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ripI.IGITY..
PACIFIC RZtIiaO.3 V i£
GCLCzSJ VIKS D1YS CISLE3R: TICK
OiVIA, KiSBRASKA
April 26-29, 1939
To fete the world premiere of the
raranount picture 11 Jnion Pacific" and
coiMeriorate the seventieth Anniversary
of the driving of the golden spike in the
first transcontinental railroad.
Further Correspondence on File 283 ..cAuliffe’s kiltie Sard -
�Rode Springe liner
March 22, 1940
Afen an<M<cAolife’s
;1 Miles toMake
I; Trip To Omaha
Gracie Allen, the dippy dame of
9 radio and serene fame, will join Mcr Auliffe’s Kiltie band May 11 to en1 tertain the people from Green River
t to Omaha, Neb.
r
According to President' Eugene
- McAuliffe of The Union Pacific Coal
j company, the Kiltie band will join
- Grade's Presidential Special i n
Green River. They will ride on into
' Omaha for the Golden Spike Days
celebration May 15 to 18.
The Kilties, who took part in the
celebration last year, are scheduled
to take part again this year in the
program.
The Kilties will be on the Presi
dential, Special when, it leaves Green
River at 11:00 a. m. Saturday, May
11. Gracie will make a political
speech from the rear platform of the
car in Rock Springs between 11:20
and 11:35 a. m.
I The 50-piece Union Paqific band
: from Omaha -will accompany the
I Gijaeie Allen party from Los AngeI les to Omaha.
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�Rock Bprings Miner
Mey 10, 1940
McAuliffe’s Kiltie Sard Will Join
^residential Special on Satwday
~o--------------------------Complete Program Has
Been Arranged for
Celebration
McAuliffe’s Kiltie bund as been
giving the ‘‘Vote for Grach " tune a
final going over in preparation for
Saturday when they embark on the
Presidential Special for the remain
der of the trip through Wyoming,
Colorado and Nebraska and on to
the Golden Spike Days cel.-br tion in
Omaha next week.
The Scotties will ma '1 in the
huge parade planned b;
■ citizens
of Rock Springs to we!
Gracie
Allen and stooge hush
George
Burns, to the city. The;- will then
join the Presidential Special and
leave with the (presidential andidate, G-racie Allen.
Plans completed by
> unior
Old Timers committee ar. ’ C;: mber
of Commerce committee:
the
welcoming of the President! . Spe
cial and the Golden Spike d,:y cel
ebration include the parade, icvcle
races, a street dance and a Golden
Spike ball.
The most spectacular f< ire of
the program, other than the
’.com
ing of Gracie and company at about
11:20 a. m. at the depot, is th : huge
parade being organized.
The two U. P. bands, the Scotch
laddies, the high school band, the
Italian Legion band, about 12 floats,
kids and adults in costumes, various
civic and fraternal organizations and
other interested parties have signi
fied their intentions of being in the
parade.
The route as outlined by Chair
man H. C. Livingston for the huge
parade calls for the organization of
the units at the freight depot at 9:30
a. m. The parade will march at 10
a. m. down South Front to C, along
C and Elk to Bridger, down Bridger
■to Pilot Butte, up Pilot Butte and K
to North Front, along North Front
to C,. outh on C to Fourth, east on
Fourth to the freight depot.
At the reception of the presiden
tial yeadidate, Gracie
be pre
sented v ith a kangaroo made of
coal. It .till be a fine companion for
the kangarooish rabbit she will re
ceive in Salt Lake City.
Following Gracie’s reception the
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McAuliffe’s Mties
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bicycle races will
.'In. Nothing is
scheduled from '.
: til 4:00 p.
in. when' the street da.. • begins.
Whil. .
' 'is is celebrating
its Golden Spike day the Presiden
tial Special carrying th-j
the pipwrs will
be stopping at Rawlins,, Laramie,
Cheyenne and other"_points.
The
train makes 11 stop. before arriving in Rock Springs -uu
and 21 stops
after leaving before r.eaehi
.—‘..i ■ : Omaha.
Members of McAulif
Kiltie
band making the trip . Ir'.bur L.
Anderson, drum major; James F.
Davis, drum sergeant; John
Hartney, drummer; Alex C. David
son. pipe major; Robert O. lall,
pipe sergeant: Ernest Adams. James 1
J. Brimley, Charles Gregory. Andrew
Hamilton, Matt MacDonald. Ronald
MacPherson, George MacTavish and
Alex M. Watt, pipers.
�Sprays Greets Grade srf Grade Met Rock Springs
when the star comedienne’s special train stopped over here Saturday morning and ap
proximately 6,000 persons jammed the station platform and parking place to see and
hear her as a part of the Golden Spike Days celebration here. Pictured at top is Gra
de Allen, second from left, addressing the croud from the rear platform of her
train. At extreme right is her actor-husband, George Burns. Police magistrate A. L.
Taliaferro, center, greeted Miss Allen in behalf of the city and presented her a kan
garoo statuette while Ole Knudsen, second from right, president of the V. P. Junior
Old Timers, and I. N. Bayless, right, general manager of The Union Pacific Coal
company, look on. Below is the float sponsored by the 10 and 8 of the American Le
gion which won first prize in the parade. It depicts a huge golden spike and was
drawn by the 10 and S locomotive.—Photos by Laverne Lakin, ROCKET staff pho
tographer.
____________________________________________________ DAILY ROCKET Ellgravins
�THS ROCK SPRINGS DAILY ROCKET
MAY 14, 1940
Hats and Old-Fashoed Dress Greet Grade
. when lhe comedienne and her party stopped here Saturday. Pictured at left are
George It. Pryde, vice president of operations of The Union Pacific Coal company
(left), and I. N. liayless, general manager of the company (right), in beaver hats
during lhe celebration. At right are the winners of lhe women’s character costumes,
Mrs. William Pecolar (left), who won first prize, and Mrs. George Cornford (right),
who won second prize.—Photos by Lavern? Lakin, ROCKET staff photographer.
DAILY’ ROCKET Enrlwim
vxio
i-iauaLuiiLuiiruitrr
railway on May 10, 1869.
For ladies individual character
costumes, Mrs. William Pecolar
of 707 Connecticut avenue won
first prize of $5 and Mrs. George
Cornford of 124 First street won
second prize of $3. Both were
dressed in old-fashioned costumes.
Men’s prizes for character cos
tume went to Bill O’Farrell and
Howell Powell, dressed as old time
prospectors. They received $5 and
■?3 respectively.
First prize for children's cos
tumes went to Elsie Mae Crofts
of 1022 Pilot Butte and Agnes
Carter of 1013 Pilot Butte. They
received §3 and S2 in prize money.
Bicycle "races were not held be
cause of congested traffic condi
tions on the proposed route of
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THS ROCK SPRINGS DAILY ROCKET
HAY
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are pictured below. The Scotch pipers will take part in the parade here Saturday
morning during the celebration and then will board Grade Allen’s special train to
accompany the star to Omaha for the Golden Spike Days celebratoin to be held there
next week.
DAILY ROCKET EnKravlnK_________________________________________________ .
Hff
TO JOIN
Final arrangements on selec
tions they will play during their
journey to Omaha as a part of
Gracie Allen's "Presidential Spe
cial” party were being made here
Thursday by members of Mc
Auliffe's Kiltie Band.
The Kilties will join Grade's
"Presidential Special” when it ar
rives S; turday morning in Rock
Springs after first participating in
the gigantic parade planned here
as a feature of the Golden Spike
Day celebration being arranged in
the famous radio and screen
comedienne’s honor.
Thirteen members will com
prise the Kiltie band. They include
Arthur L. Anderson, drum major;
James F. Davidson, drum sergeant,
and John Hartney, drummer; Alex
C. Eiavidson, pipe major; Robert
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I
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—KILTIES BEADY
(Continued from page one)
Hall, pipe sergeant; and Ernest
Adams. Jaoirs J. Biimlry. Charles
■Gregory, A'tPiretv
Matt
MacD.mald. Roh;dd M..-on,
Geoiget MacTa.lsh ar. i Alex M.
Watt, pipers.
Tiie Kilties will play an active
, part in progr.ims plannv i by sev■ eral of the 20 comm,.
in
' which Grade's “Preside:.:;-! Spe1 cial” will stop en r
Rock
Springs to Omaha.
At Cheyenne, where Grade's
party will arrive Saturday eve-:
ning and remain until late Sunday.'
the Kilties will take part in the f.
torchlight parade being planned
for Saturday night and also will
play several selections during in
termission of a dance at Frontier
Prark. Sunday afternoon the Kil
ties and other musical organiza
tions will appear in a band concert
at Fort Warren Bowl.
May 13 the Kilties will be in the
parade at Denver, will parade
again later the same day at North
Platte. Neb., and again May 14 at
Grand Island, Neb.
Following arrival of the "Pres
idential Special” in Omaha May 1
14, the Kilties will be in the parade I
of honor which will escort Gracie
from the depot to the Fontenelle <
Hotel, her headquarters during the .
Golden Spike Days celebration in >
Omaha.
<
While in Omaha, the Kilties have
been asked to plaj- at several hos
pitals, orphanages and children's
homes, at Father Flannagan's
"Boys Town”, and in many of the
larger business 'houses and banks
throughout the city. Similar pro
gram was followed by the Kilties
during the Golden Spike Days cele
bration in Omaha last year where
the Scotch pipers and drummers
attracted considerable attention.
While in Omaha, the Kilties will
be housed in a special pullman car
which is to be attached at Green
River to the “Presidential Special.”
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—
�GOLDEN SPECE DAYS
HIGHLIGHTS
Sunday, May 12—
Evening —Community Play day and Sing,
Creighton University Stadium.
Monday, May 13—
8:00 p. m.—Whisker Clubs Jamboree, Ak-Sar-Ben
Coliseum.
Tuesday, May 14—
-{t 4:00 p. m.—Arrival of Bums & Allen Presidential
Special, Union Station; parade up
town to hotel headquarters.
Evening —Unveiling and judging of historical
display windows.
Preview, Indian Village and Histori
cal Museum, Municipal Auditorium.
Wednesday, May 15—
10:00 a. m.—Indian Village and Historical Mu
seum (runs through Saturday).
-{X Evening —Burns & Allen network broadcasts
(two performances), Creighton Uni
versity Stadium.
Thursday, May 16—
-)X 10:00 a. m.—Military parade.
-{X Evening —Torchlight parade "Gracie Allen for
President," Omaha Council of Whis
ker Clubs.
Friday, May 17—
-ft 10:00 a. m.—Parade "Free America."
-Jr Noon
—Luncheon, distinguished guests and
visitors.
-$X Evening —Surprise Party Convention, Creighton
Stadium.
PWtyr
SiP I KE
V°DAYS
PLUS
Golden Spike Days of 1940 is
truly "Everybody's Party!" . . .
It's a one hundred per cent civic
promotion to glorify the Old
Days and American Ways . . .
There are many ways you can
help—grow whiskers, plan to be
in costume, talk it up among
your associates, write your
friends about it . . . Make the
Golden Spike Days of 1940 your
party and help make it "Every
body's Party!"
Saturday, May 18—
-{X 10:00 a. m.—Parade of bands and mummers.
1:00 p. m.—Band and mummers' contest, Creigh
ton Stadium.
-$X 2:00 p. tn.—Horse and Dog Show, Ak-Sar-Ben
Field.
9:00 p. m.—Costume Ball, Ak-Sar-Ben Coliseum.
-fX 9:00 p. m.—Street Dances, downtown.
Sunday, May 19—
-£x 2:00 p. m.—Horse and Dog Show, Ak-Sar-Ben
Field.
"The Greatest Community Attraction
Ever in America. Omaha Is Very For
tunate," says VARIETY OFFICIAL.
(Variety Is the Nation's Largest Theatrical Paper)
(All dates and times of attractions are subject
to change)
�“LET’S LAUGH.LET’S PLAY-LET’S HAVE FWN!”
Golden Spike Days of 1940, to be held in
Omaha May 15 through 18, will be days
and nights packed with brilliant spectacle,
gay merry - making, hilarious nonsense
and scores of educational and entertain
ment features.
Gracie Allen and George Bums, radio,
stage and screen comedians, will head
line this great civic show—Everybody's
Party I
Eyes of Nation on Omaha
The entire nation will have its eyes on
Omaha when Gracie starts her presiden
tial stumping tour, complete with rear
platform speeches and red fire, a week
in advance of Golden Spike Days. Gracie
and George will be in Omaha five days
to turn this city into the amusement cen
ter of the country ... The comedy pair will
present two nationwide broadcasts before
tens of thousands of Golden Spike Days
celebrants. And to top the whole thing,
Gracie will hold her national Surprise
Party convention in Omaha during Gold
en Spike Days as only Gracie knows how
to do such things 1
A city of a quarter of a million people will
be costumed for the extravaganza. Wom
en will wear gay attractive dresses—the
men will don frock coats and tall beaver
hats popular in the midwest's early days
. . . Omaha firms will "dress up" with
oldtime fronts, historical window displays
and special decorations of all kinds. The
entire city will be elaborately decorated.
More than 25,000 bewhiskered men will,
to use a Gracie Allen gag, literally sweep
Gracie into office! . . . The whisker clubs
will hold a gigantic jamboree early in
the celebration. Gracie herself will lead
the whisker clubs torchlight parade, des
tined to be one of the most colorful spec
tacles of the whole show. The men with
the hirsute chin decorations will partici
pate in many other events during Golden
Spike Days!
Big Indian Show
There will be a combined Indian encamp
ment and mammoth historical exposition
. . . More than a score of Indians and
their families in full costumes will present
colorful tribal dances. The museum will
include authentic early West museum
pieces gathered from all parts of the
country.
Four sparkling parades will include a mil
itary parade replete with representatives
of all the nation's armed forces marching
to martial airs . . . There will be a parade
of visiting bands and drum corps from
five midwestern states combined with, an
unusual mummers' parade featuring gi
gantic comic strip and Mother Goose
characters ... A patriotic theme parade
will glorify the old days and American
ways!
Costume Ball a Feature
Other highlights will include a huge cos
tume ball to the music of a nationally
famous orchestra, street dances in down
town Omaha, a community playday and
sing, a two-day horse and dog show, a
luncheon for distinguished guests and
visitors, and many other entertainment
features.
