Arizona republican., 1916-09-24
LIN LAST PART ;. IF LONC TRIP
 OVER ARIZONA

About 200 of the most prominent mining engineers in the world, mem- bers of the American Institute of Min- ing Engineers, arrived in Phoenix last evening, on the last end of their Ari- Zona meeting.
 The Hotel Adams, their headquar- ters during the short time they spent here, was the center of one of the most notable of the many notable gatherings which it has been the pleas ure of that hotel to house. The dis tinguished guests, started to arrive in autos, coming in over the Apache trail at about 5:30, from then on until 8 o'clock, machines rolled in on regular scehdule.
 Although the trip from Globe, was one of dust punctuated only with desert and mountain trails it was perhaps en- joyed more by the engineers, than any other leg of their 5000 mile journey. The long overland trip served to tell | the story of AriZona's untold wealth, | better than a hundred lectures or mil lion letters could possibly do. Every | one was dusty and dirty, when they ar i rived at the Adams, but tickets to the Arizona club and the Y. M. c. A. baths | son livened things up, and in few minutes streams of men converging at | the two institutions were to be seen. l The members of the party were well 1 comed at the Adams, by committee appointed by the chamber of commerce. l Everything was done to make the vis- itors welcome, and to demonstrate that there is such thing as real Arizona l hospitality.
 | Many of the members of the party expressed their surprise at the size and apparent prosperity evidenced in Phoenix, and congratulated the recep- tion committee to that effect.
 To belong to the American Institute of Mining Engineers, is mark of dis tinction. Membership is not easy to obtain. Only after an engineer has made his mark in the world, and has shown his brother engineers, that he is of large sized caliber is he invited to become member. Among the more distinguished who were with the party are L. D. Ricketts, consulting engineer, who has served as president of the in- stitute since last February. He suc- ceeded William L. Saunders, chairman of the board of Ingersoll and Rand Co. and vice chairman of the naval con- sulting board. MT. Saunders has in- vented apparatus for drilling rock un- der water, pumping by compressed air Ingersoll track and bar channelers and gadders for quarrying stone. Benja- min B. Thayer president of the Ana conda Copper Mining Co.,, is a former president of the institute. MT. Thayer is thoroughly familiar with mining operations in many parts of the world, and in addition to displaying great technical skill has infused into his com pany loyalty and efficiency that are exceptional.
 Sidney J. Jennings, vice president of the institute is vice president of U. s. Smelling, Refining and Mining Co.,, and has charge of their exploration de- partment. He has had long experience in South African mining and was presi- dent of the South African association of engineers. George c. Stone, the institutes treasurer, is chief engineer of the New Jersey Zinc Co.
 Bradley Stoughton, secretary of the institute for the past three years, is
 consulting metallurgist in New York City and is the inventor of a converter for making steel castings and process for oil melting in cupolas. He is the author of the widely known text book
 "'The Metallurgy of Iron and Steel"
 Among the vice presidents of the in- stitute are H. c. Hoover, now known
 throughout the world as chairman of
 the commission for relief in Belgium,
 and Karl E!ilers, metallurg;st and spe-
 cialist in smelling lead and copper.
 Among the directors of the institute
 are Reginald W. Brock, director of the
 Canadian Geological survey and lately
 of the Canadian expeditionary force,
 and D. c. Jackling, who is identified
 with many of the country's leading
 copper mining companies.
 The first of the big party left New
 York City on Thursday, September IA, V going through Boston and Springfield, to Syracuse and Cleveland. At Chicago,
 the party was joined by more mem Q bers. In that city they were enter ? tained by ride around the city through { 1 the parks, boulevards, etc From Chi cago they went to Kansas City via the
 Rock Island and then to Fl Paso. At e Fl Paso a number of the engineers ? made a trip across the international I line to Juarez.
 n The next stop was Santa Rita, where e a visit was made to the mines of the s Chino Copper company and the mill of - the Empire Zine company. Leaving
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