The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-01
SENIORS
BACK FROM TRIP
Mining Students Travel 5000
Miles and Visit Some
Big Camps.
GAIN MUCH KNOWLEDGE
FIRST EXPEDITION OF KIND AT
UNIVERSITY is A SUCCESS.

Fifteen senior mining engineers Of the
university arrived home yesterday from
months trip Of over 5000 miles, dur
ing which they visited the most impOr-
tant mining camps Of six states and
northern Mexico. This was the first
expedition of this kind that has been
attempted at the university, and il
proved thoroughly successful. The SEN
Tors travelled in a special car provided
with a kitchen, dining and sleeping
apartments and a writing room. They
were shown every courtesy by the COM
panies whose properties they visited.
They received many invitations to visit
properties, and one company paid the
expenses of the class on a fifty-mile trip
to visit its mines.
The seniors saw in operation prac-
tically every form of concentrating and
ore dressing device that is used in the
mining world, and almost every form
and method of mining. They became
familiar with most of the great prOduc-
ing properties of the west, and visited
some of the largest mines. mills and
smelters in the country. The itinerary
included a representative lot Of mines,
mills and smelters in Colorado, Texas,
Arizona, New Mexico, northern Mexico,
California and Nevada. None Of the
Utah camps were included, as all Of
these have been visited during week
ends throughout the year. G. A. Over
strOm. professor Of mining and mill de-
sign, and r. G. Bradford, professor of
metallurgy, accompanied the boys. and
detailed reports of the days work were
handed to them every evening.
Leaving here on May 8, the class
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Globe plant of the American Smelling
& Refining company, the Colorado
School of Mines at Golden and the
United States mint At Colorado
Springs they went through the United
States cyaniding mill, the Golden Cy-
Gle cyaniding mill and the Portland
mill. The seniors were also taken
through the CTessOn and indicator
gold mines. At Pueblo they saw the
lead smelter of the American Smelling
& Refining company, and at Canon
City the United States Zinc plant,
where pigments are manufactured, and
the Empire Zinc plant. One Of the
most interesting features of the trip
was the mammoth works Of the COlora-
do Fuel & Iron works At Trinidad
they saw the coal mined for this plant
and then watched it in the next stage
Of the process at the coke ovens at Sc
gundo. Then at the Colorado Fuel &
Iron works they saw the crude ore
go into the plant and followed it I'M
til it came out in finished products such
as wire and nails.
Genuine Bull Fight.
The class then went to Texas, and at
Ell Paso visited the A. S. & r. smelter.
side trip was taken to Juarsz, Mex
lea, where those who cared to were
able to see d genuine bullfght. Going
into Arizona, the seniors inspected the
Shannon copper mill, and the Arizona
Copper company's mill at Clifton, the
Arizona Copper cOmpany's mines at
MOrenci the Detroit Copper company
mines. mills and smelters, and the Old
Dominion at Globe. The class also went
to the Copper Queen mine at Bisbee
which is the third largest mine in the
country. 1t has $50 miles Of under
ground workings. Other mines in Ari-
iona which were included on the trip
were the Calumet & Arizona, Cananea
Consolidated. and the mills and smell
tiers of these companies. The seniors
then went into Mexico, into the Mon
tezuma district, going through several
large mines.
The trip then took them to Los An
geles. Here one and a half days were
spent in sightseeing and recreation.
The boys came home over the Salt Lake
Route, visiting a number of districts in
Nevada on the way. The class arrived
in Salt Lake early yesterday morning,
after being away four weeks. Those
who made the trip are Professor G. A.
OverstrOm, Professor r. H. Bradford
L. Muir, A. B. Parsons, r. Z. Gardner,
F. W. Sharman, H. D. Moyle G. By
water, ]. Barlow, Fred Monohan, E. L.
Jones, W. Cannon, H. Woodbury., r. L.
DObbs, W. Browning, 2. Boise, s. Tai
mage, T. L. Holt and F. W. Snow.