An actual traffic count last year showed
102,000 people came to Omaha during
Golden Spike Days and thousands more
came by bus, by rail and by airplane.
Golden Spike Days of 1940 will really
attract people to Omaha!
Omaha has become known as the city of
enterprise and showmanship—and Oma
ha will get another boost during Golden
Spike Days of 19401
“The Greatest thing ever to happen in Radio,” says husband - partner 'STOOGE9 BURNS
�June. 1940
Employes’ Magazine
237^
Rock Springs Celebrates Golden Spike Day
May 11 th, was a memorable day in
Then followed The Union Pacific Coal Com
This celebration was planned under the auspices of
the Junior Old Timers of the Railroad, together with
members of the Rock Springs Chamber of Com
merce. The Union Pacific Coal Company, and
others.
The parade started from the Union Pacific Rail
road’s freight depot at 9:30 a. m., moving on South
Front Street, then over the “C” Street crossing onto
Elk Street, Bridger Avenue, Pilot Butte Avenue.
“K” Street, North Front Street, and back to the
freight depot, where it disbanded. The parade was
one of the largest and most colorful ever held in
Rock Springs. It was led by a color guard com
posed of ex-service men of Rock Springs, and by
McAuliffe’s Kiltie Band.
One of the outstanding floats in the parade was
that of the American Legion's 40 and 8, depicting
a huge golden spike, and pulled by the 40 and 8
locomotive, which won first prize. The second and
third prize winners were those of the Improved
Order of Redmen, Tribe No. 5, and Boy Scout
Troop 99, respectively.
by that peerless band leader Mr. James Sartoris.
Mr. Sartoris lived up to his high reputation as a
musical director, furnishing music while awaiting
the arrival of the Gracie Allen Special.
The Italian Legion Band and the Rock Springs
High School Band also participated in the parade,
together with many automobiles and people march
ing.
After the parade disbanded, the people moved en
masse to the west of the Union Pacific passenger de
pot to await the arrival of the Gracie Allen Spe
cial where they were entertained by Mr. Sartoris’s
band and the other bands, and the Kiltie Band also
played some stirring airs.
As the cry went up from the assembled crowd
"Here she comes,’’ the train pulled in slowly, the
Kiltie Band playing ‘‘The Earl of Mansfield,” Gracie
making the remark that she noticed the Kilties
were wearing their pants at half mast in sympathy
with George.
As soon as the train stopped. Judge A. L. Talia
ferro and Olof Knudsen, President of the Junior
aturday,
S Rock Springs, being the first anniversary of the pany’s brass bands, with representatives from Rock
Union Pacific Railroad’s Golden Spike celebration. Springs. Reliance. Winton, and Superior, conducted
Picture of the Kiltie Band Taken in Front of Union Pacific Headquarters at Omaha
Left to right-—Charles Gregory, Alex Watt, Ernest Adams, Matt Steffensen, Alex Davidson, Pipe Major,
James Davis, John Hartney, Andrew Hamilton, Robert Hall.
Kneeling—left to right—John Brimley, R. R. Menghini, Wilford French. Arthur Anderson, Drum Major,
absent account of illness.
�'■>38
Employes’ Magazine
Old Timers, as well as Mr. I. N. Bayless, boarded
the train. Judge Taliaferro remarked that the
Mayor was in Court and that the City Attorney was
arranging bail, and he had been asked to make the
presentation speech, which he did in a very happy
vein. Gracie thereafter accepted the kangaroo,
which was the handiwork of Elgin (Bud) Meacham.
and was fashioned of the famous Rock Springs
coal. A short talk was made by Gracie. who re
marked she was thrilled to look into their wideopen faces. George Burns also made a few remarks.
winding up with his usual mention of the benefits of
Hind’s Honey and Almond Cream.
The stop lasted about 15 minutes, and one of the
largest crowds ever to assemble in Rock Springs
met the train and was present during the program.
The Kiltie Band joined the train, traveling in a
special car which had been provided for their
transportation. The train made a stop in Chey
enne, Saturday night, where the Kiltie Band put on
an exhibition in Frontier Park. Sunday they visited
the Veterans’ Hospital in Cheyenne and gpent a
couple of hours entertaining the patients. They
paraded in Denver, Colorado, Monday morning
at 11 o’clock, and a torch-light parade in North
Platte, Nebraska, about 7 o’clock that evening. They
arrived in 0maha.__AL4---p.m. Tuesday, May 14th.
where they"piped Gracie into the station.
Activities of the Kilties in Omaha on Wednesday
were taken up with serenading at various orphan
ages, hospitals and other institutions.
Thursday morning the Kilties participated, with
19 other bands, in a military parade made up chiefly
of infantry and mechanized units of United States
army posts near Omaha. That afternoon the Kilties
presented a program at Father Flanagan’s Boys’
Town and in the evening led the parade of the
Omaha Whisker club.
Participation in another parade occupied atten
tion of the Kilties during the morning Friday and
that evening they participated in Gracie’s Surprise
Party Convention at the Ak-Sar-Ben coliseum pre
sented before an estimated crowd of more than
10,000 people.
Inclement weather Saturday again forced can
cellation of major portion of activities scheduled for
the Kilties. During the day, however, they seren
aded visitors and employes at the headquarters
building of the Union Pacific railroad.
En route to Rock Springs they presented a short
concert Sunday night at the U. P. station in Chey
enne.
After the departure of the Gracie Allen Special,
the celebration in Rock Springs continued all day,
with various contests and a street dance on Elias
Avenue in the afternoon, coming to a grand climax
with the Golden Spike Day ball at the Playmore
in the evening.
June, 1940
On June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress in
session in Philadelphia adopted the following reso
lution :
'Resolved — that the Flag of the United
States be thirteen Stripes, alternate red and
white: that the Union be thirteen Stars, in a
Blue Field, representing a new Constellation?
That Constellation, originally consisting of thir
teen and at present forty-eight Stars in the Blue
Field, has served as a peculiarly appropriate
means of informing the people of all Nations of
the sustained and continuous progress which has
been made toward insuring the permanent secur
ity and contentment of the American people.
The Fourth of July is the most appropriate day
for the Nation and its people to give adequate ex
pression in their homes and in public to their tra
ditionally deep patriotism and their enduring al
legiance to the Stars and Stripes.
CALENDAR FOR THE NATIONAL DISPLAY
OF THE FLAG
January 20th
(Every fourth year beginning 1937)
The day the President of the
United States is inaugurated.
February 12th
Lincoln s Birthday
February 22nd
Washington's Birthday
May 30th
Memorial Day
June 14th
Flag Day
July 4th
Independence Day
First Monday in September
Labor Day
September 17th
Constitution Day
Every Election Day—National, State,
Congressional District, and other.
November 11th
Armistice Day
Last Thursday in November
Thanksgiving Day
Other days, while commemorating important
events and objectives of merit, are not as gener
ally or as rigidly observed Nationally as those
listed. The Flag is widely displayed for particular
purposes by States and Municipalities.
�June, 1940
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Employes’ Magazine
OUTSIDE SECTIONS
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
63,985
55.148
49.025
38,948
36,479
0
0
0
0
0
No Injury
No Injury
No Injury
No Injury
No Injury
ALL SECTIONS. 1940........
................ 1.152,528
12
96,044
ALL SECTIONS, 1939........
................ 1.111,3-11
7
159.192
Thomas Foster.............. ........ Rock Springs
Port Ward...................... .... Superior
E. B. Henningsen.......... .... Hanna
William Telck................ .... Reliance
R. \\ . Fowkes................ .... Winton
April Safety Awards
r l| Hie monthly safety meetings for April were held
-W- at Winton. Reliance, Hanna. Superior and Rock
Springs on May 1st, 2nd, 4th. 6th and 7th re
spectively.
Two sound pictures “America Marching On” and
“Frontiers of the Future,” furnished by the National
Industrial Council, were shown at all of the meet
ings. Mr. Pryde spoke at the Winton and Reliance
meetings, giving an interesting talk on the new ad
dition to the Rock Springs Power Plant and general
safety practices. Nine of the ten mines received
cash awards and six of these received suit awards.
Following are the winners:
First Prize
SI 5 Each
Second Prize
S10 Each
Third & Fourth
Prizes S5 Each
Unit Foreman
S10 Each
Rock Springs No. 4
Primo Gatti
Alex Angelovic
Henry Krichbaum
Rock Springs No. 8
Harry Dooley
L. V. Randolph
Reliance No. 1
Reliance No. 7
Winton No. 1
Winton Nos. 3 & 7l/2
Superior “D”
Superior D. O. Clark
Hanna No. 4
Joe Mangel os
Louis Rizzi
H. Chadwick, Sr.
Glenn Sprowell
Thomas Mullen
Woodrow Phillips
Norman Smith
Henry Telck
L. T. Sims
James Cuthbertson
John Milonas
Alex Noble
Sanfre Maki
Nestor Nurmi
(Wm. H. Matthews
David L. Petrie)
(Joubert Larsen
Joe Paulik. Jr.)
Leo Kozola
Otto Ruffini
Arvid Salmi
Andy Blahota
Tony DeMarco
Michael Jablin
(M. Okamoto
R. L. Bedford)
TOTAL
S135
S90
S60
S90
Mine
Suits of clothes awarded: Norman Durnil, Rock
Springs No. 4 Mine: John Shassetz, Rock Springs
No. 8 Mine; Sam Tolzi, Reliance No. 1 Mine;
D. M. Foster, Winton No. 1 Mine; Albert Kruzich,
Keep Your Name Off This List
he
following men, on account of their having
sustained a lost-time injury during the period
T
January 1 to April 30, 1940, are ineligible to par
ticipate in the drawing for the grand prize, an auto
mobile to be awarded after June 30, 1940.
Oscar Brown, Rock Springs
Albino Brugnara, Rock Springs
Anton Drnas, Rock Springs
Elmer Paul Schreck, Reliance
William Legere, Winton
Steven Babel, Superior
John Cukale
Sam Evans
Jack Rafferty
John Peternell
A. M. Strannigan
James S. Faddis
Ed. OVery, Sr.
James Hearne
Winton Nos. 3 & iy2 Mine; and Roy Epps, Su
perior “D” Mine.
Superior “C” Mine was ineligible to participate.
Dan Borcich, Superior
George Horbach, Superior
Lawrence Zelinski, Superior
Joe McAllister, Hanna
“The only worthwhile things that have come
to us in this life have come through work that was
almost always hard, and often bitter. We believe
that this has always been true of mankind and that
it will always be true. We believe not in how little
work, but how much; not in how few hours, but
how many. America must not grow soft!”—I.
Kindleberger.
�226
Employes’ Magazine
STATEMENT SHOWING NUMBER OF CALEN
DAR DAYS WORKED BY DEPARTMENTS
OR MINES SINCE THE LAST LOSTTIME INJURY
Figures to April 30, 1940
June. 1940
Jeffers by Mr. James F. Davis, of Rock Springs,
who occupies the position of Drum Sergeant in Mc
Auliffe’s Kiltie Band, the presentation made by re
quest of the Chamber and taking place in the Gen
eral Office Building at Omaha at noon, Saturday,
May 18th.
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Underground
Employes
Calendar Days
Rock Springs No. 4....................................... 279
Rock Springs No. 8....................................
69
Reliance No. 1 ............................................
63
Reliance No. 7............................................
46
Winton No. I .............................................. 550
Winton No. 3 Seam....................................
83
Winton No. 7^ Seam................................ 298
Superior “C”..............................................
14
Superior “D”.............................................. 251
Superior D. 0. Clark..................................
55
Hanna No. 4................................................
47
Outside Employes
Calendar Days
Rock Springs No. 4 Tipple........................ 3,472
Rock Springs No. 8 Tipple........................ 2.052
Reliance Tipple.......................................... 258
Winton Tipple............................................ 3.672
Superior “C” Tipple.................................. 678
Superior “D” Tipple.................................. 1.126
Superior D. O. Clark Tipple...................... 825
Hanna No. 4 Tipple.................................. 900
General Outside
Employes
Calendar Days
Rock Springs.............................................. 2,784
Reliance ....................................................... 741
Winton ........................................................ 3,269
Superior...................................................... 3,541
Hanna.......................................................... 1,644
Presentation of Golden Spike
to President W. M. Jeffers by
the Chamber of Commerce at
Rock Springs, Woming
he
immense Golden Spike, some nine feet in
length and built in proportion throughout, of
T
golden color, and bearing the autograph signatures
of the business men of Rock Springs, which was
sent to Omaha by the Rock Springs Chamber of
Commerce, was formally presented to President
First Row—Left to right: Alex Davidson. John
Hartney, W. M. Jeffers. James Davis, Arthur An
derson, Ernest Adams. R. R. Menghini.
Second Row—Left to right: Matt Steffensen, An
drew Hamilton. Wilford French, John Brimley,
Charles Gregory. Alex IP alt, Robert Hall.
Just to represent the Chamber in a lawful way,
‘■Jimmie,” though still wearing his kilts, dropped
his Scottish name of "Davidson” for the moment,
falling back on his customary clan name. Drum
Sergeant ‘‘Davidson,” however, speaking for citi
zen Davis, insisted that his fellow Scotsmen, with
their gay Royal Stewart Tartans, sporrans, and Glengary bonnets, be included in the picture made by
Mr. Coons, staff photographer of the Union Pacific
Railroad. Mr. Jeffers made his usual gracious re
sponse to the speech of presentation, shaking hands
with and complimenting each of the Kilties on their
fine playing. The Spike, it will be recalled, was a
prominent feature in the Golden Spike parade held
at Rock Springs, Saturday, May 11th.
“All the wild ideas of unbalanced agitators the
world over in their ignorant and pitiable quest
for happiness through revolution, confiscation of
property, and crime cannot overthrow the eternal
truth that the one route to happiness through prop
erty or government is the broad and open highway
of service. And service always means industry,
thrift, respect for authority and recognition of the
rights of others.”—William G. Sibley.
��Rock Springs Daily Rocket
Hay 6, 1?39
Governor Smith
Gets Famed Hat
Of Wo M. Jeffers
CHEYENNE, May 5—The high
white beaver hat. much photo
graphed atop the head of Union
Pacific President William Jeffers,
has changed heads.
