Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1921-06-17
COLLEGE GRAD MAKES
GOOD IN BIG FIELD
II. Kenyon BurCh. State Collaoe
1901, Recognized as One of the
Leading Mining Engineers
of Nation

pullman is entertaining q notable
mining engineer this week in the
person of II. Kenyon Burch. of Los
Angeles, California a 1901 graduate
from the State College, who has
made good with a vengeance in his
chosen profession. 1t is Mr. Burch' $
first visit to Pullman in , years
and his many old friends are extend,
ing congratulations on the remark
able degree of success which has at,
tended his efforts since graduating
from the State College 20 years ago.
Equipped with a thorough techni-
cal training secured through his
work at the State College, natural
aptitude for his chosen profession
and a logged determination to sue
ceed Mr. Burch left Pullman in June
of 1901 to take up his life's work.
He returned this week for the an
nual commencement exercises of his
alma mater as one of the most sue
cessful mining engineers of the
day, the inventor of many appliances
for engineering equipment and pos
sessed of competence that is but
a just attribute to his remarkable
efficiency After taking his degree
Mr.. Burch was employed by the Ana,
conda Copper company of Butte,
Mont, as a craftsman. Here his ex-
cellence as a craftsman attracted at
tention and he was given more i'm
portant work. From here he went
to Miami, Arizona. to work on the
construction of a large copper min
ing and concentrating equipment,
later being elevated to chief engin-
eer in charge of design and construc-
ton for this company. He developed
many improvements in the equip
ment used in these developments and
has for several years been RESPONSE
bic for all work of this sort done by
the Phelps Dodge corporation, in
NOlNlIS Scfcldl pldhJ0 III OuShOul
Arizona and Mexico. The Phelps
Dodge corporation is second only to
the Guggenheims
The magnitude of the work for
which he is responsible can be
Judged from the following article
which appeared in the Literary Dl-
gest for January 8:
"One of the greatest mining pros
jects in the Southwest is the raZing
of Sacramento Hill at Bisbee, Ari-
IONA, by the Phelps Dodge corpora
ton to recover approximately 25,
100000 tons of low grade copper ore
that is under the mountain. Within
16 years this mass will have been en-
tirely obliterated and the bulk or
its contents sent to the smelter or
mill. About O,0OO,000,00 pounds
of copper will have been recovered
in the process. We read in "The
Mining and Scientific Press of San
Francisco:
Since work started in 1917,
more than 100000 cubic yards Of
material has been moved. When the
work is finished there will be, in
place of the hill, two pits, one about
1900 feet in diameter and 420 feet
deep, and the other about 200 feet
by 1900 feet and 440 feet deep.
These data were obtained from ex-
ploration by churn-drilling. The to-
tai amount of material to be removed
is about 100000 cubic yards,
slightly less than one-third of which,
by volume, will be ore. 1t is esti-
mated that it will take g years full
ly to complete the work, Seven
steam shovels are employed in the
operation, and they are served by Is
"dinky" locomotives hauling trains
of four to six dump-cars. Until the
recent reduction in operations was