The Arizona copper camp., 1919-03-01
RAY CON HEAD GETS HIGH HONOR !
DIRECTOR AMERICAN MINE ENGINEERS
L. S. GATES GIVEN RECOGNITION BY INSTITUTE
FELLOWS AT ANNUAL MEETING JUST
HELD IN NEW YORK

II. >. Gates, general manager OI tns
Ray Con- and one of Rays most prom
inent citizens, has been elected
member of the directorate Of the
! American Institute of Mining Engi
neers At the 10th annual meeting
Of that organization, which just re
Gently concluded its deliberations in
New York city, Horace w. Winchell
was elected president Edwin Ludlow
and A. r. Ledaux were elected vice.
presidents. J. v. w. Reynders, Geo.
D. Barron, Charles F. Rand, Stanley
A. Easton, together with Mr.. Cates,
form the directorate, all. to serve for
one year
Besides the election of officers, the
meeting covered such timely topics
as: Important problems of the recon
struction, employment of discharged
/ soldiers and sailors, technical papers,
and matters of like Importance. Mem
bers of the institute viewed the sights
of New York, concluding with a visit
to the federal shipbuilding plant at
Newark, N. J. It was not possible
for Mr.. Gates to attend.
The American Institute of Mining
Engineers is one of the oldest organ
izations Of professional men In this
country. The men who are selected
to govern it's affairs must necessarily
possess unusual qualifications, and
! they are men who have demonstrated
that they are able to maintain the
high standards and splendid traditions
of the institute.
1t was in keeping with the progress
! Mr.. Gates has made in the mining
world, the honor which came to him
from the American Institute of Min.
ing Engineers. In 1902 Mr.. Gates
graduated from the Massachusetts In.
stitute of Technology. In his school
he was marshal while member of
the junior class, and later, when a
senior. he was president OF his class.
/ He was a Kappa Phi, and his sterling
qualities which made him natural
leader in his school work have since,
as he has further developed made
him the one person in our camp to
whom all interests turn when prob
/ lem confronts us. Gs
After concluding his work at the
Boston Tech, Mr.. Gates went to Par.
raj, Mexico, where he remained year,
later returning to Boston for another
years school, when he qualified asia
consulting engineer. It was at this
time that the Boston Consolidated In
| terests sent him to Bingham Canyon,
Utah. His work covered a range from
shift boss and mine superintendent
up to general manager during the two
years of his employment with that
company
The Boston Consolidated and the in.
terests dominated by Colonel d. G.
Jackling were anything but friendly
at the time, and although Jackling
was the victor in the end, he evident.
ly recognized in Gates such qualities
as fighter that in 1910, when the
Boston Consolidated was absorbed by
Jackling, Gates services were re-
tanned. He was at that time in the
capacity of consulting engineer for
Jackling's four largest properties, and
as such was in charge of their devel-
opment.
Then the Ray Con. properties here
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their development was under consid-
Grafton, Col. Jackling and his associ
ates. The development of the tre-
mendous ore bodies was of prime i'm
portance, and Mr.. Gates was called in
in the consideration of the procedure
to be followed. That his recommen
dations at least were of concern was
showned in that he was placed In
charge here to carry out the program
of development When the develop
ment stage had passed, and actual
mining began, he was made general
manager of the Ray Consolidated Cop
per company mines here at Ray and
mill at Hayden, and has directed the
operation ever since. Several years
ago he was elected as a director of
the Ray Con. company.
Mr.. Gates, no doubt, appreciates the
honor conferred upon him by the
American Institute Of Mining EngI-
neers, but whatever his pleasure may
be, it cannot exceed the pleasure Of
his hundreds of friends in this dis
trict, in all crafts and lines, over the
honor conferred upon him. a~.
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