It now belongs to Wyoming’s
governor, Nels H. Smith.
It all came about in Omaha last
week at the Golden Spike celebra
tion, attended by Governor and
Mrs. Smith. At a banquet at which
governors, Hollywood stars, Union
Pacific officials and big-wigs were
invited to speak, the Union Pacific
was plugged and plugged.
Came Governor Smith’s turn to
orate.
"Ride the Union Pacific to Chey
enne for Frontier Days and we'll
let you ride nr : ekin’ bronc,”
plugged Govern. ■ Smith.
Next day sir,mm. ’.11 Jeffers
doffed his hat, worn ft r the cele
bration, and present
to Smith.
"We built the rai': . I—but you
make ’em ride it. This hiat belongs
to you,” he beamed.
�CLARKSON
MEMORIAL
HOSPITAL
FOUR-FIFTEEN
south
twenty-sixth
street
OMAHA,
NEBRASKA
�This brochure was prepared for distribution in
connection with Omaha's Great Event, the Golden
Spike Days Celebration, April 26 to 29, 1939.
+
The forerunner of Bishop Clarkson Memorial Hospital came
into existence in 1869, contemporary with the First Transconti
nental Railroad.
*
The Trustees, together with the entire staff of Bishop Clarkson
Memorial Hospital, take this opportunity to congratulate the of
ficers and members of the Union Pacific Railroad Company, Mr.
Cecil B. DeMille, Miss Barbara Stanwyck, Mr. Joel McCrea, and the
remaining members of the cast who produced the picture of the
century, "UNION PACIFIC."
�Bishop Clarkson Memorial Hospital
415 South 26th Street
Omaha, Nebraska
□
Telephone Webster 1900
�PRIVATE ROOM IN GENERAL
HOSPITAL
Note Venetian blinds, adjustable bed
and movable table.
�FORE
_Lhe Board of Trustees of the Bishop Clarkson
Memorial Hospital commends this book to
you for the sole purpose of making known
what a modern hospital has to offer to the
physically and mentally sick.
The science of medicine is forever push
ing out and onward into new fields, to bring
comfort, relief and permanent cure to the ills
of mankind. Since life is ever becoming more
complicated, the ills that attack life are ever
becoming more complex. The hospitals them
selves must offer to the patient every possi
ble form of aid. We somehow think that our
hospital is very modern in every field of med
ical enterprise.
The Bishop Clarkson Memorial Hospital
has one of the most learned staffs of any hos
pital of its size in this part of the country. To
offer the best in nursing and medical skill has
ever been uppermost in the minds of the
trustees. To do this, we added in 1937 a new
department to the already skillful and up-todate existing departments, and that is the
department of psychiatry. It has long been
the opinion of men competent to judge that
the ills of the mind are on the increase.
We commend this book to you, and we
hope that you will make known to your
friends and acquaintances what our hospital
has to offer, expertly, in the way of medical
care.
CECELIA MEISTER, Superintendent
�<b
DRIVING OF
"THE GOLDEN SPIKE"
Promontory Point, Utah, May 10, 1869
�The Bishop Clarkson Memorial Hospital
T
-L t seems appropriate at a time when the citizens of
Omaha and the whole west are celebrating the
"Driving of the Golden Spike” and the first showing
of the great moving picture "Union Pacific,” to make
reference to another pioneer institution of Omaha,
Bishop Clarkson Memorial Hospital.
While the building of the first transcontinental
railroad from Omaha to the state of California,
(thus carrying out the plans of President Abraham
Lincoln), differs in form and magnitude from the
creation of Bishop Clarkson Memorial Hospital, there
is a sufficient similarity to justify comparison. Both
institutions- were conceived, planned, constructed,
and are carried on to render a service to humanity.
The Union Pacific Railroad reached Promontory
Point, Utah, in 1869, and on May 10, of that year the
Golden Spike which united the line from the east
with that from the west, was driven, and rail com
munication across the continent became a reality. In
that same year the first Omaha hospital had its hum
ble beginning, and like the great Union Pacific it too
has grown with the years.
The first hospital in Omaha, the forerunner of the
splendid institution of today, was built in 1869, on a
lot owned by the city and located near the corner of
Webster and Twenty-third Streets. The building was
a small one, containing but six rooms. Opened for
patients in March, 1870, under the name of the "Good
Samaritan,” a committee of Christian women, repre
senting nearly every church denomination in the city,
personally assumed the care of the patients and the
management of the hospital, serving as nurses, in
spectors, and general providers, a few kindly physi
cians rendering medical service without charge.
Step by step the work went forward until it was
eventually turned over to the Right Reverend Robert
Harper Clarkson, Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal
Diocese of Nebraska, who succeeded in erecting the
first permanent hospital in the city located at 1716
Dodge Street. This hospital was formally dedicated
December 13, 1883. Larger and more commodious
buildings were secured through the years, this con
tinuing effort culminating in the purchase and re
building of the present splendid edifice located at
�HOSPITAL ATTACHES dressed for
Golden Spike celebration
�26th and Dewey Streets, which was formally opened
for service on May 15, 1936.
The present hospital, located near the Farnam
Street car line, within convenient distance from the
down town as well as the principal residence dis
tricts, ranks in equipment with the more modern hos
pitals in the west.
With a staff of more than fifty of the city's lead
ing physicians and surgeons and with seventy-five
more high class professional men on its accepted list,
medical and surgical service of the highest order is
available to patients. Among some of the more con
spicuous features of the hospital might be noted:
Five operating rooms for surgical service.
A thoroughly equipped Psychiatry Depart
ment.
A modern Fever Therapy Department.
A fully equipped X-ray and Deep-X-rayTherapy Department.
A modem pathological Department, directed
by competent pathologists and a staff of
technicians.
Every room is equipped with Simmons hos
pital beds, an innerspring mattress, over
top table and individual equipment.
A daily menu is provided, each adult patient
selecting his or her choice of food.
The hospital is equipped with two electric
steam-driven generators, thus providing
electric light and power, which, located
wholly within the building, is not subject
to failure by wind or sleet storms. A selfcontained laundry with a water softener
plant insures an ample supply of fresh lin
en at all times.
We have referred to our splendid staff of physi
cians and surgeons. Back of this first line is a corps of
more than a hundred supervisors, trained technicians
and nurses, men and women who have dedicated
their lives to the service of the sick and afflicted.
Bishop Clarkson Memorial Hospital is conducted
under the auspices of the Church, its staff and those
whom it serves includes Protestant, Roman Catholic
and Jewish men and women. Bishop Clarkson Mem
orial Hospital is dedicated to the service of God and
humanity and is not a profit-making institution.
When you come to Omaha April 26th to 29th, to
do honor to the great railroad that was the forerunner
of all transcontinental lines, and to celebrate the sev
entieth anniversary of the driving of the Golden
Spike, or on any subsequent occasion, do not fail to
visit Bishop Clarkson Memorial Hospital, whose fore
runner undertook the work of caring for the sick of
Omaha the year the Golden Spike was driven.
�FIRST PERMANENT HOSPITAL
1716 Dodge Street
Dedicated December 13, 1883
�Bishop Clarkson Memorial Hospital
415 South 26th Street *
Telephone Webster 1900
□
Omaha, Nebraska
if
One and one-half blocks south of the Farnam street
5
‘
I
car line. Conveniently and centrally located, the
hospital is within a quiet zone in which three large
churches and our two nurses' homes are located.
Interested visitors are welcomed.
�SPECIAL FILE NO. 2?£
GOLDEN SPIKE DAYS CELEBRATION
Rock Springs
May 1£, 15, 16, 1939
�THE ROCK SPRINGS DAILY ROCKET
MAY
11, l?40
traying a railroad supply train
with a huge golden spike; a U. P.
Junior Old Timers’ association '
float, not competing for the prize;
Chamber of Commerce float,' or
ganized by the Golden Spike Days
committee of the organization;
OK Tire shop. Coca-Cola Bottling
company; Elks lodge No. 624,
with beuty contest entries; and
Troop No. 99, Boy Scouts of
America.
All of Rock Springs will celebrate today in the second]
The VFW Junior Bicycle Safe
annual Golden Spike Days celebration.
ty club will meet at the city hall
A day-long program of interesting features headed by | at 9 a. m. to participate in the
and will be given organiz
, the arrival of Gracie Allen, the nitwit comedienne, aboard parade
: her "Presidential Special” enVi ation caps at that time.
Five musical drganizations will
route to the national: convention
participate and include McAulif
, of her “Surprise Party” shortly
i before noon.
—GOLDEN SPIKE
f fe’s Kiltie Band which will join
from page one)
the special train here to continue
‘ The “presidential" candidate freight(Continued
depot to C street, thence : to Omaha to take part in the
will arrive here at 11:20 a. m.
along C and Elk streets to Golden Spike Days celebration
with her party at the conclusion of north
avenue; east on Bridger there May 15-18. Other musical
a huge parade to.be staged in the Bridger
to Pilot Butte, south along Pilot units to be in the parade are the
■ business section.
Butte and K street to North Front
band, the Union
The parade, which will begin street; west on North Front Italian Legion
bands and the Rock
the day’s festivities, will start at street to C street, south on D Pacific
high school band.
9:30 a. m. from the freight depot, street to South Front street, east Springs
Gracie’s train will stop at the
proceed through the business sec- on South Front street to freight
Rock Springs depot for 15 minutes
. tion and back to the freight depot depot.
during which she will make a plat
where it will disband in time for
Floats already entered in the
form talk and other prominent
„ participants to welcome Gracie parade include: Washakie Tribe members
of her party will be inand her party.
No. 5 of Redmen,- accompanied i ' troduced. While here, Gracie will
i Five musical organizations, a by members in Indian costume; ; ; be presented with a kangaroo
1 number of floats, individuals in American Legion 40 and 8, por-; ; sculptured from plaster and Rock
costume and organizations are ex
. Springs coal. The work on the
pected to comprise one of the
, statuette was done by Elgin (Bud)
largest parades held here in recent
, Meacham.
years.
| Immediately following the de
Prizes for floats are $50 first
parture of Gracie’s train, bicycle
prize, $25 second prize and $15
races for children will be held at
third prize. Individual costume
the highway bridge in the north
prizes will be $5 first and $3 sec
part of the city on highway 187.
ond in each of the men’s and wo
.Cash prizes of $5 first, $3 second
men’s divisions with children’s
and $2 third will be given in each
prizes of $3 first and $2 second.
[of the four races to be run: boys
ifrom 10 to 12 years, girls from
H. C. Livingston, chairman of
: 10 to 12 years, boys from 13 to 15
the parade committee, has an
! years and girls from 13 to 15
nounced the line of march will be:
: years. S. M. Boucher is chairman
J
(Continued on page five)
I in charge of the bicycle races.
j From 4 p. m. until 6 p. m. a
[street dance will be staged at
i Elias avenue just off Pilot Butte
avenue and will be free of charge.
I The parade float and costume
■prizes will be awarded at the
[street dance.
| The Golden Spike Days ball to
:be held at the Playmore and spon
sored by. the U.. P. Junior Old
Timers, will climax the day’s
events.
The celebration here is being
sponsored by the Junior Old Tim
ers, the Chamber of Commerce,
businessmen and other interested
organizations and individuals.
�Rock Springs Miner Mey 17, 1940
Grade Welcomed to
Rock Springs By
Record Crowd
j
Rock Springs thinks Gracie Allen
is a little nutty, but nice after a rec
ord-breaking crowd, estimated' be
tween 5,000 and 6,000, jammed the
depot yard Saturday morning to
hear her deliver a campaign address.
Presented with a kangaroo made
of Rock Springs coal and made wel
come to the city by Police Judge A.
iL. Taliaferro, Junior Old1 Timer
President Ole Knudsen and General
(Union Pacific Coal company Mana
ger I. N. Bayless, Gracie said: “I
like all miners and those over 21,
too.”
.Gracie’s campaign speech, though
a trifle incoherent, left the bright
ly-garbed crowd snickering in the
pleasant spring weather.
With an impish grin, Gracie re
marked upon first seeing McAu
liffe’s Kiltie band, who boarded the
train to help Gracie with her cam
paign, “Well, I see the Kiltie band
is wearing its ipants at half-mast in
honor of George Burns.”
Gracie is conducting her campaign
on the “Surprise Party” ticket for
i president on the basis that there
'should1 be a woman in the1 White
House, in fact Gracie feels that
women have always been tho real
rulers of the land but that the men
get all the credit.
“Why, take Martha Washington,”
the irrepressible radio and screen
comedian remarked, "she ran at can
dy store while her husband was pres
ident because she couldn’t fly to
Seattle each week.”
George Burns, stooge husband of
the dizzy dame, when ifltroduced,
thanked1 everyone for listening to
'Gracie. Truman Bradley, radio an
nouncer on Gracie’s program, was
also introduced and made a few
brief remarks.
Preceding the arrival of the spe
cial, one of the finest parades ever
presented in Rock Springs was view
ed by a crowd which packed . the
sidewalks all along the parade; route.
Bands, floats and1 gaily-garbed in
dividuals made the scene one of the
■brightest' ever presented In Ro.ck
Springs as well as the noisest.
Winners in the float and costume
contests were the 40 and 8 floats,
first prize of $50; Improved Order
of Redmen, second prize of $25, and
third prize, Boy Scout troop No. 99;
Mrs. William Pecolar and Bill O’Far
rell won first costume prizes of $5,
with Mrs. George Cornford and' How
ell Powell, the second prize $3 win
ners; Elsie .Mae Crofts and Agnes
'Carter won the $3 and $2 chil
dren’s prizes.
Traffic congestion on the high
way where the bicycle races were
scheduled to be held made that part
of the program impossible. The en
trants spit the prize money and were
disbanded.
The prizes for the floats and cos
tumes were awarded-at the street
dance held later in the aftrnoon on
Elias avnue just off Pilot Butte. The
big Golden Spike ball held at’ the
Playmoire that evening attracted a
record-breaking crowd.
Zj
�Hock Springs Miner
3, 1940
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Golden Wke Day'
(Continued From Page One)
GoMen Spike Day Program Pfans Are
Being Completed By Committee
The dippy dame of radio fame,
Grade Allen, and hei- stooge, George
Burns, .will appear on a special plat
form erected, in the depot yard. Gra
de tvill(jna]fe a short campaign ad
Rock Springs will be the vacation dress- for. her nomination for presi
town of southwestern Wyoming Sat dent.
urday, May 11, when the entire com
Prizes. will be given the various
munity takes a day off to nominate
“Grade for President” and to cele ' age groups in the bicycle races
which Will be conducted by S. M.
brate Golden Spike day.
