Show cecil fitch Is made manager of chief C 0 n S 0 A statement made on new sy year s day and which 92 will doubtless av a be of V considerable interest to share hold ers of the mine is to the effect that walter fitch sr has retired as geil cral manager ff of the chief 7 cons min company and that his son cecil fitch has succeeded him in giving a out this piece 19 of news mr ritch 1 stated aff that he w will con 7 dinue ay to ff act as the president S of the company fe y but that for some a years past he has been leaving a good por syer tion of nsf the managerial duties aff to his son who Is splendida y qu r through early training and long ss years of active 2 service to is assume the additional JK responsibility s mr s fitch gy Is only too pleased pass the work seuy of faw managing 22 the ig iii mining enterer se along to yo ger should ers bien cecil fa jf has 57 5 7 with 9 the chief iw cons mpa ever since f its organization b h father 7 in fact he vilf came west a was connected 5 aa with the 8 prop arty 7 when 5 it was known y as the ittle hief which was before the holdings f the latter company over and made the foundation foan dation for the present cor horation po ration he has followed the growth and ff development of the property a through evera stage of its aa existence W has assisted his father 7 in yah acquiring new territory vhf which in acreage aff makes the 7 original holdings look ay small and unimportant ahw has super fuesy operations of all kinds during the time necessary saz fiS to translate the property from an uncertain prospect V to yaw one of the most wonderful bonan WAW zas in the whole western country and jf js it Is ff but yi natural for f him ansi to be asab advance 7 d to the higher i position of manager for a year ay or iy two a iw he has y been acting as assistant manager in addition to being ff superintendent isy along with the news wy that cecil fitch has been made manager of the ecsi chief iziar comes the ff aisea statement si sea that J fred johnson will wwii ww succeed ii him as superintendent mr johnson has beeb connected with 2 the mine in various capacities w for ef about eight w years 0 and sf since his return from w france aff r where he was 97 a lieutenant ry in the ofaf engineering s branch f of the service he has been acting as assis tant superintendent j when the history of gintic tintic w ff Is writ ten it will not be complete unless it contains a chapter or two devoted to the mining operations of walter fitch sr to a whom 7 the aras district owes a greater debt than to any other man he has 5 accomplished a won darful piece of mining development resulting in the fe discovery of new ore deposits jaff but he has a done something more 7 than make money for himself and his shareholders 8 afef ae ess has llevat ed the mining business of gintic tintic and arf a measure A that efi of the caf whole state to a effs a higher and 7 more enduring plane ff he has atoff done something faff which offs no other mining s man in utah ever thought of doing he has lived on the absy job not ff because ss he was y afraid zw to aw trust 7 faw matters bwy in other iffa hands ziff zi fw but that he might have afy a bet ter understanding atif of local condi eions and the liberal policies ff aff adopt ed by his company have had much 11 to do with giving ji gintic tintic 7 an unbroken record for peace and prosperity when fw there 7 has v been so much unrest 7 in other alvi mining districts of the west |