The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-12
Copper Expert Tells Some thing of Problems Con-
 fronting Mining Men
REMARKABLE CAREER
 IN MINING FIELDS
Solved a Situation to Utilize Low Grade Copper Ores of Utah Which Was Thought to Be Hopeless
By HOLLAND

1 LII et DllSl SldlSlIcHI WHICH WAS IHdut ] by D. c. Jaekling for publication in the Boston News Bureau is contained ony paragraph which sums up the many promises of greah development and prosperity which those who have famil- iarity with Alaska have not hesitated to make. MT. lacking is quoted as say. ing: Alaska will prove all that was ever claimed for that territory. But we will be delayed little in getting there. That is the situation in nut she'll"
 MT. Jackling brought message of 1 this kind to New York few days ago, he having come to the city on a
 business mission of importance Tins occasion for it's publication is some delay, or what appeared in Boston to be something of a setback in the de- velopment of certain Alaska gold prop critics In these properties Boston is | much interested. chiefly because Boston capital is invested in the development of these mines.
 MT. Jackling in few word sets forth certain unexpected disturbing condi- tions which reflect one of those mys- teries of geology with which all ex- perts in mining have had experience It is an embarrassment which will be overcome, Mir. Jackling having that ex- pert knowledge and that mastery of resources which enable him to make a
 promise of this kind. He also ventured into little profound philosophy, say ling: ''imid souls are unable to stand m and face discoura apepaut ana an noyance which mining men accept as a part of their business" In that sen tence are reflected the impulses and courage, as well as the enterprise, which have made it possible for MT Jackling to be ranked among the first in the list of business forces in the far west that have achieved greatly.
 The fact that while his name and his triumphs are familiar to all who live in the west-that is on the eastern slopes of the Rockey mountains-his name and achievements are not familiar excepting to comparatively small number in the east illustrates a re- mark made by Elihu Root, at a time when he was addressing the Pennsyl- vania legislature, that the country will be better off and there will be less fricion between the sections when all sections are better informed respecting each one of the other sections of the country.
 MT. Jackling's visit to New York at this time is presumably associated with the copper industry, which ranks in magnitude second only to the steel in- dustry of the United States. He comes txxrit hicrI, o1Ith nrit Tn, of fees which the Guggenheims have es- tablished on the upper floors of the Equitable building, his name is men toned with respect and his achieve ments are spoken of with admira tion. There have been rumors romantic and almost sensational which have represent ed MT. lacking as having been at the beginning of his career almost day laborer in the mines of the far west, and having at night supplemented his daily toll with the study of chemistry and metallurgy. He may have wheeled a barrow or swung pick in his early days, but it was not because he was driven by extremity to do that. For he is one of the somewhat rare number of those who have served as professors or teach CTS who have quilted the professional chair to take up practical work along the lines which they eXpounded as teachers. He stood high in a technical school in Missouri, being competent to teach chem istry, metallurgy ana mining He went from the instructors room in a manner similar to that which characterized the departure of Julius Kruttschnitt from the institute where he taught to take up a practical service under c. P. Hunting 1 ton. MT. lacking was at first identified with the development of a gold mine in Utah. and that as recently as 1892.
 There were many experts and almost all the capitalists who looked at the property who were persuaded that cer- tain mountain in Utah, near Salt Lake I City. could not be made to yield it's de- posits of copper to commercial advan- tage. These were the men or some of those to whom MT. Jackling referred
 when he said that tinid souls are unable i to stand up and face Encouragement 1 which mining men accept as a part of l their business.
 1 MT. Jackling was only little past 3C 1 years of age when he stood face to face with that Utah mountain and worked out a plan which he was convinced would compel that mountain to yield it's copper 1 to commercial advantage. He heard the predictions of many men that the ore in | that mountain was too low to be worked at profit He was persuaded that these men were wrong. ana it did not take a
 long time for him to demonstrate that he | was right. His name will always be 1 identified with the opening up of this great Utah copper property. It has some
 | times been said that this was an achieve ment sufficient for any man to compass l but Mr. Jackling ventured to develop
 another great copper property in Ari- zona. the Ray Consolidated, and still an- other. the Chino in New Mexico. an6
 also certain copper properties in Nevada | These are all of comparatively recent
 l development but of such high develop. men that these copper properties in three states are now milling 100000 tons 6 1 year. and to such commercial advantagt
 that the properties have not a dollar o1
 1 indebtedness.
 Therefore. it may properly be said tha,
 MT. Jackling is identified with the really
 1 marvellous development of the copper in.
 dustry of the United States and certainl,
 l is of equal rank in that industry witl
 John D. Ryan.
 His triumphs are his own. Others may
 and undoubtedly did. aid him in financins
 his propositions. but the commercial sue
 cess of them is due to his own exper
 craftsmanship. MT. Jackling is reported
 | to work easily, that is to say, he doe.
 | not make a great fuss or loud noiS,
 when occupied with his various bushes.
 undertakings. He is able to concentrat,
 his mind and it is this quality which hal
 enabled him to take leading part il
 the development of gold in Alaska, h,
 having established a milling plant ther,
 which is a marvel. the wonder of minins
 engineers and the most efficient plant t,
 be found anywhere in the world.
 One of these days the commercial i'm
 portance of this stupendous work of cleo
 itrification and the utilization of wate
 power in the generation of electric energ,
 in the far west will be completed. It in
 wolves the furnishing of light and powe
 to large communities fin Utah. Colorad,