Parades, bicycle races, a street Boucher on highway 1’87. beginning
dance and a Golden Spike hall are at: the Midge; following the depart
■ ■: ■
listed on the program arranged by ure of the train.
No program is scheduled after the
a committee from the Junior Old
Timers rand business men Tuesday races until the start of a street, dance
on Elias avenue, which will 'be held'
night.
The day’s \program leads off with from 4 to 6 p. m. The intervening
a big parade for which prizes will time may be spent viewing the win
be given the best floats and best in dow decorations. Thomas Berta is
dividual costumes. Prizes for the in charge of the decorations.
-Awards will be presented the Suit
floats have been named $50 first
prize, $25 second prize and $15 third ari'costume winners at the street
dan e which will be conducted just
prize.
Individual prizes for costuming off Pilot Butte avenue.
have been set at $5 first and $3 sec -7he program wilL'>be?concluded by
ond for the men and women and ?3 the- Golden Spike brill at the Playfirst and $2 second for the children. mone'ln the evenifig,:' The' ball is
The parade with its floats, quaint sponsored by the GT P. Junior',Old
>7
ly garbed individuals and bands un Timers association, w
McAuliffe’s Kiltie'band will join
der the charge of James Sartoris,
will march to the depot in time to the Presidential Special on itsRargreet the Presidential special at rival in the city Saturday morning
about 11:20 a. m.
(Continued on Page Eight)
Arrival of Grade Allen
Presidential Special
Highlight of Day
and will help Gracie’s campaign on
to Omaha.
When the nine-car Gracie • Allen
Special leaves . Dos Angeles the
morning of May 9 over the Union
Pacific railroad, on board will be
Gracie Allen, the charming first lady
of the state of confusion, standard
I bearer of the Surprise party, on her
I way to the national convention at
Omaha May 14-18, where she is ex
pected to be nominated! for president
without a dissenting vote.
The special has. been chartered by
the Omaha Golden Spike days com
mittee for the express purpose of
providing Gracie with the means of
conducting a rear platform cam
paign. There will be 32 stops from
Los Angeles to Omaha, and Gracie
and her consort, George Burns,
dressed in Golden Slpike costumes,
and accompanied by their entire
jcompajny, will make personal ap
pearances from the rear platform.
Stops at the larger alties enroute
will be of some hours' duration. At
the smaller places they will be from
5 to 15 minutes during which Gra
de will woo the voters with cam
paign speeches delivered over a pub
lic address system which will be in
stalled on the train.
Members of the Union Pacific Old
Timers and Junior Old Timers 'clubs
in towns along the route are assist
ing in arranging local celebrations
welcoming Gracie and her gang. At
Salt Lake City George P. Backman,
chairman of the Utah central com
mittee of the Surprise pariy, will
present the candidate with a. “Utah
kangaroo,” one of the biggest; jack
rabbits to be captured in-years.
Sunprise party adherents at Lara
mie will elect a candidate for vice
president to go on the ticket with
Gracie. At Rawlins she ,wi)l. receive
a huge bouquet, and at Rock Springs
. there will be a parade, the best float
therein receiving a prize at the
�C'" June, 1940
Employes’ Magazine
237
Rock Springs Celebrates Golden Spike Day
May 11 th, was a memorable clay in
Then followed The Union Pacific Coal Com
This celebration was planned under the auspices of
the Junior Old Timers of the Railroad, together with
members of the Rock Springs Chamber of Com
merce. The Union Pacific Coal Company, and
others.
The parade started from the Union Pacific Rail
road’s freight depot al 9:30 a. m.. moving on South
Front Street, then over the “C” Street crossing onto
Elk Street, Bridger Avenue, Pilot Butte Avenue,
“K” Street. North Front Street, and back to the
freight depot, where it disbanded. The parade was
one of the largest and most colorful ever held in
Rock Springs. It was led by a color guard com
posed of ex-service men of Rock Springs, and by
McAuliffe’s Kiltie Band.
One of the outstanding floats in the parade was
that of the American Legion’s 40 and 8. depicting
a huge golden spike, and pulled by the 40 and 8
locomotive, which won first prize. The second and
third prize winners were those of the Improved
Order of Redmen, Tribe No. 5, and Boy Scout
Troop 99, respectively.
by that peerless band leader Mr. James Sartoris.
Mr. Sartoris lived up to his high reputation as a
musical director, furnishing music while awaiting
the arrival of the Gracie Allen Special.
The Italian Legion Band and the Rock Springs
High School Band also participated in the parade,
together with many automobiles and people march
ing.
After the parade disbanded, the people moved en
masse to the west of the Union Pacific passenger de
pot to await the arrival of the Gracie Allen Spe
cial where they were entertained by Mr. Sartoris’s
band and the other bands, and the Kiltie Band also
played some stirring airs.
As the cry went up from the assembled crowd
"Here she comes.” the train pulled in slowly, the
Kiltie Band playing "The Earl of Mansfield,” Gracie
making the remark that she noticed the Kilties
were wearing their pants at half mast in sympathy
with George.
As soon as the train stopped. Judge A. L. Talia
ferro and Olof Knudsen, President of the Junior
aturday,
S Rock Springs, being the first anniversary of the pany’s brass bands, with representatives from Rock
Union Pacific Railroad’s Golden Spike celebration. Springs. Reliance. Winton, and Superior, conducted
Picture of the Kiltie Band Taken in Front of Union Pacific Headquarters at Omaha
Left to right—Charles Gregory, Alex Watt, Ernest Adams, Matt Steffensen, Alex Davidson, Pipe Major,
Janies Davis, John Hartney, Andrew Hamilton, Robert Hall.
Kneeling—left to right—John Brimley, R. R. Menghini, Wilford French. Arthur Anderson, Drum Major,
absent account of illness.
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June, 1940
Employes’ Magazine
Old Timers, as well as Mr. I. N. Bayless, boarded
the train. Judge Taliaferro remarked that the
Mayor was in Court and that the City Attorney was
arranging bail, and he had been asked to make the
presentation speech, which he did in a very happy
vein. Gracie thereafter accepted the kangaroo,
which was the handiwork of Elgin (Bud) Meacham,
and was fashioned of the famous Rock Springs
coal. A short talk was made by Gracie, who re
marked she was thrilled to look into their wideopen faces. George Burns also made a few remarks,
winding up with his usual mention of the benefits of
Hind’s Honey and Almond Cream.
The stop lasted about 15 minutes, and one of the
largest crowds ever to assemble in Rock Springs
met the train and w'as present during the program.
The Kiltie Band joined the train, traveling in a
special car which had been provided for their
transportation. The train made a stop in Chey
enne, Saturday night, where the Kiltie Band put on
an exhibition in Frontier Park. Sunday they visited
the Veterans’ Hospital in Cheyenne and spent a
couple of hours entertaining the patients. They
paraded in Denver. Colorado. Monday morning
at 11 o’clock, and a torch-light parade in North
Platte, Nebraska, about 7 o’clock that evening. They
arrived in Omaha at 4 p. m. Tuesday, May 14th,
where they piped Gracie into the station.
Activities of the Kilties in Omaha on Wednesday
were taken up with serenading at various orphan
ages, hospitals and other institutions.
Thursday morning the Kilties participated, with
19 other bands, in a military parade made up chiefly
of infantry and mechanized units of United States
army posts near Omaha. That afternoon the Kilties
presented a program at Father Flanagan’s Boys’
Town and in the evening led the parade of the
Omaha Whisker club.
Participation in another parade occupied atten
tion of the Kilties during the morning Friday and
that evening they participated in Gracie’s Surprise
Party Convention at the Ak-Sar-Ben coliseum pre
sented before an estimated crowd of more than
10,000 people.
Inclement weather Saturday again forced can
cellation of major portion of activities scheduled for
the Kilties. During the day, however, they seren
aded visitors and employes at the headquarters
building of the Union Pacific railroad.
En route to Rock Springs they presented a short
concert Sunday night at the U. P. station in Chey
enne.
After the departure of the Gracie Allen Special,
the celebration in Rock Springs continued all day,
with various contests and a street dance on Elias
Avenue in the afternoon, coming to a grand climax
with the Golden Spike Day ball at the Playmore
in the evening.
On June 14, 1777. the Continental Congress in
session in Philadelphia adopted the following reso
lution :
‘Resolved — that the Flag of the United
Stales be thirteen Stripes, alternate red and
white: that the Union be thirteen Stars, in a
Blue Field, representing a new Constellation.’
That Constellation, originally consisting of thir
teen and at present forty-eight Stars in the Blue
Field, has served as a peculiarly appropriate
means of informing the people of all Nations of
the sustained and continuous progress which has
been made toward insuring the permanent secur
ity and contentment of the American people.
The Fourth of July is the most appropriate day
for the Nation and its people to give adequate ex
pression in their homes and in public to their tra
ditionally deep patriotism and their enduring al
legiance to the Stars and Stripes.
CALENDAR FOR THE NATIONAL DISPLAY
OF THE FLAG
January 20th
(Every fourth year beginning 1937)
The day the President of the
United States is inaugurated.
February 12th
Lincoln's Birthday
February 22nd
IFashington’s Birthday
May 30th
Memorial Day
June 14th
Flag Day
July 4th
Independence Day
First Monday in September
Labor Day
September 17th
Constitution Day
Every Election Day—National, State,
Congressional District, and other.
November 11th
Armistice Day
Last Thursday in November
Thanksgiving Day
Othef days, tvhile commemorating important
events and objectives of merit, are not as gener
ally or as rigidly observed Nationally as those
listed. The Flag is widely displayed for particular
purposes by States and Municipalities.
�June, 1940
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OUTSIDE SECTIONS
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Thomas Foster.............. ........ Rock Springs
Port Ward...................... .... Superior
E. B. Henningsen.......... .... Hanna
William Telck................ .... Reliance
R. XW Fowkes................ .... Winton
63,985
55,148
49.025
38.948
36,479
0
0
0
0
0
No Injury
No Injury
No Injury
No Injury
No Injury
ALL SECTIONS, 1940........
................ 1,152,528
12
96,044
ALL SECTIONS, 1939........
................ 1,114,344
7
159.192
April Safety Awards
r I 'he monthly safety meetings for April were held
-U- at Winton. Reliance. Hanna. Superior and Rock
Springs on May 1st, 2nd. 4th, 6th and 7th re
spectively.
Two sound pictures “America Marching On” and
“Frontiers of the Future,” furnished by the National
Industrial Council, were shown at all of the meet
ings. Mr. Pryde spoke at the Winton and Reliance
meetings, giving an interesting talk on the new ad
dition to the Rock Springs Power Plant and general
safety practices. Nine of the ten mines received
cash awards and six of these received suit awards.
Following are the winners:
First Prize
SI5 Each
Second Prize
S10 Each
Third & Fourth
Prizes S5 Each
Unit Foreman
S10 Each
Rock Springs No. 4
Primo Gatti
Alex Angelovic
Henry Krichbaum
Rock Springs No. 8
Harry Dooley
L. V. Randolph
Reliance No. 1
Reliance No. 7
Winton No. 1
Winton Nos. 3 & ll/2
Superior “D”
Superior D. 0. Clark
Hanna No. 4
Joe Mangelos
Louis Rizzi
H. Chadwick, Sr.
Glenn Sprowell
Thomas Mullen
Woodrow Phillips
Norman Smith
Henry Telck
L. T. Sims
James Cuthbertson
John Milonas
Alex Noble
Sanfre Maki
Nestor Nurmi
(Wm. H. Matthews
David L. Petrie)
(Joubert Larsen
Joe Paulik. Jr.)
Leo Kozola
Otto Ruffini
Arvid Salmi
Andy Blahota
Tony DeMarco
Michael Jablin
(M. Okamoto
R. L. Bedford)
TOTAL
S135
S90
S60
S90
Mine
Suits of clothes awarded: Norman Durnil, Rock
Springs No. 4 Mine; John Shassetz, Rock Springs
No. 8 Mine; Sam Tolzi, Reliance No. 1 Mine;
D. M. Foster, Winton No. 1 Mine; Albert Kruzich,
Keep Your Name Off This List
he
following men, on account of their having
T sustained a lost-time injury during the period
January 1 to April 30, 1940, are ineligible to par
ticipate in the drawing for the grand prize, an auto
mobile to be awarded after June 30, 1940.
Oscar Brown, Rock Springs
Albino Brugnara, Rock Springs
Anton Drnas, Rock Springs
Elmer Paul Schreck, Reliance
William Legere, Winton
Steven Babel, Superior
John Cukale
Sam Evans
Jack Rafferty
John Peternell
A. M. Strannigan
James S. Faddis
Ed. OVery, Sr.
James Hearne
Winton Nos. 3 & lx/2 Mine; and Roy Epps, Su
perior “D” Mine.
Superior “C” Mine was ineligible to participate.
Dan Borcich, Superior
George Horbach, Superior
Lawrence Zelinski, Superior
Joe McAllister, Hanna
“The only worthwhile things that have come
to us in this life have come through work that was
almost always hard, and often bitter. We believe
that this has always been true of mankind and that
it will always be true. We believe not in how little
work, but how much; not in how few hours, but
how many. America must not grow soft!”—].
Kindleberger.
�226
Employes’ Magazine
STATEMENT SHOWING NUMBER OF CALEN
DAR DAYS WORKED BY DEPARTMENTS
OR MINES SINCE THE LAST LOST
TIME INJURY
Figures to April 30, 1940
June. 19‘1i«
Jeffers by Mr. James F. Davis, of Rock Spring-.
who occupies the position of Drum Sergeant in Me
Auliffe's Kiltie Band, the presentation made by re
quest of the Chamber and taking place in the Gen
eral Office Building at Omaha at noon, Saturday
May 18th.
Underground
Employes
Calendar Days
Rock Springs No. 4.................................... 279
Rock Springs No. 8....................................
69
Reliance No. 1............................................
63
Reliance No. 7............................................
46
Winton No. 1 .............................................. 550
Winton No. 3 Seam....................................
