Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-01-28
BIG COPPER MAN
GUEST OF CLUB
SIERRA MADRE ENTERTAINS
JAY P. GRAVES
VISITOR BELIEVES RED METAL
WILL ADVANCE
Contemplated Merger Could Only Re-
suit in Increased General Bene-
fit to Industry, is Opinion
of Northern Operator

Jay p Graves, vice president and
general manager of the CRANKY Mining,
Smelling and Power company of Grand
Forks, B. c., the largest producer of
copper in the Dominion of Canada, was
the guest of honor at an informal
luncheon rendered by the Sierra Madre
club at it's quarters in the Columbia
Trust building yesterday.
The other invited guests included
Clyde NJ Graves, son of J. 2. Graves;
Fred w. Wilson, Il. p. Hogan, Prof. j.
II. Parks and former State Senator
Huber Rasher, all present or past resi-
dents of Spokane, where Mr.. Graves re-
Sides together with more than thirty
members of the club. President Bob
Montgomery presided and was support
ed by Vice President Tim Spellacy
Frank G. Tyrrell, Capt. c. Henry
Thompson, Lloyd Q. Haynes ana sew
eral other directors.
Secretary Norman welcomed Mr.
Graves to the first club of its kind in
the United States, and in doing so
spoke of the phenomenal success he had
won in the mining industry in Canada.
He said that only ten years ago next
July the first furnace of the present
CRANKY plant was blown in, and that 1t
now consisted Of eight furnaces, pro-
ducing 36,000,000 pounds of copper a
year at a cost of less than cents q
pound.
Real Pioneer In Production
Mr.. Norman drew attention to the
extremely adverse conditions under
which Mr. Graves started his great
project, and characterized him as the
real PIONEER in the reduction of low
grade copper ores. In order to produce
the present output of the plant it is
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than 1880 900 tons of crude ore a year,
a tonnage that is handled automatically
from the slopes to the market, and
which employs nearly 1900 men. He
also chronicled Mr.. Graves achieve
ments as originator and general man
ager of the Inland Empire Railway
company, owning and operating 2UO
miles of city and suburban railway
lines centering in Spokane, and as a
director and leading spirit of the Crows
Nest Coal company, owning the largest
coal mines in Canada, with a capacity
of 5000 tons Of coal and 2200 tons of
coke a day.
Mr.. Graves, in acknowledging the re-
marks, spoke of the qualification felt at
meeting so many of his friends of for
mer days, and predicted a bright fu-
ture for the club.
Speaking of the great mining enter
prise with which he Is connected, he
outlined the struggles of early days,
and mentioned that when he first came
west he was advised by his bankers in
Illinois to avoid mining investments of
any kind. In spite of that advice, how
ever, he had plunged into the mining
business, and had never had cause to
regret it,
Copper VIII Advance
He expressed the opinion that while
in
high figures which prevailed prior to
the panic, it would continue to increase
in price, gradually but surely, as the
commercial needs of the nation de-
manded an ever-increasing supply. He
expressed the opinion that the contem-
plated merger of the great copper
mines of the country would result in
increased general benefit to the indus
try. and said that he believed John d.
Rockefeller, in spite of his great wealth
and the popular cry aroused against
him on that score, would in future days
be recognized as the true pioneer of in
dustrial economy.
Fred Wilson, Frank p. Hogan, j. r.
Parks and Huber Rasher of Spokane
testified to the high regard in which
Mr.. Graves was held in his home city,
and characterized him as the leading
captain Of industry in that part of the
world.
Other addresses were made by Hector
McRae. formerly of British Columbia;
Capt. G. Henry Thompson, Tim Spell
lacy and Frank G. Tyrrell, who spoke
of the club feeling that pervaded the
members and the good the institution
hoped to accomplish by the brotherly
spirit which it engendered among those
engaged in the oil and metal indus
tries.
Among others present, in addition to
those mentioned above, were j. c. Odell,
A. D. Hall, r. r. wallace, f. NJ. Raiff,
Carl H. Hand, Edwin Higgins, Capt
w. r. Wharton, DR.. Henry Noel Potter,
r. A. Johnson, William Jerrems, jr., A.
d. Myers, Philip Wiseman, J. e.
Krepps, w. L. Watson, A. w. Redman,
G. w. WardweIl, John R. Norris, 7. M.
brennan, James H. Watson, II. J. Car
rigan, G. A. Purbeclz, Carl Anderson,
w. L. watts, H. S. McCallum, George
F. Beveridge, Onslow Newling and sew
eral others.