Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-10

that year the Missouri School of Mines at
Rolla. in the fourth county south and
west of st. Louis.
Surveying. pay 81 a day land that was
all that his uncle received for a team, a
wagon and a mani. was aftluence and
high honor combined. Imagination. once
under whip and spur may go long way.
Daniel lacking. pleased with civil en-
gineering, was captivated by mining. after
he got into his books. There We're noun
tains of metal waiting for discovery by
a determined and enterprising man.
After his graduation young Mr.. Jack
ling, bachelor of science. was appointed
assistant professor of chemistry and
netallurgy in the school where he had
obtained his technical education. The ap-
pointment was a sound testimonial Of his
industry, character and ability. He was
now twenty-fOur years old.
The following summer, 1894. he walked
into Cripple Greek as heretofore related.
He had money enough in his pocket, but
why ride, he asked, and squander 81.
Cripple Creek then was ablaZe with eX-
element. and kerosene lamps at night,
and adventures were gathered there from
all parts of the country.
lacking Immediately obtained employ
ment as an assistant to an aSSayer. BY
ana Dy, When the aSSaEs-r was called else
where for short period Jackiing tested
the ores himself and found favor in the
opinion of several mine owners, one of
whom, Joseph Raphael De Lamar. was a
Hollander. De Lamar had been to sea and
through many drastic experiences.
A gold mine of De Lamar's was made
profitable under Jacklings management
To the west. in Utah. was Bingham
mountain containing copper in small
quantities. De Lamar. in his tradings, had
obtained a considerable acreage on the
mountain Experts said however, that it
would cost more to get the copper than il
would be worth in the market. Practical
tests had been made and the money SO
spent had been lost.
Bingham mountain" 80 ran the judg-
ment of the day. will ruin any one who
fools with it
Not wholly convinced. De lamar sent
lacking into the wilderness. Weeks were
spent in sinking governmental holes in
assaying the ore and in thoroughly sur
veying the region. Copper rock up to that
time had been broken into workable sizes
by stamping it with what can be called
huge hammer.
lacking believed that machinery could
be made by which an immense quantity
Of rock could be ground as coffee for
instance, is ground in a coffee mill. The
rock in Bingham mountain was lean. he
said, but copper was present and in pay
ing amounts. provided a cheap method of
extraction We're followed. Such was his
report to De Lamar, but De Lamar was
not WlllitS 10 SlleTu millions on a DrOjeCt
that, in his opinion. was altogether vision
airy. AT that time lacking was an en-
ploye of De amar at 4 salrry OF ST, a
month His Tets on Bingham mountain,
We're made in 1893. He never forgot them.
And the mountain grew in hi, vision
-Four years later he obtained an option
on the property in question. When Jack
ling made his economical entrance into
trirpl" Creek a young man by the name
of {. NJ. Mcneil was e-ping books for a
mining firm He was wise and shrewd and
he prospered. To him Jackling went with
the picture in his mind and his option
Work was begun. with enthusiasm
on the part of lacking. now in his
thirty fourth year. and with confidence
on the part of MacNeil. A smelter was
constructed, and III it was installed ma
chinery that could crush huge guam
titles of rock quickly and cheaply
The smelter Was a success, but the
tailings, the pulverized rock from which
the copper had been taken, opened 4
new problem In time the mountain
would be torn down, run through the
mill and piled up elsewhere The new
mountain had to have Il suitable loca :
ton.
Therefore. lacking built a railroad
twenty miles long. He dug tunnels and
was prodlgious. Then he put up his
smelter Locomotives that could climb
like goats, drawing cars specially con-
structed. each with a capacity of sixty
seven tons, pulled Bingham mountain
by degrees from where it had stood for
ages to its new habitation. They are
pulling today and will keep on pulling
for years to come, iuasnuch as 500 600 :