83
Winton No. 71/o Seam................................ 298
Superior “C”..............................................
14
Superior “D”.............................................. 251
Superior D. 0. Clark..................................
55
Hanna No. 4................................................
47
Outside Employes
Calendar Days
Rock Springs No. 4 Tipple........................ 3,472
Rock Springs No. 8 Tipple........................ 2,052
Reliance Tipple.......................................... 258
Winton Tipple............................................ 3,672
Superior “C” Tipple.................................. 678
Superior “D” Tipple.................................. 1,126
Superior D. O. Clark Tipple...................... 825
Hanna No. 4 Tipple.................................. 900
General Outside
Employes
Calendar Days
Rock Springs.............................................. 2,784
Reliance ....................................................... 741
Winton .........................................................3,269
Superior.......................................................3,541
Hanna...........................................................1,644
Presentation of Golden Spike
to President W. M. Jeffers by
the Chamber of Commerce at
Rock Springs, Woming
he
immense Golden Spike, some nine feet in
length and built in proportion throughout, of
T
golden color, and bearing the autograph signatures
of the business men of Rock Springs, which was
sent to Omaha by the Rock Springs Chamber of
Commerce, was formally presented to President
First Row—Left to right: Alex Davidson, John
Hartney, IT'. M. Jeffers. James Davis, Arthur An
derson. Ernest Adams. R. R. Menghini.
Second Row—Left to right: Matt Steffensen, An
drew Hamilton, IT'ilford French, John Brimley,
Charles Gregory. Alex IFatt, Robert Hall.
Just to represent the Chamber in a lawful way,
“Jimmie.” though still wearing his kilts, dropped
his Scottish name of “Davidson” for the moment,
falling back on his customary clan name. Drum
Sergeant “Davidson,” however, speaking for citi
zen Davis, insisted that his fellow Scotsmen, with
their gay Royal Stewart Tartans, sporrans, and Glen
gary bonnets, be included in the picture made by
Mr. Coons, staff photographer of the Union Pacific
Railroad. Mr. Jeffers made his usual gracious re
sponse to the speech of presentation, shaking handwith and complimenting each of the Kilties on theii
fine playing. The Spike, it will be recalled, was a
prominent feature in the Golden Spike parade held
at Bock Springs, Saturday. May 11th.
“All the wild ideas of unbalanced agitators the
world over in their ignorant and pitiable quest
for happiness through revolution, confiscation of
property, and crime cannot overthrow the eternal
truth that the one route to happiness through prop
erty or government is the broad and open highway
of service. And service always mean- industry,
thrift, respect for authority and recognition of the
rights of others.”—IT'illiam G. Sibley.
��Grade
Grade
Il
placeo on the
front of the
Union Pacific
, locomotive
\
which will pujl
V the Grade Allert
! special tra'ln
across the coun
try to Omaha.
Thousands ot
persons will
see the kangaroo
at the 33
scheduled stope
enroute to
Omaha where
the national
convention ot
Grade's
Surprise Party
\ will be held In
connection with
Golden Spjke
Days May 14-18.
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ROCK SPRINGS, WYOMING
Apr!1 11th , 1940
Mr. George Pryde, President
Union Pacific Coal Company
Rock Sprigs, Wyoming
Dear Hr. pryde ;
In our effort to promote a Golden Spike Day
C 1 ebration to be held here May 11th, in connection
with the arrival of the Grade Allen Special, wo have
contacted the various outstanding organizations in
Rock Springs o
Each organization signify their willing
ness to oivc us their cooperation and support, and
a delegation from each will meet with us April ISth,
at 7;50 P.I . at the Freight Office.
We would appreciate having you or Hr. Bayless
represented at fas meeting if possible.
Very truly yours,
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MAY 2 6 1939
VICE. FRESID nt,
M)tt SMBIMCSS
(C Hn a mm lb e a* ®ff Commerce
Rock Springs, Wyoming
OFFICE OF
H. N. BROWN
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
May 24, 1939
Er. George Pryde
Union Pacific Coal Co.
Southern Wyoming Utilities
Rock Springs, Wyoming
Dear Er. Pryde:
The Golden Spike Days Celebration
Committee, of the Rock Springs Boosters'
Association, takes great pleasure in
thanking you for your splendid coopera
tion in making this celebration a huge
success.
Sincerely yours
A. W. Travelute, Chairman
Golden Spike Days Celebration
Committee
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ANNOUNCER:
A program in honor of th© UNION PACIFIC....
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KVRS Salutes the Union Pacific Railroad—the Union Pacific
Coal Company---- the officers and the personnel.....
During this special program—we shall
present —
short biographies of some of the many outstanding men in this
great American organ!zation—THE UNION PACIFIC SYSTEM.....
First though-—disdsriptive music styled in the manner of
the great American composer Ferde Grofe....Listen to the
appropriate transcribed fi0himes of Spring..n...
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NBC #202-A.... CHIMES OF SPRING...
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ANNOUNCER:
He salute GEORGE BROW PSYDE....Vice president of the Union
Pacific Coal Company.
Mr. Pryde was bcram in Gauldry, Fifeshire,
Scotland...Attended public schools until 12 years of age.
Worked
on tipple of Scottish coal mines two years after leaving school.
Thereafter worked about 6 years unierground, mining coal and doing
other
underground work.
June, 1895.
Mr. Pryde came to the United S&atesrn
Made hfes home first at Newcastle, Colorado, working
for the C.F. & I. Co. in what was known as the Coryell Shaft.
He came to Rock Springs, November 189J...working in the mines of
the Union Pacific Coal Company.
He worked for the U.P. until 1&97
He then attended the University of Wyoming for two years.
After
leaving school he was Engaged in clerical work for two years....
In 1902 Mr. Pryde again entered the employment of the Union Paoifi
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Coal Company, and with exception of a few months, has bepn
employed by this concern every since.
Mr. Pryde has worked his way up from a miner, day man,
assistant Mine Foreman, Foreman, Assistant Superintendent;
Superintendent; Assistant General Superintendent; General
Superintendent; and vice president & general manager....
Mr. Pryde is married—has one sons and two daughters. . .
He is a JJrd degree mason....Is on the advisory council of
the Boy Scouts; order of deMolays, and trustee of the First
Congregational Church of Rock Springs.....
MR. GEORGE BROUN PRIDE... a splendid gentleman... a true
American....Our hats off to Mr. Pryde of the Union Pacific
Coal Company. ....
y.oo
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ANNOUNCER:
In honor of the outstanding achievements of Mr. George Brown
Pryde...the orchestra plays a "Scotch Medley"....
OPERATOR:
FADE UP TO COMPLETION....
ANNOUNCER:
The Union Pacific Railroad has operated in the Union Pacific
Coal Company in this district since I860....This splendid
American organization has treated it’s employees always fair
and square.«.Hany of the employees in this district have been
with the Union Pacific coal Company for over a quarter of a
century....These coal properties have an international reputation
for progress in mine safety...During 1957 the number of injuries,
fatal and non fatal
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per million man-hours of exposure in all mines of the company,
averaged 10.&...an enviable record.
The average for all coal
mihes in the United Spates is approximately S2$...The Union
Pacific Coal Company—-the Union Pacific railroad—the officers
and the personnel... .--~n should be complimented.. .and praised for
th e ir magni fi c ant wo rk....
We next listen to a well known...and beloved composition
from the pen of Fei’de Grofe... .played in honor of the Union Pacific
and it’s subsidari es... "ON THE TRAIL....
OPERATOR:
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MEDIATELY FOLLOWING THIS
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ANNOUNCER:
Ue salute MR. EUGENE McAULIFFE.. .president of the Union Pacific
Coal Company.
Mr. McAuliffe was bezcsn October 3rd, I066, in
Maidstone, England.
He started as an apprentice in the Northern
Pacific Railroad shops and afterwards served as locomotive engineer
for several years on that and other railroad lines.
He was
made fuel engineer of the Frisco System in 190J...and in 150g,
fv'.nl agent of the Frisco and the C. & E. I Roads.
i?ir. McAulifre
went to Brasil as president and manager of the Block Coal Company.
Returned to the Frisco System after a time...and was again in charge
of fuel purchases for locomotives, shops, coal traffic and coal
On February 1st, 1917s he Quit the raixroad
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work and joined the staff of North American Company, owners and
mine development work.
operators of public
utilities, coal mining properties, river
transportation facilities.
He served as vice president of n.
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He later organized the Union Collides Co.
Mr. McAuliffe opened the widely known Kathleen nine at Dowell,
Illinois.
He was made president of U.C. Company of Illinois
in 1917..•from which company he retired in September, 1922.
Mr. Eugene McAuliffe came to the U.P Coal Company as president
March 1st, 1923, operating 16 mines and was also president of
the Washington Union Coal Company at Tono, Washington, a
subsidiary.
Hr. McAuliffe performed an outstanding service
for his country ——when he acted as special assistant to the
late president Carl R. Gray of the Union Pacific Rail Road
during the world war
We are proud to honor such ansmMdMK
outstanding man as Mr. Eugene McAuliffe...president of the
Union Pacific Coal Company
OPERATOR:
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ANNOUNCER:
A descriptive melody played in honor of Mr. Eugene McAuliffe,«.
Erode Gr'ofe plays his own composition.... called "Iron Horse...
OPERATOR:
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ANNOUNCER:
Did you know that eight thousant persons are employed in the
state of Wyoming by the Union Pacific....The annual payroll is
more.than 13 million dollars....These figures prove that the
Union Pacific Systems...is an outstanding factor in the development
of not only the county....this section...but the state and the
nation...70 years of progress for the Union Pacific....An outstand
ing ,truly American organization....
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Frede Grofe plays another melody in honor of the Union Pacific
---- and Golden Spike Days...Listen to a Fustic M®21ey.o0
NBC #267-C.. .RUSTIC MEDLEY....!?:1^... AT COMPLETION...SEGUE TO
OPERATOR:
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Ue salute Mr. Isaac Newton Bayless, General Manager of the Union
ANNOUNCER:
Pacific Coal Company....
Mr. Isaac Newton Bayless was born
August 29th, 1887 i£ Illinois....His father was a miner....
Mr. Bayless worked $.-i first"mining industry in Illinois and
Kentucky.
He later came to Utah.. .where he was connected with the
Utah Fuel Company a subsidairy of the D & R.G railroad....
He came to the Union Pacific Coal Company as assistant General
Manager, November, 16th, 1929.....And became General Mangger
of this organisation, January 1st, 193o...
Mr. Bayless is married—
and has one son---- Isaac Newton Bayless, Jr.....
KVRS congratulates
this splendid gentlemen....and his part in the advancement of
the Union Pacific Systems.....
i
Our hats off to Mr. Isaac Newton
Bayless, General Manager of the Union Pacific Coal Company....
OPERATOR:
IN FAST "I TH NBC #52C-B...ODE TO FREEDOM.... fade for announcer.
ANNOUNCER:
Frede Grofe plays in honor of Mr. Isaac Newton Bayless, General
Manager of the Union Pacific Coal Company... the beautiful and
original Ode To Freedom...
OPERATOR:
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ANNOUNCER:
The Irish were responsible for the building of the mighty Union
Pacific Railroad across Wyoming
These hearty men from the
Emerald Isle....did much to develop the west...
However, all
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nationalities, sooner or later, helped to make this “road of
streamliners “-—the best railroad in the world....
Con
,tions
<to those men.. .who now live in another world—-for their keen
foresight, their bravery.... the fortitude they had to literally
huw a civilization out of the wilderness...and make the United
States...the grandest country in the world.....
The orchestra plays——a lovely Irish medley....
OPERATOR:
NBC #21>-G...IRISH MEDLEY-...
ANNOUNCER:
On this program presented by KVRS in honor £2 of the Union Pacific
.
Railroad and the Union Pacific Coal Company...we honor a man
now departed from this 1ife.... Carl,Raymond Gray.
Mr. Gray died
suddenly the morning of May 9th zat the Mayflower Hotel in Washington
D.C.....
At the time of his death he was vice-chairman of the board
of directors of the Union Pacific Railroad....He was president of
this great organization for 17 years..
During the world war,
Mr. Gray offered his services to his country---- and was director
of the United States railroads during the time these roads were
under government operation...Mr. Carl Raymond Gray...was known
by all...and loved by all... He did much to forward the nnzld work
of the Union Pacific.... He was a man of ability—-a pioneer...
itat’under whose direction the Union Pacific forged
ahead.. .
Reverently we say...“God Bless Mr. Carl Raymond Gray...n....
His- pa.nie will go down on the scrolls...as a truly great man....
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You. are invited to help celebrate this 70th anniversary with
the Union Pacific System....Plan to be on hand for the rest of
today...and tomorrow....Interest-packed hours....interesting
personalities...exhibits....everything to make these gigantic
days... an outstanding success... .Help celebrate the 70th anniversary
of the completion of the band of steel—-that connected the E-st
with the Uect....GOLDEN SPIKE DAYS...in honor® of the Union Pacific
Systems.....lasting thru TOMORROW...DON’T MISS THESE THRILLING
DAYS.....
In keening with the festive spirit of these mammoth Golden
Spike Days...Ferde Grofe and his orchestra, play.. .Mardi G&as...
OPERATOR:
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ANNOUNCER:
We salute
.the man who rose from call boy to the president of the
Union Pacific Railroad.. .Hr. William Martin Jeffers, president
hw succeeding the late Carl R. Gray.... Here indeed, is a typical
Horatio Algers story....of a boy with an intense desire to advance
himself---- starting out as a call boy...and step by step climbing
to the top of the ladder of success...the presidency of the
Union Pacific Railroad.... Mr. Jeffers came from Irish ancestry...
At North Platte, Nebraska, 1S?O...he started his career with the
Union Pacific as a call-boy....After that "Bill”, as he is known
to thousands up thousands of people.... climbed rung after rung of
the ladder of success... Always working, studying...he worked as
a calleboy, a telegraph operator, assistant foreman of a steel gang,
train dispatcher, clerk, chief train dispatcher, assistant superin
tendent. ..
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superintendent; general superintendent; general manager;
vice-president of operations; executive vice-president;
and finally the president of this great american orgaination..
From the bottom to the top....and ©11 along the way up...
