The Arizona copper camp., 1919-07-12
PROMOTION Of
RAY CON HEAD
IS ANNOUNCED

%@ONN CShOA <2OO1VC L oil y
In ALI Lines of Camps Ac
tivities Will Be Greatly
Missed Here
l.. s. Gates, general manager of the
Ray Consolidated Copper company
.has been promoted to be assistant gen,
eral manager of the Utah Copper com
pany, and after August 1st will have
'his headquarters in Salt Lake city
With. the departure of Mr. Gates, w
s Boyd, superintendent of mines for
the Ray Consolidated, is to act rs
manager of the Ray and Hayden
plants of the company Mr.. Gates
plans to return to Ray several times
each year, spending week or ten
days here each time.
Announcement of the promotion of
Mr.. Gates to be assistant general-man-
ager of the largest copper producer
in the world was received in Ray this
week with mingled emotions of graft
1cation over this recognition of he
splendid executive ability, and of sor-
row at the prospect of his leaving
Ray. Coming to this camp ten years
ago, when the Ray Consolidated was
inst in it's infancy, Mr. Gates has. mora
than any other man, impressed this
community with the tremendous force
and energy of his personality, and
the district stands today a monument
to his ability as an empire builder.
Gifted with executive talent to n
marked degree, Mr. Gates has DURING
his ten years of service here built up
not only highly efficient industrial
machine that is credit to the mining
Industry and model for the state.
but he has done more; he has infused
into those with whom he was working
that indefinable something known as
esprit de corps, that feeling that
makes men attempt and achieve the
seemingly impossible because of their
devotion to the organization.
1t is safe to say that everyone in
Ray feels they are losing a real friend
in the departure of Mr. Gates. He
will be missed tremendously, here in
Ray, where he has done his work.
most of ALL But he will also be
missed greatly throughout Pinal coun-
ty, and throughout the state. AS coun-
ty chairman in the various Liberty
Loan drives, and as war savings stamp
director for the county, Mr.. Gates
played leading part in bringing about
the splendid record made by this coun.
ty during the war, while as member OF
district draft board No. 1, he had a
great deal to do with bringing about
the successful and fair administration
of the selective service act in this
state. During the first year of the
war he served on the state council OF
defense, being a member of the labor
committee of that body.
In every form of community activity
Mr.. Gates has taken leading part in
the Ray district AS member of the
board of school trustees in this dis
trict, Mr.. Gates has had much to dc
with the advancement of the schools
of Ray and Sonora, work to whicr
he has devoted much time and inter
est An enthusiastic fan, he has done
q great deal to further the nationa
game in Ray. AS president of the
Tri-Copper league in 1915, he was sue
cessful in bringing to Ray some of The
best players in the west, and his sup
port at all times of baseball in this
district has been unflagging. In th'
social life of the camp, Mr.. Gates ha'
taken a prominent part, and it il
largely due to his forethought an'
direction that the Ray Con club her'
has been developed into an organiza
ton of great Importance in the lif'
of the camp.
AS an engineer of industrial eff
cheney, Mr.. Gates is regarded through
out the state as one of the most for
ward-looking and progressive men il
his profession. 1t has been his ain
not only to produce financial result