The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-02-17

tho c,uepenbeim activities This Sc
entities company built the Garfield {
smelter in 1906 and acquired the Vel s
ardena property in Mexico from Guy 7
BARTON and James Mathews; 1t also
enabled the Federal Mining & Smelt-
inc companv to unload itself, bring
ing the Everett smelter which was
useless. into the combination Thus
the Guggenheims added the Neiar-
dena and Tecolotes mines to their
string. This acquisition Of mines by
the smelling people was viewed ask
ance by mine operators because
through their control of the ore mar
ket the Guggenheims and their asso-
ciates could make or mar the proht-
ability of a mining enterprise. They
were charged with abusing their pow
er hut il is fair to say that we be-
teve the imputation to be untrue. on I
the other hand, it is safe to say that
the Cuggenheims would haver Jared
better in reputation if they had stuck
TO the custom smelling business IN
stead of branching out as promoters /
and speculatOrs. Their early success
was due. as is usually the case, to the
nersonal character of the men at the
head OF these, Mr. Daniel Guggen-
helm was chief: he showed remark
able ability and good sense and ne
seems to have won the support and
cooneration of men of the highest
character. The success of the Phil
? adeIpbia smelter must be attributed
in large part to August Raht, a fine
+ metallureist The success OF the
Aguas Calientes smelter and other
Mexican operations is credited to Mr..
Morse When the big consolidation
t was made the Guggenheims acquired
o the technical services of a notable
d erollp of men, including Anton Elleis'
O. tbe father of lead smelling in the
. west who had been identified with
n the Colorado smelter at Pueblo. with
To- the other smelter at Pueblo they took
It Mr. William J. Hamilton, one of re-
= ,,arl,ah,e trio of metallurgical broth
r. ars and VIZ w H Howard, who IS
h still one of their most valued techni-
= cians as he is one of the most honor
h ed men in his profession. With the
b, Perth Amboy refinery they secured
l. tbe services of Mr. Arthur l.. Walker
t, now professor in Columbia university
ID and technician whose skill is by nc
r means academic. At the Colorado
r smelter at Pueblo. they found Mr.
lie Arthur $. Dwight, the co-inventor OF
Y. the well known sinterng furnace ano
Id professional man of the hlghes
a Grade To these may be added Frank
IN lin Guiterman, of Denver who nae
of mastered the economic phase of TIT
ia western smelling and was particular!
well informed in regard to the source
f. Of ore supply. Other notable metal
an urgists in their employ at the time o
n their early dominance were Charle
he Livingston. Robert d. Rhodes Georg
of p Lee. Frank Rhodes, T. s. AustlI
it. Fl s. Mulnken. Herman Garlich
ny Walter Page. Eugene B. Bradel
at Frank NJ. Smith and Karl Eilers'
asst course. besides f. p Mathewsol
er. whom they dismissed in 1901 only
ist reengage him in after years by VINO
ity time he had made a magnificent rel
alto utation at Anaconda Mr.. Edgar New
my house was with the Philadelphia plai
ty, as an ore buyer and he has RENAME
ion with them ever since, becoming OF
el- of the most important men in the
10 eanization. Their ore purchasing d
,ri- nartment owed much to Mr.. Hen
ad- Tvne. now retired who came to the
mia with the Globe smelter, and Mr.. II.
the Wagner. who did valuable work
, & Mexico and South America, and
and still an important member of the
&C star II is entirely proper and n
on cessai.v to record the names of the
bod, men because without them the Gu
age eenheims would have been nowhei
ork. il was to Mr.. Daniels ability to NJ
own such men that the smelter octop
was owed its very life and prosperity.
as was willing to pay heavily for
gat- merits and he was able to promote c.
gem dial cooperation between them a
ON the directors particularly his bro
gem ers. some of whom were by no mes
FILL ne large-minded as himself In L
they the firm of NJ. Guggenheim's s.
wing was succeeded by Guggenheim Br
the hut the change did not synchrol
al with any increase of fraternal 81
pro daritv: on the contrary. it appea
lany to be one of the results of
deal brought by the youngest brother, "
any liam. against his brothers on acco
los of alleged unfairness in the divis
e IN of the Chuquicamata profits. The I
con- firm of Guggenheim Bros inclu
s only five. for Benjamin had e
big down with the Titanic in 1912
their William was excluded. Benjamin
entity eanized the Power & Mining Mach
OIL OF cry company. which bought out
DE Holthoff Manufacturing company
Gug- Milwaukee and is now one Of the c
YOU'D stituent companies of the WORTH
mares ton Pump & Machinery corporal
the He was associated with Messrs. c
due Finney. Leon p Feustman and CN
the Robinson. of whom only Mr. Fee
until man remains with the pump compi
one At the date when Guggenheim Z
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