Ur. W.M. Jeffers made friends... He has learned the railroad
gaBie from start to finish...becuase he was part of it....
This is the story of the free-land of american....A chance
to go as far as one desires to go....
Thus a great man...
an intelligent, practical man...worked... seeping always his
(^vgani« .. .working to make that dream a reality. •.
Ladder cnct
gentlemen...our hats off to Mr. William Martin Jeffers...
president of the Union Pacific Railroad...
A Grand man...
a pioneer....who has worked to make the Union Pacific System
——the greatest railroad in the world...the road of streamliners...
OPERATOR:
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ANNOUNCER:
Ferde Grofe plays an old timer’s medley in honor of this
great man—-William Martin Jeffers—-president of the "road of
streamliners" —the UNION PACIFIC SYSTEM.....
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OPERATOR:
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ANNOUNCER:
Ladies and gentlemen... .KVRS has just brought you a special
program---- dedicated to the mighty Union pacific Rail Road and
the Union Hacific Coal Company.... in commemoration of this
organisations 70th anniversary....KVRS salutes...the Union
Pacific System——it’s officers... .and the entire personnel. „..
�GOLDEN SPILE DAYS PARADE
Committee
V. 0. Murray
Earle Lawless
Emil Bertagnolli
H. C. Livingston, Chairman
C. A, Knox
E. R, Jefferis
TIKE:
A. L. Ockerman
Frank Dennison
James Sartoris
11:00 . .M. - May 13, 1939
PARADE FORMS:
U.P R.R. Freight Depot
ROUTE: U. P, Freight Depot along so, Front Street to
"C" Street - Thence along "0" and Elk Streets to Dridger Avenue - Thence
along Bridger Avenue to Pilot Butte Avenue - Thence along Pilot Butte
Avenue and "K" Street to North Front Street - Thence along North Front
Street to "C" Street - Thence along "C" Street to 4th Street - East on
4th and disband to So. 'West Wyo. District Track Meet.
PARADE FORMATION
Marshall (Mounted)
-COLOR GUARDMassed Colors
Veterans of Foreign Wars
(Right Side)
Italian Legion
American Legion
(Left Side)
Canadian Legion
ROCK SPRINGS B;'ND, U.P.C. CO.
OLD TIME COSTUME SECTION
($10.00 prize for best costume, Women)
($10.00 prize for best costume, Men )
KILTIE Bi.ND
FRATERNAL ORDER EaGLES
U.M.W.a. LOCALS
B.P.O. ELKS NO. G24
SCHOOL BAND
(Competing for $25*00 prize)
SCEOOL ORGANIZATIONS
($15.00 prize for best slogan on)
("Union Pacific" - banners, etc.)
($10.00 Second Prize.
)
RELIANCE-WINTON BAND, U.P.C. CO.
COWBOY 8- COWGIRL SECTION
(Competing for $5*00 prize Cowboy &)
($5-00 prize to Cowgirl - Judged
)
(Horse, Rider, and Outfit.
)
�SCEOOL BAND
(Competing for $25-00 prize)
BICYCLE SECTION
(Boys and Girls Competing for)
(best comic costume prizes of)
($5.00 each to boy and girl.)
SUPERIOR BAND; U.P.C. CO.
SO. WEST WYG. DISTRICT TRACI MEET
Contestants in Track Meet riding
in trucks with banners displaying
"So. West. Wyo• Di st. Track Meet"
2 trucks furnished by Gunn-Cuealy
Coal Co. and The U. P. Coal Co.
AUTO DEALERS IN DECCRATED CARS
�Lay u, 1939
Lr.
H, Wallace, L'lpo Le^or
Winton, Wyoning
Der r Lr. WallacOi
Liro H. Co Livingston, representing tho
Golden Spike Days, in charge of tho parade, has asked
that the Kiltie Band be in lino for ths parade th©
corning of Lay 13 at 11 h.L. in Rock Springs. I
told t r. Livingston and coKcittoe that r;o aould
assist thee in every vay possible and wuld usk you
to be present. Would you please so arrange.
Very truly yours,
Origins' Signed’.
GEORGE B. PRYDt
cc *=■ Lr. A. 1. Anderson
Mr. I. U. Bayless /
�Rock Springs Daily Rocket
Hay 5, 4.939
The Golden Spike Days committee of the Rock Springs
Chamber of Commerce met in the library of The Union
Pacific Coal company last night to further plans for the
celebration to be held here May 13-15.
Formal programs for Saturday, VMay 13, and Monday, May 15,
were outlined by the committee.
The Golden Spike Days celebra
tion is to be held in conjunction
with the showing of the Para
mount picture “Union Pacific”
here.
Saturday’s program, as out
lined by the committee last night,
will open at 9 a. m. with the pre
liminaries of the district track
meet to be held at the high school
stadium.
From 11 a. m. until 12:15 p. m.
the gigantic Golden Sjaiike Days
costume parade will be held in the
business section of Rock Springs.
Immediately following the parade
there will be a short band concert
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by the combined bands of the
Union Pacific Coal company, un
der the direction of James Sar
toris. The concert is to be given
on the lawn at the Union Pacific
depot.
At 1:30 p. m. the finals of the
district high school track meet i
will begin at the high school sta
dium.
The Golden Spike Days ball,
sponsored by the Junior Old
Timers organization of the Union
Pacific railroad, will begin at 9
p. m. and to close the day’s acti
vities the Rock Springs premier
showing of "Union jjacific” will
begin at the Rialto- '-’■-•. Jtre at
12:30 a. m.
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Sunday the only actfviiy will be
the showing of the picture "Union
Pacific” from 3 p. m. until 11:30
p. m. at the Rialto.
Monday, May 15, the program
will be opened at 9:30 p. m. with
the dedication of the new Cham
ber of Commerce building at the
intersection of Bridger avenue and
Elk street at which Governor
Nels H. Smith of Cheyenne will
make the dedicatory talk.
From 10 a. m. until noon Mon-|
day there will be bicycle races
for the children on Elk street
and at 1 p. m. the coal shovelinp
contest for miners will be staged
at K street and Pilot Butte ave
nue.
The No. 3900 engine of the Union
Pacific railroad will be on-display
on the team tracks on North
Front street all day Monday.
There will be an attendant in
charge to lecture to visitors on
the engine.
Thomas Berta, manager of the
Rialto theatre, announced that he
will show “Union Pacific” continuosly Monday from 3 p. ni. until
11:30 p. m.
All children under 10 years of
age will be given free rides on a
minature train to be brought here I
for the celebration.
The train will operate from 9 a. |
m. until 1 p. m. and from 4 p. m. '
until 7 p. m. on Saturday of the
celebration. Sunday it will operate
from noon until 2:30 p. m. and I
from 4 until 7 p. m. Monday rides'
will be given from 9 a. m. until 7
p. m., the committee anounced. '
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VISIT IF I.G.E. Leek,
Jr. I. G. E. Leek
64 Crchard street
Cherrj Orchard
:o ice st er, England
�'476
Employes’ Magazine
November, 1934
Two Distinguished Guests Visit The Union Pacific Coal
Company’s Properties
uring
the latter part of September and the
speaker while in this vicinity, and he made many
early part of October, two distinguished young lasting friends while here. In addition he made a
D
Britons, one Scotch and one English, visited the short trip to Utah coal mines.
properties of The Union Pacific Coal Company, in
Mr. I. G. E. Leek, a graduate in Mining Engineer
the persons of Dr. William Reid, of Cowdenbeath, ing from Birmingham University, Birmingham,
Fifeshire, Scotland, and Mr. I. G. E. Leek, of Bir
England, was the
mingham, England.
winner of the MaDr. Reid is a graduate of Edinburgh University.
vor and Coulson
and holds the degree of Doctor of Philosophy from
Scholarship, which
that institution. He is a sub-Agent of the Fife Coal
e n t i tied him to
Company, whose mines are located in Fifeshire.
spend a year in re
Scotland. The Company with which Dr. Reid is as
search work in
sociated product s
coal mining. The
about 4,400,000
terms of the schol
short tons of coal
arship, which is
per year and em
awarded by Mavor
ploys approxi
and Coulson, Ltd.,
mately 10,000
of Glasgow, Scot
men, all the coal
land, by competi
coming from shafts
tive examination
w h i c h are from
among mining stu
1,200 to 2.000 feet
dents in the Brit
in depth.
ish Isles, requires
a year in research
Dr. Reid was the
winner of the
work, visiting the
Mr. 1. C. E. Leek
Craigie Scholar
coal mines on the
ship. awarded for Continent of Europe, in Great Britain, and in the
research work, and United States. Mr. Leek came directly from New
elected to take a York City to Rock Springs, spending two weeks in
leave of absence the mines here, with a short trip to a number of
from his duties the coal mines in Southern Utah. Mr. Leek must
with the Fife Coal Company, traveling in the Unit present a very voluminous report of his investiga
ed States looking up mining methods, particularly tions to the British Institution of Mining Engineers
Safety and Mechanical Loading. He went into every upon his return to England.
phase of operations and was extremely interested.
He was greatly interested in Safety work and
He arrived in the United States the 22nd of Aug Mechanical Loading, in which he is specializing,
ust. and spent some time in the Anthracite field, and made a very detailed study of these subjects
later coming to Rock Springs, where he stayed for while here. He was asked to speak at quite a num
a period of nearly three weeks. Dr. Reid was ex ber of meetings in Rock Springs by various civic
tremely interested in all mining and Safety meth organizations, regarding conditions in the British
ods in the United States, his company being one Isles. Both Dr. Reid and Mr. Leek state that condi
of the most progressive engaged in coal mining in tions are materially on the up-grade in the coal
Great Britain.
mining industry in Great Britain, the mines work
One particularly pleasant experience of his trip ing very steadily through the summer months, and
was his meeting with many workmen who had been there has been a distinct improvement in employ
employed by his father, who is General Manager ment around the coal mines.
of the company with which Dr. Reid is employed.
The}' also state that there is a great building
He felt very much at home in talking over the old boom going on throughout Great Britain. All build
times in Scotland with these former employes.
ing materials are in great demand, the buildings
Dr. Reid was fortunate also in being present at being financed largely by private enterprise. Dr.
the dinner and program which was held for the Reid’s company has recently opened a large brick
employes of “B” Mine, Superior, when this mine works in the vicinity of one of its mines, and find
this enterprise a very profitable adjunct to their
was awarded the National “Sentinels of Safety
trophy, competed for by Bituminous coal mines coal mining operations. Both young men, on their
in the United States, for its outstanding Safety way East, stopped over as the guests of Mr. Eugene
record. The Doctor was also in great demand as a McAuliffe in Omaha, who arranged their Eastern
�November, 1934
Wyoming Section of the American
Institute of Mining and Metal
lurgical Engineers Meets at
Rock Springs
By J. L. Libby, Secretary
ith Dr. William Reid and Mr. I. G. E. Leek,
visitors from the British Isles, the Wyoming
Section of the A. I. M. E. gathered September 27th
at Howard’s Cafe, this city, for dinner, with Chair
man F. V. Hicks presiding, thirty-six members and
guests being in attendance.
The newly appointed officers for the ensuing year
are: Chairman, W. T. Nightingale; Vice-Chairman.
G. A. Knox; Secretary-Treasurer, J. L. Libby;
Members of the Executive Committee, George B.
Pryde and F. V. Hicks.
Following the election of officers. Mr. George A.
Brown, Mine Superintendent at Superior, gave an
interesting account of his recent visit to England,
Scotland and France, including numerous humorous
experiences encountered. Mr. Brown stated that an
extensive building program is in progress in Great
Britain, and business is more than satisfactory. The
British dole, according to Mr. Brown, is not chari
ty, being really Industrial Insurance with the em
ployer and employe paying into a fund under Gov
ernment administration.
Following the meal, the meeting convened at
the Old Timers’ Building. Mr. George B. Pryde
presiding, with an attendance of seventy, technical
matters being considered at this session.
Dr. William Reid. Agent of the Fife Coal Com
pany, Ltd., Cowdenbeath. Fifeshire, Scotland, dis
cussed roof control, methods of mining and steel
timbering. The Company with which he is con
nected produces 4,000.000 long tons of coal an
nually and employs 10,000 men, and has. he stated.
made a very extensive study of roof control and
systematic timbering. Dr. Reid explained their
methods of long-wall mining, their daily produc
tion being 1.6 tons per man. this tonnage from
steeply inclined seams varying from 2 to 9 feet in
thickness, with very bad roof conditions, the aver
age thickness of the seams worked
to 4 feet.
Steel arches are in use on main haulage ways,
with stilted legs having a slotted bolting arrange
ment to allow for settlement when excessive pres
sures are encountered, thus relieving the concen
trated load on the arch. Mild steel sheets having
four-inch corrugations, % and
inch in thick
ness, and up to 4 feet in length, have been used
successfully for lagging. When steel lagging is
used in connection with steel arches, the sheets
are butted against the arch web, rest between the
Hangs, and are held in place by tie rods. This con
struction acts as strutting and reduces the tendency
of the arches to buckle.
Dr. Reid showed lantern slides illustrating the
different kinds of timber in use, and explained
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475 .
Employes’ Magazine
their advantages, stating that apparently high first
costs on their permanent haulage ways were actually
cheaper over a period of time.
Mr. I. G. E. Leek, B.Sc., a Birmingham Univer
sity graduate, and winner of the Mavor and Coul
son Traveling Studentship, awarded through the
Royal Technical College of Glasgow, Scotland, ad
dressed the meeting on Safety in the Coal Mines
of Great Britain. The subject included Management,
General Safety, Health. Production, Regulations,
Employment. Government Inspection, Legal points
and Arbitration. Many points in common with the
American Safety program were cited, and numer
ous rigid government regulations were explained.
Mr. Leek stated that boys had to be 14 years
of age before entering the mine, and were generally
started at the shaft bottom, and, as they became ac
customed to conditions, they were gradually moved
to working places farther in. Schools are estab
lished teaching safety, and some companies require
thirty days instruction in and around the mine be
fore the applicant begins to work.
Protective clothing and goggles are a part of
their program, but, according to Mr. Leek, our
manufacturers have better products at a more rea
sonable cost to the American miner. Hard-toed
shoes, he related, meet with favor in the British
mines.
