The copper era and Morenci leader., 1912-08-02
JAMES C0LQUH0N IS MAKING GOOD IN
 RUSSIAN MINES
Former General Manager of the Ari- zona Copper Company at Clifton Is Now Chairman of Board of
 Directors of Caucasus
 Copper Go.

The following account of a banquet
 rendered the heads of departments of the Caucasus Copper Company by
 James Colquhoun, Chairman of the Board of Directors, will be read with interest by the numerous friends of
 MT. Colquhoun in Clifton where for several years he was General Manager
 of the Arizona Copper Company.
 From all accounts MT. Colquhoun is
 making good in Russia as he did ill
 Arizona. It will be remembered that is was under the management of MT. Colquhoun that the Arizona Copper
 Co.,, Ltd. paid it's first dividend. The
 following is clipped from the Airdrie
 and Coatbridge Advertiser, a news
 paper printed in Scotland:
 Airdrieonians in Russia.
 A social gathering of the staff of the
 Causasus Copper Company took place
 at their Dzansoul Mines, near Batoum,
 on Saturday evening, the 22nd of June.
 A party consisting of over 60 ladies
 and gentlemen, of which nearly doz-
 en were Airdrieonians, sat down to
 supper in internationally furnished and
 spacious Club House, provided to the
 staff by the company; MT. James C.
 Colquhoun, late of Airdrie and Arizona
 present chairman of the Board of Dl-
 rectors of the Caucasus Copper Com
 pany, occupied the chair. He was ac- companied on the platform by MT. ".
 R. Van Liew, general manager; M.
 Edward Kneeland, mines manager;
 MT. Fred Marston, of the concentra-
 tion department; MT. Arthur Ibbett, civil engineer; and MT. James Hogg, mechanical engineer. After hearty repaSt, MT. Colquhoun, in his opening remarks, said it gave him great pleas ure to preside on such ,an occasion as the present one, where all the staff members of the Company had taken a brief respite from their aruouS daily duties, and had met to pass a few so- cial hours together. He was glad to observe the harm onious feeling which exists between the members of. the staff, and notably the support which they give their worthy and esteemed general manager, MT. w. R. Van Liew. In London, he continued, the direc- tors of the Company look upon MT. Van Liew as their general in the field of battle, and the staff as the officers in command of vast army of work men. Further he remarked that in reviewing the past history of the Com pany, it was conspicuous that although the Company had had very able and competent men as managers and as SiStantS, yet notwithstanding this, none of them had ever been able to achieve for the Company that which MT. Van Liew and the present staff had now accomplished. The eXperi- mental stage in extracting, treating, concentrating and Smelting of the ores previously had been fraught with al- most insuperable difficulties, now ranked among the numerous prob | lens solved" The crushing had at tained it's highest efficiency; the wet | concentration, which had hitherto | been the chief source of trouble, would l soon record a recovery second to none | in the world. Smelling had made rap i'd progress, and the roasting furnaces at present in use are larger and give better productions than any he had | ever seen in America. The directors were perfectly satisfied with the prog reSS which had been made within the 1 short period of three years, and he, MT. ColQuhoun, propheSied fair share of prosperity to the Company in the future. In conclusion, MT. Colquhoun good local sign, namely, that quite a number of the members of the staff were on the eve of being married. He that this points to their be- ing happy in the positions which they occupy, and that they intend to settle at the mines, if not for good, then at feast for a considerable time. Mr. was heartily applauded The programme was then proceeded with. Songs were rendered by Mrs J. Armstrong, Madame V. Osoba, MT Murray, MT. James Gardner, MT. Jas Hogg, MT. R. McAfee, and MT. G Whit aker. MT. w. Bell kindly and ably ac- the singers on the piano. ToastS to the health of the Czar Of Russia, the King of Britain, and the President of America were ably pro- posed by MT. F. Marston and duly to. The toast to the sue cess of the Caucasus Copper Company was proposed by MT. James Hogg, and replied to by the chairman An inter- esting item of the programme was the by Mrs. w. R. Van Liew )f the prizes won at the billiard and ennis club tournaments. The names 1f the winners are as follows: Bill ard Tournament-1st prize, MT. Gil pert Whitacker; 2nd prize, MT. Leslie I1irst. Consolation-1st prize, MT. James Hogg; 2nd prize, MT. Dimitri 3ijoff. Lain Tennis Tournament-1st prize, Miss Sylvis Gartside; 2nd prize, Mr. James Hogg. Dancing by the bright light of an Eastern moon, was continued on the club. skating rink, md the company dispersed in the sma' short hours ayont the twaT. A most enjoyable evening was spent.