Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1906-12-26
INCORPORATE AN ENGINEERING
 COMPANY.
(From Sundays Daily.)

Tor it's purpose the making of sur. veys, examinations, reports, and, in fact, everything connected with the business of engineering.
 The incorporators ana members of The new firm are Ernest A. IIaggott. | James R. Grand, K. E. Smith. Thos. | F. Campbell and F. C. Job, all well known in their different lines of busi ness.
 james l.. Girand, president of the new company, is civil and mining cn. ginccr of fifteen years actual field cx. pericncc. He was educated at the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, taking the civil engineering course. After graduating he cstab- lishcd himself in the Panhandle of Texas, where he was elected district surveyor of the Oldham land district, which office he held for four years. He then went into railroading, and was assistant engineer of construction for the Texas Midland railroad, 0fter. wards becoming assistant engineer on location for the Gainesville, McAlestcr St. Louis railroad, later assistant en-
 gineer on construction of the old At. lantic < Pacific railroad, now the Santa Fe-Pacifc, then appointed chief cn. gineer of the Saginaw Southern rail. way, then assistant chief engineer of the Santa Fe < Grand Canyon railroad, the greater portion of which he located and constructed. He also located the Canadian railroad, in Sonora, Mex, and was engineer of mines for the Anita Mining company, chief engineer of the Amalgamated Gold Mines company. engineer in charge of the Cataract & Grand Canyon railway, and also n con. sulting engineer for the II. J. Becmer Co.
 Mir. Grand is n United States Deputy
 Mineral Surveyor, receiving his ap- pointmcnt in 1888, and is member of the Western Society of Civil Engineers, and at present is consulting engineer for the Manhattan Securities Co.,, the Jerome Verde Mises company, and act
 ing genera, manager of the Consoli. dated Copper Creek Mining company.
 F. A. Haggott, wee president and
 general manager of the newly organ.
 ized company. has been engaged in min.
 ing and metallurgical work for the past
 twelve years. He was educated at the
 University of Indiana in chemistry and
 physics. After graduating he became
 principal of the Idaho Springs High
 School, which position he occupied for
 four years, then directing his attention
 to mining, and after three years of
 practical mine, mill and shelter work
 in Colorado, went to New Mexico,
 where he constructed and operated the | I.e
 from the Hanover and Santa Ritn
 mines, also doing general custom
 shelter business. In 1898 he con
 structed the shelter at Williams. this
 Territory, under contract. In 1899 he
 acquired the well known Blue Bel ' mine. at Mayer, which at that tim,
 was n mere prospect. Under his man [, agcmcnt it has been placed on its pres ent large copper producing basis. IT eauipping this mine Mir. IIaggott di rectcd the construction of q 10000 foot aerial tramway, Bleickcrt system; [ l3.milo transmission line, steel hca, frame. all plant buildings, placing o'
 electric hoists, comprcssors. motors /, etc. The energy with which the tram ! way was constructed established ' speed record for such work in thi '' part of the country. it having been pu up in 7s days. There are I9 towers and five stations, all foundations beini U concrete, and the carrying capacity O
 the tramway being 500 tons daily. u '' October, 1906. Mir Haggot', rcalizinl V the field for large engineering opera tions. severed his conncc tions with th ' Blue Bell mine to organize this new cn cheering company, all members 0 e which firm have had many years q
 success in their respective fields, an all of whom have "made good' m thei
 different works. Mir. Haggott has bee U for many years an active member e e the American Institute of Mining Ei E, gincers, and is n charter member q 'e the Elcorotcchnieal Society. He ci 10 ioys wide friendship and the COT " fidencc of all those with whom he ha
 come in contact in the performance (
 his social and labor duties. He ht A many commercial interests in Arizon
 and is one of the directors of the Yav'
 pai County Savings Bank.
 K. B. Smith, treasurer of the ne
 company, is n graduate of the Mich ld gan College of Mines, having take m the degrees of Engineer of Mines m x. Bachelor of Science, in 1901. Short t, after he was engaged by the Unite h. states Steel Corporation in doing ge n' logical exploration work for iron IT. northern Minnesota. Later he WI
 called from this work to the instru o' torship of mineralogy and geology 'l' the Michigan College of Mines, whi. IT, position he resigned to engage in tl ny mining engineering practice m Ere st colt. In connection with his enRinee
 ing practice he has also conducted tl iis Prescott Assay Laboratories for t' ell past five years, and has gained an le viablc reputation in Arizona as n che' IT. ist ns we'll ns a mining engineer.
 a' Thomas F. Campbell, the secretary IN the new company, has been reside 'a' of Yavapai county for the past thir A years, having grown to manhood he' 'm He received his education at st. Mary m College, Oakland. Cal, and the Univ' 's sity of California, at Berkeley, ~