Williams-Johnson Nuptials
Miss Eva Williams, a former clerk and stenogra
pher in the General Offices, for several years past
employed at Mt. Vernon, Washington, was married
on October 6 at Seattle, to Mr. Carl Johnson, the
bridesmaid upon this occasion being Miss Bernice
Barrass. also a former employe of the Company
here (now resident of Seattle). The couple will
make their home at Mount Vernon. She is a daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Williams, who lived in
this city for many years, but removed to the north
Pacific Coast some ten years since. Her many
friends in Rock Springs wish the new couple a long
life of happiness.
Shower to Newly-Weds
The Rock Springs Store employes tendered a
shower to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dye (nee Anne
Silva) at the Community Hall upon their return
from their wedding tour recently. The feature of
the evening was a mock wedding, Ed. Palanck par
ticipating as the groom and Jack Lambert as the
bride. Refreshments were served, followed by danc
ing. Many nice presents were received by the new
lyweds.
It’s easy enough to be pleasant.
With all of your tires full of air.
But the guy worth while,
Is the one who can smile,
With one going flat and no spare.
�November, 1934
Employes’ Magazine
Mr. I. G. E. Leek, left, and Dr. William Reid, right.
itinerary for them. Both were amazed at the extent
of the United States.
After a visit through the Eastern mines. Dr. Reid
will sail for Scotland about the 27th of October,
Mr. Leek probably about the 2nd of November.
Both will carry' with them many' fine impressions
of their visit to the United States, and the social
contacts they enjoyed in this country. Conversely,
those who were privileged to meet both of these
young gentlemen will remember with pleasure the
fine exchange of ideas, which no doubt was mutual
ly beneficial.
Tir Nan Og
ere is another Celtic story' by' “J. P.” published
H
in that great English newspaper. The Man
chester Guardian Weekly. Those who write the
“Guardian” stories, though occasionally attempting
to portray the lives of the country people of Eng
land. are compelled to turn to the land of the Celt,
Irish, Scotch or Welsh, for that intensity of emo
tion that makes for an interesting story.
What a wealth of simple color is contained in
these few hundred words. Therein we find refer
ence to the cottagers’ peat fire, and we believe that
when the smell of burning peat once enters the
nostrils of a person, his or her children, their chil
dren and children’s children, will be quick to recog
nize that soft, acrid odor that cleans rather than
pollutes the air as do other forms of smoke.
Note the reference to the idle nets, the cry of
the skua gulls, the murrain (an epizootic that
afflicts the cattle), to the poverty and the longing
for adventure that has scattered the Celtic people
all over the wide world. One cannot read these
little stories without catching at least a glimpse of
the Garden of the Hesperides.
When Brian the Blessed was thirty a great
restlessness came upon him. His youth had
^een happy in the main; content enough he
rhe °-Vn t0 sa*’ the summer seas in search of
silvery mackerel, content enough to till
477
with his fellows the deep, red earth of the
machair, content enough at the nesting season
to test his cragsman’s skill upon the stacks of
Kell or to gather round the winter peat fire
to hear the old strange stories of the folk.
But now all these things had lost their
savour. Many were the days when his nets
hung idle on the wall and some chance herd
passing across the headland of the Cailleach
where it juts towards the west would find him
lying on his face in the short grass with the
skua gulls crying round him. The old priest
heard these things but kept his own counsel,
and one evening Brian came to the beehive cell.
“Father, give me your blessing, for I go
on a far journey' and I do not think I shall
return.
“I am tired, Father, of Kenalbin and this
life of ours where we scratch out our days like
the conies in the thin grass by the shore. We
are poor. Father, and wretched. Murrain comes
and great dearth and we can do naught against
them. Nor is it always that holy water can
stay the path of the pestilence.
“Last night I climbed the face of Ardchatan
and in a grassy spot I slept, and in my sleep
I dreamed. I do not know whether the country
that I saw lies in the past of man or in his
future or in some place beyond the stars. But
this I know—that in the people of that land
our poor lives have been taken and made per
fect. They have exchanged our wattle huts for
palaces of marble and bronze, our rough skins
for silken robes, our darkness for their light.
Murrain and pestilence come no more among
them, and their children live to make old
bones.”
The old priest smiled. “My son, there is no
such country. Even the Roumans, greatest of
nations since the Fall, made no such life as
that you describe.”
“Father,” said Brian, “it was Tir nan Og
that I saw in my dream, and since my longing
for that place cannot otherwise be quenched,
give me your blessing, for I go to find it.”
Now this is the legend that was famed for
many centuries through all the coasts of the
West. For when Brian had set forth on that
last mad questing into the sunset on which
none has gone and lived, after many days he
came back to the strand of Kenalbin. His step
was firm enough as he stood upon the shore,
but his face was lined as that of an old man
and his hair was the sheen of spun flax. He
said not a word to any man, but passed through
the throng till he came to the cell of the priest.
The old priest raised his eyes from his
missal.
“You found what you went to find?”
“I learnt, Father, what I had to learn.”
(Please turn to page 479)
�478
November, 1934
Employes’ Magazine
Gust Dagres and Henry Walters
Gust Dagres and Henry Walters were snapped
while sitting on the retaining wall in front of
the Elks Home during the recent Old Timers Re
union. Mr. Dagres was born in Greece on Christ
mas Day of 1889, and was naturalized at Kem
merer in 1927. Is a married man with two children.
parental roof. He put in 4i/> years with the Cotton
wood Coal Company, Lehigh, Montana, and entered
Lauri Bergren and wife.
our service at Rock Springs in 1903 as a Miner.
and now occupied as Faceman in “E” Mine, at Su
perior.
Gust Dagres (left) and Henry Walters.
His first employment with the Company was as a
Stone Mason at Reliance in 1913. Later on he re
moved to Cumberland and worked 12 years at that
point, returning to this city, being now engaged
as Outside Laborer.
Henry Walters is a native of W’ilkes-Barre, Penn
sylvania. born there March 19, 1878. Is a married
man. Started to work at Rock Springs as Outside
Laborer in 1901 and is now engaged as Hoistman,
Mine No. 4 here.
Lauri Bergren
Lauri Bergren first saw the light of day in Fin
land, December 20, 1885, and became a naturalized
citizen in 1904 and 1916 at Green River, Wyoming.
Is a married man with one son living under the
Joseph Sikich
To those unacquainted, this is Joseph Sikich.
born in Austria
January 18, 1875.
He began to work
for the Company
in No. 8, Rock
Springs, as a
Miner, February
2, 1904, and was
naturalized at
Green River in
1920. Is a mar-
Ttman’ fo«
children. He was
also employed at
Joseph Sikich
Superior for six
this city to enter Mine No 4 Years, returning m
raceman.
’ ’ n°w engaged as a
�November 1?, 1934
Hr. John Stafford
Postmaster
Rock Sp ri ng s, Wyoming
Dear Sir:
We are in receipt of advice from the PostHKk S "t 0 Z* cl b New York City that they are unable to find
the parcel addressed to Hr. I. G. E. Leek about which
we inquired some time ago.
However, this parcel was returned to us
several days ago and has been taken care of by this
office.
Yours very truly,
< irixiukl
GEORGE B. PRYDL
�Index No.
Room #240
UNITED STATES POST OEFICE
New Yorkj New‘York
Inquiry Section
NOV *
19
My dear
In reply to your inquiry for
e bee/? mailed, by
I have to state that a very careful search’
has been made at this office but no trace found and in accordance wi
tions your inquiry has been transmitted to the Postmaster, at
Sincerely yours,
$
st er
�POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT
POST. OFFICE, NEW YORK, N. Y.
(INQUIRY SECTION)
OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Return if not delivered in 5 days.
�November 14, 1934
Mr. I. G. E. Leek
64 Orchard St.
Cherry Orchard
Worcester, England
Dear Mr. Leek:
The book on mechanization which I sent
to you at the Y. M. C. A. in New York has been
returned to me here.
I am sorry you didn't get this book before
you left this country, but am sending i t to you
today, and hope that you may find much of value
to you in it.
Yours sincerely,
Oricinal Slirnefl:
GEORGE E. PRVDE
�Form EC-22
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF COMMUNICATION
GOViniarzxT rarrnsQ omra
5—1323
POSTMASTER.
�Form 11-22
�November 1, 1954
Mr. I . G. E. Leek
c/o Ma vox 5c Coulson, Ltd.
47 Broad Street
Glasgow, S.E.
Scotland
Dear Mr. Leek:
I am attaching herewith, a letter which I
addressed to you at Hew York, and which was returned
to me here toaay.
I sent the book on mechanical loading to
the same aouress, and am today asking that it be
forwarded to you care of Mavor 5c Coulson. I hope
that you receive it in ^.ood shape.
Yours very truly
Sitfued;
GEORGE 8. PRYDL
�November 1, 1934
Postmaster
United States Post Office
N evz York Ci ty, N.Y.
Dear Sir:
On October 19th, I addressed a letter and
parcel to Mr. I. G. E. Leek, c/o Y. II. G. A. Buildin
Sloane Houae, New York Ci1y, N.Y., the letter being
returned to me touay, undelivered.
I wish you would forward the parcel to Mr.
I. G- E. Leek, c/o Havor ii Coulson, Ltd., 47 Broad
Street, Glasgow, S.E., Scotland. If you will advise
me what the postage charges will be I will send same
to you promptly.
Please advise me by return mail.
Yours very truly,
Original
georgf b. prydl
�October 29 , 1954
Mr. I. G. H. Leek
c/o Mavor Sc Coulson, Ltd.
47 Broad Street
Glasgow, S.'E.
Sco tiand
Dear Hr. Leek:
Mr. Murray showed me a letter you wrote to
him some days ago, advising that you were adhering to
your original plans of sailing from New York on
November 2nd.
I presume you have had a wonderful time in
the East, ana am glad you have had an opportunity
to meet so many people. It has been a wonderful ex
perience for you, ana I am glad to know that you did
most of the things that you contemplated when you
came over.
The weather here is beautiful, just like
summer, out not very good for the coal business.
May I again express the pleasure that we all
had at having you here, ana hope you will continue to
correspond with me from time to time.
Very sincerely yours,
�October 29 , 1934
Major John Mavor
c/o Raver 3c Coulson, Ltd.
47 Broad Street
Glasgow, S.3.
Seo tland
Dear Major:
We have had a delightful visit from Dr. William
Reid, of the Fife Coal Company, and Mr. I. C. E. Leek,
XQhEL&cholarship winner. Mr. Reid spent about three
weeks here, arid Mr. "Leek just a few days less.
The
weather was beautiful ana we were enabled to get over
a lot of territory while they were here.
3oth of them are hard workers, and kept con
tinually on the move.
They took very little time off
for pleasure, except once in a -while around the tea
table at night, when Dr. Reid discoursed. He is a very
excellent story teller, and we enjoyed many a hearty
laugh.
It was indeed a pleasure to have both of
them with us. I particularly enjoyed Dr. Reid's stay,
as he knows the country very intimately close to where
I was born and spent my boyhood. I also know, of course.
of the close contact his father has had with the coal
business for many years.
We did not get to see all of the things we
should have liked. I wished he might have gone to
Yellowstone Park, but we aid the next best thing and
showed them moving pictures of the park taken by one
of our young Engineers.
I know that you will be interested in talking
with both of them when they return, as they will soon
after this letter reaches you.
I wi sh you would remember me to Mr. Sam
Mavor, and tell him I read his memoirs in the Magazine
and they are extremely interesting. Mrs. Pryde joins
me in sending our best regards to yourself and family.
Very sincerely yours,
Original Slgoefi--
GEORGE B. PBYD:
�October 29, 1934
Eaj or John Eavor
c/o liiavor & Coulson, Ltd.
47 Broad Street
Glasgow, S.E.
Scotland
Dear Major:
\'ie have had a delightful visit from Dr. William Reid, of the Fife
Goal Company, and Mr. I. G. E. Leek, your Scholarship winner.
Mr. Reid
spent about three weeks hero, and Hr. Leek just a few days less.
The
weather was beautiful and we wore enabled to get over a lot of territory
while tiiey were hero.
Both of them are hard workers, snd kept continually on the move.
They took very littlo time off for pleasure, except once in a while around
the tea table at night, when Dr. Reid discoursed.
He is a very excellent
story teller, and we enjoyed many a hearty laugh.
rt was indeed a pleasure to have both of than with us.
I parti
cularly enjoyed Dr. Reid's stay, as he knows the country very intimately
close to where I 'was bora and spent my boyhood.
I also know, of course,
of the close contact his father has had with the coal business for many
years.
We did not get to s ee all of rhe things we should have liked.
I wished he might have gone to Yellowstone ?ark8 but we did the next best
thing and showed them moving pictures of the park taken, by one of our young
Engineers.
I know that you will be interested in talking with both of them
when they return, as they will soon after this letter reaches you.
I wish you would remember me to Mr. Sam Mover, and tell him I
read his memoirs in the Magazine and they are extremely interesting. Mrs.
Pryde joins me in sending our best regards to yourself and family.
Very sincerely yours,
Original Signed:
GEORGE B. PRYDE
�October 19, 19o4
Mr. I. G. E. Leek
c/o Y. M. 0. A. Building
Sloane House
New York City, N.Y.
Dear Mr. Leek:
We received your very nice letter a few days ago,
and I am glad to know the t you were well taken care of, although I knew you would be after meeting with Mr. McAuliffe,
as he is a most delightful gentleman ana goes out of his way
to take care of people.
I know that you will begin to realise by this time
the immensity of the United States, but do not let that appall
you.
I hope that your visit in the factories and mines
of the East may be pleasant for you and that you will make
many new contacts, obtaining much information that will be
helpful to you in your study of mining conditions in this
country.
It was indeed a pleasure to have you with us in our
home, ana we hope that at some future time we may have the
privilege of meeting you again, either on this or the other
side of the Atlantic.
I am senaing to you toaay the book on mechanical
loaaing, which I know you will find helpful as a reference
bo ok.
The preparations are still going forward for the
wedding, and everyone, of course, is busy.
I am sure that when it comes time for you to leave
the United States, you will carry with you many happy memories
of your visit. May I again express to you the pleasure of
myself and family at having you here, and the fine contacts
you made with The Union Pacific Goal Company staff ana other
people you met daring the time you spent with us. Mrs.
Pryde and Alberta join me in extending to you best wishes
and bon voyage.
