jackling., new proposi- Is conservative as a probability of fur-tlo- n and decided 4 make Bingham Canyon: there on face the., to secure it. On behalf of De La- -j ther This estimate ia based serried terraces that mark th sucJackling Boca res Backing. mar he offered to pay (60,000 for s Ion q production. Given under data of January 88, cessive . slices now being cut out of. supposed width, at the northerly interest, with an option; end of th property, of 800 feet, at 1193, ths option covered the maas of copper-bearin- g rock. 12 for ons year on another quarter at th southerly end 2.000 feet, at th undivided intereet" In the property, is an impreMlve picture of highly f 1250.000, and on a third quarter at middle $.400 feet, with a length of th The. ereU . price being 8350,000, of which ganlmed human Industry. 11.260.000. This proposal was ac- about 1,600 feet, and a depth of 110 (69.009 waa payable March I and has been removed already, but. bp- Clement immediately ar- feet." Ail these expectations have been (100,000 due June cepted. 7, 1901. This op- shortened by distance, the mouaUa ranged for work to be don and spent more than oonflrmed by mining opera- tion waa taken by Mr. Jackling to his tilt looks like a pyramid, the levels s. $26,000 extending drifts and driving tion Colorado frlenda Mr. MacNeill, Mr ef successive excavation suggests 1., new crosscuts. Sampling of th new In the' next lew peers several at- Penrose, and the latter's brother, R. A th step-il- k n of one cf was Gemin of Mr. to Interest workings charge tempt Tt t mining capitalists F, Penrose, a distinguished geologist, the famous Egyptian tomb mell while Mr. Jackling had charge in the venture were mad without Mr. to Utah and outer cover of th hill la covered accompanied the mill-te- st the work being done cea in spit of th good results ob-- with him visited Jackling inAfter Bingham. by oxidation; the mass itself Is gray in th old Rogers mill convenient to tatned in th D Lamar operations. specting the property a It ia a hug theatre, in which th so-- '; they mad the property, which was repaired for In 1897 it was offered to Daniel Gug- new agreement with the owner, by tor are 1,800 man; hut so big ta.t the purpoo. It was equipped with a genheim, whose engineer refused to the terms of which he was to receive stage that they are hardly distant J cent Interest in the battery, two Wllfley tables, oonaider it Again, In 1900, Hartwtg $126,009 for 65 IstaoU. Ore-tra- in like chA- and a Tanner. At the conclusion of A Cohen, who had been fehief of staff entire property, perthe Colorado men ths extensive testing work a report on for CUptaln De Lamar, offered tbe agreeing to buy th quarter Interest (Continued page four) , copper-producin- -- rj lshed the Wherewith to rehabilitate the country after the war. And the g of rain great which Utah Copper ia the Jeading one of the porphyry' group, during the great world war have 'contributed largely of their product to defeat the Hun. What would have become of. the Allle if there bad been no Utah Copper to add 200,000,000 pound ol copper to theworld eupply each year: What if Jackling had been lea persistent 20 years ago when he conceived the, idea of 'earning a profit fron. what wa considered absolutely of no value? With the disbursement at the end of this month of the regular quarterly dividend by the Utah Copper company. the enormous total of 892.106,-782.6- 0 of profits w411 have been divided among the fertunate owner of company shares The December dividend wUl amount to (4,0(1,225, leaking the total for 1918 18.244,900. as compared with dividend payments amounting to 823.665,106 in 1917. And those immense profits are only a fraction of the groas production that has aggregated cioee to $809,000,000 resulting from one mans persistence.. Naturally, the expense of opening up and making the great mine from the operation these astounding profits have been earned. In a little mare than fifteen years, consumed larger portion of the groas; but tbe net earnings of tbe company have been wonderful, as the surplus from operations remaining after dividend payments amounts to' nearly 5M09,000. These results are far beyond the most sanguine expectations of Daniel C.. Jack-Ji- n g who tried for several years without success to obtain ths comparatively small capital needed to secure the property .and begin operations Not property only has tbe been made the basis of one of the most successful mining ventures in ths history of the world, but Its development baa led to the successfdt development of mines of, similar character In Nevada, Arisona and New Mexico, where others followed his lead and adopted his metallurgical and mining methods, meeting with instant success. But the genius o Jackling biased the trail that his followers could easily see, so it is to him that is due the credit for the wonderful strides made in copper production in the western states durf ing recent years. Early Dy History. It was in 1883 that the first discovery of ore was made in what was named the West Mountain mining district whsre ths property of the