The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1917-12-22
MINE EXPERT
HIRED BY U. S.
Daniel lacking Possessed
. Of Great Ability in Cop
per Production, Says
Holland.


Again the government has sum-
moned into important service a man
who has been and Is now prominently
Identified with the modern development
Of copper production in the Far West.
A dispatch from Washington reports
that the Secretary Of War. Mr.. Baker.
has appointed Daniel C. lacking as
chief representative under the War
Department of one of the largest OF
the governments undertakings for war
purposes. Mr.. Jackling Is to have
charge OF the building Of number OF
large plants in which explosives will
be manufactured. The War Depart
ment expects to spend about s9o.0o0.0OO
in the construction of these plants,
presumably also in the operation of
them. These. when completed, will
adequately supplement the great pro-
duction Of explosives which the pri-
vately controlled plants have been
making since the war began.
Earlier than the appointment Of Mr.
Jackling for this service. other men
. who have gained prominence in the
copper industry in recent years EN-
tered into the service of the govern
ment without remuneration except
perhaps a technical salary of 81
wear. Conspicuous among these Is
John D. Ryan, whose name fdentf-
fies extraordinary success in develop
ing copper industries in the Far West
and also IN increasing our national
wealth by many millions Of dollars.
The government has also called to its
w -
achievements as a developer OF copper
properties IN the Far West are on the
whole as large as those Of any other
who has recently been engaged in
these undertakings.
Is Mine Expert.
Now Mr.. Jaekling is to become a
servant Of the government, undoubted-
ly especially recommended for this
service by reason OF his remarkable
and in some instances highly romantic
achievements in producing enormous
quantities Of copper from new mines.
Mr.. lacking il one of the leaders of
the younger generation Of American
industries and he obtained prominence
Of that kind before he was 10 years Of
age. His name Is mentioned with the
highest respect not only by Industrial
leaders, but also by men OF finance.
His career Is a demonstration OF the
1acc that there are some men who
can achieve greatly along several
widely different lines of endeavor.
IL the reports that have been cur
rent since Mr.. Jackling obtained
prominence are correct he gained his
early scientific training and his de-
gree of bachelor of science from the
Missouri School Of Mines. chiefly by
means OF money that he earned in
various ways. For a little while he
was a teacher but he heard the call
of the Far West and went only q
years ago. to the Cripple Creek, Color
ado. region. There have been in cir
culation reports Of a romantic ma
ture, which tell of the manner In
which he began his scientific and in
dustrial service there. For It has been
said OF him that he began at the bot !
tom. not Of necessity. but in order /
that he might learn the details of the
mining industry from the kindergar-
ten department up. He must have
learned them well for in 1895 he be-
came officially associated with the
Mercury Gold Mining properties of
Utah.
To the Westward OF Salt Lake City
there stands a mountain which the
academic men Of science reported, af-
ter investigation, undoubtedly contain
ed copper in inconceivably great
amounts. but in such geologic condi-
ton as to make it commercially i'm
practicable to secure this copper. Mr..
Jackling looked often at this noun
tain and made many investigations.
He was of the same opinion, so far
as the copper deposits in the noun
h.
fessfonal experts. But he differed with
them respecting the capacity of science
TO solve the problem of securing this
copper in commercial quantities He
planned and then put into operation
an engineering system whereby the
copper could be recovered and as a
result of It astonished the world Of in
dustry by its success, and it was as
recently as 1905 that he did this.
New Mexico and Arizona.
I Mr. JackIing did not confne himself
TO this Utah property. His temper
nent and intellectual qualities con-
stantly urged him to greater things.
He became therefore associated with
copper properties in New Mexico and
Arizona, but that is not all. As
citizen Of Salt Lake City he organized
banks and revealed unusual ability as
fnancier. This ability was recog-
nized by some of the ablest men of
finance in New York. for two years
ago they elected him director of the
Chase National Bank
Two or three years ago Mr.. lacking,
with several guests. made an excur-
sion upon his yacht to South America.
They left the yacht at various sea-
ports and went inland and there re-
ceived information pertaining to cop
per deposits which doubtless will be
hereafter utilized for the development
OF these mines. When Judge E. H
Gary. chairman of the United States
Steel Corporations board, made a
summer excursion to Alaska two years
ago his companion upon that trip
was Mr.. lacking.
Already Mr.. Jackling has become
interested in Alaska gold production,
and his friends say that he is of the
opinion which the late John P. Jones
held. even before the discovery OF
gold in the Klondike, which was ulti-
mately perhaps the richest deposits
OF gold anywhere in the world except
South Africa, would be found In Alas
ka- The unusual intellectual and tenn
permental gifts which characterize
Mr.. Jackling should be of the high
est service to the government, for
they will be so employed as to make
It possible speedily to construct and
put In operation Industrial plants,