Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-01
University Mining Seniors Return.
From Enjoyable and
Profitable Trip.
THEY TRAVELLED 5000 MILES
Going as Far as Old Mexico Their In
spcrtion Was Wide and Complete
First Trip of Its Iliud

After, delightful and instructive trip
OF about 5000 miles. the senior mining
engineers of The Utah university re-
turned to the city yesterday in time
for commencement exercises. They.
were away four weeks. during which
they visited mining camps In six states.
and also took d run into northern Next
the best of treatment. one mining com
papy even going so far as to pay the
expenses Of a 5O-mie trip to its prop
erty.
The young engineers were acconpa-
MED by Prof. r. H. Bradford Of the
inetallui.gical department. and Prof. G..
A. Overstrom of the department Of
mining and ore dressing, They left in
q. special car having sleeping apart
ments, q kitchen and dining room. Cos
ing direct to Denver they visited the
Globe plant of the American Smelling
& Refining company. They also visited
the Colorado College at Golden, and
the United States mint. Two days
We're spent at Colorado Springs, where
they studied cyaniding and cllorina-
ton processes. They visited there the
United states cyaniding mill. also the
Golden Cycle ard the Portland mills.
From there they were taken to the
Cripple Creek and Victor mining dis
5tricts, where they saw several of the
best mines. Going to Pueblo they spent
q whole day at the mammoth plant of
the Colorado Fuel & Iron company.
Watching the various operations in the
conversion of crude iron orc into steel
rails and other commodities. They also
went to Canon CITY where they saw
the manufacture of pigments at the
Empire Zinc plant At Trinidad, Colo,
the coal mines were visited and the
process of coke making was studied.
INSPECT TEXAS PLANTS.
From Trinidad the party was taken
to Ell Paso, Tex, where the large A.
S. & r. smeltcr was visited A. side.
trip was provided for those who cared
to see a bull fight at Juarez, Mexico.
Returning TO FL Paso the party went to
Arizona, where they inspected some Of
the big mines, including the Shannon
Copper company, the Arizona Copper
conpany's min at Clifton and the mines
at iMorenci and the Detroit Copper COM
#laanyis mines and shelters. The class
also visited the Old Dominion at Globe
and the great Copper Queen mine at Bis
bee. The students were then taken in
to Mexico, where they visited a num-
Der Of mines in and around the Monte
yuma district
From Mexico the party was talk
en- to Los Angeles, where the boys
spent two days sightseeing, before re-
turning home via the Salt Lake Route.
AS this is the first trip of the kind
ever undertaken by the university, its
successful conclusion is cause for con-
graduation. The professors are no
less enthusiastic about it's value than
the students, and it is probable that
such a trip will be made every year to
give the finishing touch to the gradu-
ates in the mining and engineering
course.
Those making the trip were: Prof.
G.. "A, Overstrom. Prof r. Fl. Bradford,
l.. Muir, A. 3. Parsons, r. f. Gardner,
+. w. Sharnan. II D. Moyle. &. By
water, J. Barlow, Fred Monohan, e. l..
Jones, W. Cannon. W. Woodbury.. r. l..
Dobbs, w. Browning, r. Boise, S. Tai
mage, 4. L. Holt and f. w. Snow.