Utah Copper company Is situated. The West Mountain district Included all of the Oqnlrrh range of mountains until ths organisation of the Rush Valley district in 1814, which took in tbe western slope of the range. After the initial discovery prospecting for' ore was taken up by soldiers of the Third California Infantry that was stationed at Camp Douglas, near Salt Lake City, under the command of General Patrick E. Connor. The general encouraged the search for ore, granting furloughs to men dealrtng to engage In prospect-inHe devised si set of mining laws to govern mining operations and energetically encouraged the search for mines. The first corporation to operate la the district was organised under the laws of California as the West Jordan Mining company la 1884. Although numerous outcrops of galena ore were discovered, development of the mining industry was slow because of lack of railroad transportation and the high eost of supplies. A shovel cost (8.60, and a keg of powder, (190. Discovery of gold In Bingham canyon by a party of Californians returning in 1884 from Montana to spend the winter at Salt Lake led to the systematic washing of the gravel In the canyon. These operations are said to havs resulted in a total production of during the six or seven years following, Ao nngget weighing a tittle more than an ounce being found. Goldboaring ore was found In quartsose lodes penetrating the limestone, while the galena ore carried silver. According to Bancrofts "History of Utah," the- - first shipment of ore from Utah was a carload of copper ore from Bingham canyon that was shipped by Walker Brothers of Salt Lake to Baltimore In June. 1898, the ore being hauled to the Union Pacific railroad at Uinta. No large shipments were made until December 1881, when 6,090 tons of sulphide ore was Shipped from the Highland Boy mins. , 4,-0- ' 1 .... pr ted 18-o- ent . . pr ch once-despis- i Umed.1! eful ard- hbn" 1 ar rrtk I i ln one-quart- er , I , ed ... ret lode-chan- -- li. -- ! tt one-quart- er two-fourt- hs -- crpaa-seotio- ta, g. -- Gold under the Laws of the State of QjRGANIZED J a . , X venture started by Samuel Newhouse, as promoter, with Thomas Weir as manager. A cyanide mill to extract the gold from the ore was erected and operated for several months. Because of thl presence of copper,- however, the mill was not n success. Ths affairs of ths efjapany were in a critical stage when JCTc carrying 16 par cent copper w9 discov- laine, Capital Stock 1 50000 shares. Mintnf Fedor While nuggets of copper were found M places along the canyon, the copper deposits were of low grade and could not be smelted as easily as ths lead ores with tbe facilities than available. The Highland Boy company was Par Value $10.00 gold-mini- ng Garfield meItiag Compaiy Buyers of; - 'Boston Office 60 Congress St ered in the mine, Salt Labe Office. 402-- 4 Dooly Block Officers and Directors: ' DIRECTORS: James P. Graves, Lewis R. McComick.' Thomas S. Woods' , .Henry N. Sweet Alfred B. White 'Arthur, W. Chesterfon. . . - . . capacity. The Boston Consolidated Mining company In 1997 acquired the Stewart No, 8 and a number of adjacent claims, but in publications of ths United States geological survey reporting on development operations by this company down to 1891, , there Is no of mining on such a scale4 snggelon as was later adopted by Utah Copper. Is It believed that ths first mining on the presapt Utah Copper was the driving of the Soldierproperty tunnel by Some of General Connor's men. Not ors of marketablo'-gradfinding ths1 original locators abandoned elaims. and ths oldest claims their, now owned by Utah Copper is the Washwhich was ington. located In 1848. Visiting Bingham canyon In 188T. a former resident of the stats who had been engaged in mining in Idaho, Ind sampled a number of the spected old workings, consisting principally or tunnels driven by former holders of the ground. Finding Indications of the extensive dispersion of cop; er In ths monronite, he located the Dick Mackintosh and Charles Reed, claims after Investigating the records and that the ground was. subject learning to location. The Prank' Cushing and other claims. were subsequently located by hm and formed Into a group that Inter became the nucleus of the Utah Cop' While samples per property. taken one .from old tunnel from assayed 40 I I Copper Ores t Mattes, Bullions and Furnace Products ' i-- - ul e - ... OFFICERS: James P. Graves, President. ,, Henry N. Sweet, Vice President. Thomas S. Woods, Treasurer. Myron K. Billings, Secretary. ' ' Imer Pett, General Manager. nils discovery and the favorble price of copper led to the development ef the property ae a copper mine, and shortly after tbe large shipment referred to wue made the mine and other claims was transferred to the Utah Consolidated Mining company, which, three years later, completed a smelter of 250 tons daily t. -7 A i prl Copper Plant at Garfield, Utah. Lead Plant at Murray, Utah f Address all Commcnicatlon to C. W. WHITNEY, ! General Manager 7 .7 j r Room 714, McComick Block Salt Lake City, Utebi er tit r- - - |