Show Retires After Long Service At Park Utah I O. O N. N Friendly vice president and consultant Park Utah Consolidated I Mines Co is retiring after 43 years' years I J active e work In the Park City mining district The native of Corvallis Ore was In Instrumental instrumental instrumental in- in in developing Information r regarding garding ore deposition in the district leading to a substantial Increase in re reserves reserves reserves re- re serves an and subsequent production in the zinc silver mining area He also was active in obtaining additional additional additional addi addi- properties for what eventually became Park Utah Consolidated Mines Co N Negotiated Big Dig Deal DealAnd DealAnd And he negotiated a 1 million deal I whereby Anaconda Copper Mining Co expanded Its stock Interest in Park Utah from rom 4 per percent cent to 24 per cent Mr Friendly said he be and his wife planned to travel around and see parts of the world weve we've never seen before The will maintain their rest resl- d dence ce in Salt Lake City however The executive said he would remain on the board of directors but Is severing all other official connections with the tiie mining company x I Mr Friendly was reared In Portland Ore He attended the University of Cali Cali- I I I fornia at Berkeley from which he was I graduated as a mining engineer in 1907 A companion at school was Paul H. H Hunt now vice president and general manager of the Park City mining firm Worked on Vacations Th ThO engineer spent summer college vacations in 1904 06 working at dt the old bid Highland Boy mine In the Bingham Bingham- district and at the Daly West properties properties proper proper- proper proper- t ties es in Park City He was e employed In ln mucking and single jacking hand drill drill- ing f t tHis His first ful full tune tim Job after graduation from college was was' as as' an sur engineer v y r for the Daly West properties In 1907 In 1909 he was employed as engineer engineer en en- and geologist by the Daly Judge Mining Co the Co-the the firm which later became became became be be- r came the nucleus of Park Utah ConI Consolidated Con- Con I I Mines Co G. G W. W Lambourne head of the Daly Judge placed d the yoU youthful Friendly at I work classifying rock formations in the district It was in this work that Mr friendly found that Instead of one e o of ore in the quartzite formation formation forma forms I tion there were many e extending x ten din g throughout much of the area Marking b System stem stemA A system of ot marking or identifying these various sections was developed In 1913 Mr Friendly was named general general general gen gen- eral manager of the Daly Judge Mining Co He also served at the same time as general manager of the old Snake Creek I Mining and Tunnel Co which started one of the major drainage projects l Inthe in inthe the district These amalgamations led eventually to formation of the Park City Mining Milling Smelting Co of ot which Mr Friendly was general manager and acid Mr Lambourne president I Brings rIngs Incorporation I In 1925 under Mr Lambourne's direction direction tion further claim acquisitions were carried out resulting in Incorporation of the holdings of bf Park Utah Mining Co with Park City Mining Smelting Co and the formation of ot what is now Park Utah Consolidated Mines Co At that time through Its Interests In the o On Ontario tarlo tario Silver Mining Co Anaconda ac acI acquired acquired ac- ac a 4 per cent stock position in the I new firm The consolidation also included control control control con con- of the Daly Mining Co and other smaller holdings Mr Friendly left Park City for Salt Lake City as chief engineer for Park Utah Consolidated Mines Co in 1925 His main Job for several years was as assisting assisting as- as I Mr Lambourne in carrying out further claim acquisitions In the dlf district and n nd further lurther development and construction construction construe construe- tion work at the new Park Utah prop prop- I In 1927 Mr Friendly wa was named n I I I I I I n treasurer of the mining firm And in 1929 he was appointed assistant general generalI manager In 1935 after atter Mr Lambourne's death Mr Friendly was named vice president and general manager As such he was the architect of ot Park Utah policy polley for lor many years and gained a reputation as a hard driving mining man in protection protection protection pro pro- of interests of the firm In 1942 it became apparent control of the company was vested In estates facIng facing facing fac fac- fac- fac ing liquidation Mr Friendly negotiated sale of ot approximately shares of this stock on behalf 0 of he the estates for approximately 1 million to Ana Anaconda onda Copper Mining Co The price was nearly double that of the then current market valuation Continued d Independent After the purchase of of this stock Park Utah continued to operate as an independent mining company under my direction Mr Friendly said At conclusion of ot World War II Mr Friendly resigned as g general manager to be replaced by Mr Hunt his college associate He took the title of vice den dent dens and consultant He said upon his retirement Saturday th that t anything I may have accomplished while serving the company is the result resul of the support and loyal assistance of the staff of the firm and that he be appreciated the fine relationship which existed between me and the personnel of the Anaconda Copper Mining Milling Co of the Anaconda Copper Mining Co I Salt Lake Tribune |