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Show ' . r ' . I J v i i iiwiim hiiiiiiii -m'ii itfm it r mi " . v GOVERNOR CHARLES R. MABEY (left) GENERAL MANAGER LOUIS S. CATES of the Utah Copper Company (right) GREATEST COPPER WORLD ATTRACTS BIG CROWD There are a good many people who, because they have not the time or money to spare, necessary neces-sary to go to Yellowstone, Park, or to the coasf cities, or to some other field that ever beckons to the motor tourist, deny, themselves them-selves of a . short trip which would be a constant pleasure every hour and to many it would mean a revelation of the wonders won-ders of their own state, if they would take even a short trip for a few hours. The many hun-clreds hun-clreds of visitors who arrived in camp on Sunday last are indebted indebt-ed tc the untiring efforts of the Salt Lake Chamber of Comf merce mining committee in Inducing In-ducing them to visit the leading wealth "producing sarnpntbl state. Many of the visitors who have resided in Salt Lake City! all their lives, only .about twenty-eight twenty-eight miles distant, with excel-1 lent transportation facilities, had never seen actual mining operations oper-ations carried on before last Sunday. Altho rain fell heavily thru-out thru-out the day, it never seemed to dampen the ardour of the enthusiastic, en-thusiastic, excursionists. The local committee, headed by Dr. F. E. Straup, mayor, welcomed the visitors at the Princess Theatre, and introduced General Manager Louis C. Cates of the Utah Copper Company. Mr. Cates gave to the interested excursionists ex-cursionists staggering statistics as to the operations of the greatest great-est copper mine, which facts were greatly appreciated by the large crowd who thronged the building to its capacity. Mr. Cates introduced Governor' Ma- mining camps of the state, so that people -might gain a better idea of the importance of Utah's mining industry. The excursionists were then taken to view the gigantic operations oper-ations of the Utah Copper Company,' Com-pany,' where they could see the miners at work on the sidehills, drilling holes with their powerful machines; where they saw blasting blast-ing operations that tore hundreds of tons of ore loose from the mountain-side at one blast, which was later scooped into the big ore cars by steam shovels and immediately transported to the mills at Magna by some of the largest type of locomotives in use in the west. Following1 the trip to the mine, tTie party were takenviri' (Jars to the Utah Copper Company's ball park below town, Ahere the Elks' barbecue awatt-ed awatt-ed the hungry crowds. These arrangements were successfully carried out by an able committee, commit-tee, under the capable direction cf Theo. Marx. Over 3000 sandwiches sand-wiches of elk meat were distributed distrib-uted and aver sixty gallons of coffee served. A ball game was played between the- Utah Copper team and the Elks of Salt Lake, which was thoroughly enjoyed by a cheering crowd. Deputy sheriffs were posted thru different dif-ferent parts of the outside of the town to handle the traffic, and directly in town all traffic was in charge of City Marshal Thompson and his capable assistants, as-sistants, and in spite of the narrowness, nar-rowness, of our streets, no accident acci-dent occurred to mar the pleasures pleas-ures of the day. Each and every committee worked with a will and there is no doubt but what the visitors left with a desire that some time in the future they would like to return. This excursion is the last of the year to be conducted by the Chamber of Commerce of Salt Lake, and they are to be congratulated on its success. This club is striving without prejudice' or partiality to develop this state, and with their new drive for members now under way, it behooves every business man who has a desire in his heart to boost this state to the utmost, that he present his application for the consideration of their committee. bey, who advised Utahns to boost, their state to the utmost of their ability and to tell the world its advantages. Senator II. N. Standish reviewed the history of the camp from the time of his arrival here in 1876. The Senator spoke of the inadequate in-adequate transportation facilities of the early days and compared them with the present methods of transportation, lie also outlined out-lined the different milling methods meth-ods which . had been introduced in the earlier days when . gold was mined here, and finally concluded con-cluded with a brief description of the initial operations of the Utah Copper Company. J. J. Beason of Salt Lake City gave a masterful presentation presenta-tion of the mineralization and geological features of the district. dis-trict. Speeches were also made by Henry Welsh of Park City, who briefly described the bonanza bonan-za mining camps of the state, and Ross Beason, president of the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce, Com-merce, talked on the trips conducted con-ducted by his club to the various |