Very sincerely yours,
Original Slgusfl'.
GEORGE E. PRYDt
�0.8.
Form 2191
a,BOOM
ONION PACIFIC SYSTEM
Tims FK’
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TELEGRAM
Rock Springs - October 4, 1964
E .McAuliffe
Omaha
M-96.
Leaving for Hanna with Mr. Leek this afternoon.
will arrange his itinerary so will reach Omaha Saturday
evening Train 18.
B-52.
G. 3.Pry de
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�October 4 , 1934
Mr. Lyman Fearn
State Inspector of Coal Mines
Hock Springs, Wyoming
Dear Mr. Fearn:
We have here Mr. I . C-. J1!■ Leek,, from
Birmingham, England, a winner of the Mavor & Coulson
Traveling Scholarship. Mr. Leek has been in this
country about, three weeks, and is leaving early
Saturday morning for Omaha, on his way East to visit
some of the Eastern mines, thereafter returning to
his home in England.
I shoulc like very much if Mr- Wilson and
yourself could arrange to come to my office tomorrow
(Friday) afternoon, about 4 P.M., if convenient, and
meet Mr. Leek. I am sure you would enjoy talking
with him, and your visit should be mutually beneficial.
Yours very truly,
Origins) SlKnefl;
GEORGE B. PRYDl
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Rock Springs - Oct. 4, 1J34
■S.HcAuliffe
Omaha
Mr. Leek will arrive Omaha Sunday evening train 13.
Like stop over & day with you if convenient.
G.B.Pryde.
B-49.
Would
�Ruck Springs - October 1, 1934
Mr. Eugene McAuliffe:
Mr. Reid and Mr. Leek have been staying at my home,
so that there will be no expense attached to them.
te have enjoyed having them with us, and I think
they probably felt more at home than they would have in a
hotel.
They both worked very hard, and I think they have
gotten a good deal of useful information.
I am glad to know you had a successful meetingsas
the press notices would indicate a great deal of interest in
■the American Mining Congress meeting.
Original Signed:
George B. Pryde
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Rook Springs - Sept. 29, 1934®
Hr. Eugene McAuliffe:
Ur. Reid is still here, and will get on Train 18 with you Tuesday
morning.
Mr. Leek arrived a week ago today, end both of them have been in the
mines, and we have given them a great deal of information regarding cur
operations here.
I presume IJr. Leek niul leave hero some time next week, and
will probably desire io see you in Caaba if convenient, before going on io
Chicago and the eastern states.
I thiink ho would like io have some letters
from you to visit some of the mines in Illinois and Pennifsylvania.
I have told
him I am sure you wild be glad io do this fur him when he sees you.
be had a very good meeting of the Wyuning Section of the American
Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers at Howards Cafe on Thursday
evening, having dinner at 6 P.M.
We had election of officers, with fir. w. T.
Nightingale being chosen Chairman and Hr. G. A. Khos as Vice Chaii’maa.
Libby was reelected Secretary.
Mr.
After dinner, we went to the Old Timer’s’
Building, where we had on open meeting, Mr. Reid talking on general mining
work and roof control, and Mr. Leak giving a very fine talk on
of the Coal Mines Act of Great Britain.
the application
Both talks were most interesting and
we had considerable discussion.
Hr. Leek, Mr. Reid and myself are going to Father Welsh’s men’s
breakfast at 9 A.M. tomorrow morning, and the two young men will talk about
conditions in Great Britain.
Mr. Reid has mot quite a number in Rock Springs who worked for his
father, end discussing old times in Scotland with these people made the visit
more interesting for him.
V© have not found anyone here from Mr. Leek’s part
�= 2“
of the country, except that wo visited, at Ft. Bridger on returning from Utah,
and Met Hr. Groshon, the caretaker there, who had been a visitor in Hr. Leek'a
hone town.
took
I iixm then to Southern Utah over last week end, and inspected the
new Goodnan Machine which Mr. Gibson han at ..attis.
It seems to bo a very
good machine, and I believe it is more ruggedly built than the Joy.
Saw the
Kenilworth tipple, at Kenilworth, Utah, which is a ireuondously largo structure
and I imagine it cost anywhere from 3300,000 to 3350,000.
ei$rt tracks.
It loads coal cm
we visited with Mr. hattn a short ti-o in Castle Gate.
The operators I talked with are not entirely happy with the Union in
Utah.
Neither are they satisfied with the Gcdo, working 35 hours per week,
7 hours per day.
In times past they have worked all kinds of hours, Sundays
included, to fill their orders, and now that they are somewhat restricted, they
are finding it very difficult to carry on their operations.
Original Signed:
George B. Prydo
�COPY
Davenport Hotel
Spokane, Washington
Sept. 28, 1934.
C-.B.P.
I wrote to Sec. McDiarmid and Mr- Sam Mavor that
Mr. Leek would be the guest of the Co. while at Rock Springs.
Will you please look out for this?
Splendid meeting here and while here I tho’t I would
stay over Sunday and see the Grand Coulee Dam Site# and will
pass through Rock Springs on -£18 Tuesday A.M., reaching Omaha
Tuesday 8:10 P.M.
E. McAuliffe
�I have received a copy of “Rules and Regulations
For the Government of All Employes of The Union
Pacific Coal Company” bearing number above.
I will read these rules, and I further agree to
observe same as long as I am employed in or about
the mines of The Union Pacific Coal Company,
and will return this book in the event I leave the
service of the company within one year.
(Signed)
[This Receipt to be Filed
In Office of Employment
Agent, Rock Springs.]
�Rock Springs - Sept. 24, 1934.
Ilf. T. H. Butler:
,JJr. M. 'll Eedill:
Hr. Thos. Foster:
Mr. Geo. A. Brown:
Mr. VZilliaa V.cid of Scotland, whom you have
met, and Er. I. G. ..E^J^cek,-^Traveling Student of the Mayor &
Coulson, Ltd., will speak at the Old Timerc Building Thursday
evening;, September 27th, at 7:3O P.M.
Please give this meeting publicity, extending
the invitation to hear these talks to as many men as possible.
(rigina.1 Signed:
I. N. Baylese
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Mr. Go Bo Pryde:
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Co McDermid, Secret ary s Institution of Mining Engin
eers s London, writes under date of September 4th as follows;
”Mro Io Go Elmer Leek expects to arrive in New York on
the 20th insto and will proceed to Rock Springs short
ly afterwardso He plans to arrive at Rock Springs
about the 24th or 25th insto
’’Your kind interest in Mro Leek is very much appreciated
by my Council, and will, I am sure, be most valuable to
Mro Leek."
�Rock Springs - May 31,
1934
Mr. Eugene McAuliffe:
Yours of May 28th, 080-3:
Shall be glad to take care of Mr. Leek upon his
arrival here.
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Mr« Go Bo. rryde:
I have letters from Mr<> Charles McDermid, Secretary, In
stitution of Mining Engineers, London, and Mre Sam Mavor, ex=
pressing appreciation of our willingness to look after their
special student, Mr0 Leek, and Mro McDermid will somewhat
later advise us of the young man's arrival
�Rock Springs - May 7, 1^34
Mr. Eugene McAuliffe:
I was very pleasea to have copy of your letter to
Mr. Mavor.
I think it would be a fine thing to have Hr.
Leek come out here ana visit our mines.
Incidentally, we
can get the mining men together while he is here, and no
doubt get him to talk to us regarding conditions in the
British mines.
I woula be particularly interested in hearing
what they are doin& with Belt conveyors over there.
OrlS’lnaJ Signed;
GEORG F F, PRY[)£
�:./
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May^ 1934*
Sam Mayor, Esq.,
Havor & Coulson, Ltd0?
<L7 Broad Street, Hilo End,
Glasgowj> Scotland.
• *
My dear Hr. Mayors®
yours of April 20th with c opy of lettor to Mr. Charles
EcDorMdp relative to Mr. So G. Elmer Look visiting our properties
at Rook Springs t Vyomings
VJo would bo most delighted to have JSro Look make the visit
□uggootodo On checking same with the passenger Department of the
Union Pacific Railroad Companyt I find that 12? o Look: can obtain a
railway ticket from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Rook Springs, Wyoming,
known as tho summer tourist rat© for £80.50- 45-day tourist for
074.55, 16-day tourist for 065.00, round trip, limit of expiration
October 31st next. BT. Loek’s Pullman berth- Pittsburgh to Rock
Springs, eno way, would be, for lower berth yl3.50, upper berth
Oio.soo
X believe tho figures submitted are materially below those
given you by our Mr. Pryde last year.
If Hro Leek comes to Reck Springs- wo will consider it a
privilege to receive him as our guact, relieving him of any hotel
expense while there p and I assure you that particular pains will bo
taken to conduct him through our mines, which by that time will bo
100 per cent mechanical loading, i.e., shaker conveyors with Duck
bills, Joy loaders? pit car or gate-end loaders, and 3§ ton capacity
scrapers, and in additionD will be glad to furnish him all informa
tion" rogarding hours of labor, costs, etc., that ho cares for.
I am sending copy oS this letter to Hro KcPermid, to whom X
beg to extend
compliments? with recollections of courtesies shown
mo by him while in London in 1950 o
GGs
MP. Go Bo PrydC'X
ChaaQ HcDernid, Esq©?
Institution of Mining Engineers,
225 City Road, London E»G« lo
Very sinseroly yours?
' J.7H
�September 19 , 1933
Mr. SamMavor, Managing Director
Mavor & Coulson, Limited
47 Broad Street
Glasgow, S.3.
Scotland
Dear Mi. Mavor :
Replying to yours of September 7th, S/BB:
I am very much interested, indeed, in the senti
ments expressed in your letter. Many Americans are thinking
just as you are, ana wont ering just what is going to happen,
ana the sentiments you have expressed, we find quite often
in theAmerican press, particularly the statement that no
country can legislate itself into prosperity. But there are
several other angles to the U.R.A. in which you might be
interested.
In the first place, no one has aavanced a better
program than President Roosevelt, ana the condition of this
country has been such for the last four years, that something
must be cone. Whether the 1T.R.A. will be successful or not,
no one knows, but we do know that since the passing of this
law, business conditions are improving in this country. Whether
that may come from natural economic forces, I do not know, but
the fact remains that this is happening, ana that people
generally are in a much better frame of mind. Ana I think
that is one thing that President Roosevelt has in min<.,.
namely, that a greater sense of confidence will be established
and a psychological conaition brought-about in the minus of
the people that something can be done to assist the very
depressed business conditions.
While I am a member of the Republican party, which
did not elect Mr. Roosevelt, I am, nevertheless, for him, and
that is the feeling of the American people toaay, that politics
ana party lines should be forgotten in an honest endeavor to
put over the U.R.A. program, and one will note very little
criticism of Rresiaent Roosevelt's program. We must accord
to the Presiaent a great measure of praise for his courage
and his vision; certainly he has both in a large measure.
Altogether, I believe the reaction is such that something good
is going to be accomplished.
�Hr.
Sam flavor
9-19=33
2
We have come to the point where war-time conditions
are being repeatea, where people, unaer the high impulse of
patriotism, were able to accomplish super-human things, and
under those same impulses in peace-time, with a united country,
I feel that much gooa will be brought about.
As you say, we are meeting conditions which have
never been met with before, ana are entirely new, anu they
require a new approach. Wh.il e Pre sia ent Roosevelt's approach
raay seem revolutionary, ana woula not have been accepted
even a year ago, the frame of mine of the people now is such
that in the absence of anything better, they are willing to
follow President Roosevelt's leadership. He does not promise
that he will be successful in all his undertakings, but he
does promise that if everybody vail give him support, he
will accomplish a goo a many of the things he has set out to
ao . Only time can tell what these accomplishments may be,
out at least a large majority of the people in this country
are going to try to put the program over. Enthusiasm is a
wonderful thing when developed along legitimate lines, ana.
that is what is oeine cone today in this country. People
who have felt that there was no way out, now feel, with im
proved conditions, that there is a way out, ana that things
are on the mend.
I shall be better able to tell you in about sixty
cays whether all of these hopes may be consummated. The only
danger, as you state, is that of the Politicians getting hole.
of things, ana, of course, he is ever present, ana is looking
for something to happen which he can use to his advantage.
1 am tencing you a copy of the Recovery Act, as you
requested, ana yesteraay the Presiaent of the United States
signed the coal code, copy of which I am attaching also.
Hoping that business is picking up with you, ana with
sincere gooa wishes, I am
Very cordially yours,
Original
GEORGE B.
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G,L AS
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Mr. Geo.R.Pryde,
Vice-President,
rhe Union Pacific Coal co.,
Rocksprings , V7Y01HITG,
U.S.A.
Bear Mr.Pryda,
Many thanks for your letter of 26th.August.
Your very kind invitation to next year’s Travelling Student
will be considered when the Itinerary is being arranged.
I wonder how the U.S.A. Goal mining industry will fare under
the code of the National Industrial Recovery Administration.
Your President is having a very large measure of support
ana co-operation in his courageous efforts towards industrial recovery.
I doubt , however, the possibility of achieving prosperity by legislation.
Nobody knows enough to take such control of industry as is being attempted.
The effects of imposing drastic changes are so far-reaching and complex
that they are beyond comprehension.
It is very satisfactory that the numbers of your unemployed
are being reduced, but the unemployed are presumably making tilings;
is there a market for them?
Shorter hours will of course mean higher costs and prices.
Too much political interference in industry is,I think, always
in the long run damaging, and there is a tendency of politicians to increase
, rather than relax their hold - it is very difficult for them to let go
after taking hold.
I fear re-action in the United States, after the first wave
of enthusiasm , has subsided. Thu field of the politicians is to provide,
so far as they can, the conditions favourable to trade, and control should
be left to the industries that .know their business;
it is, however,
difficult for JjhemJ^Le.
to
The conditions now existing in the United States are new, and
ftave never before been experienced. They clearly call for some positive
effort of the Administration, but such political arid financial interference
has never succeeded in the past, previous difficulties of similar kind,
but less degree, have righted themselves by the operation of laws
that we do not yet understand, rather than by heroic efforts of politicians
and financiers. The programme of the U.S.A. Administration amounts ro
a veritable/
�Ltr.Geo . B. Pryde
. .
Mayor & Coulson, Ltd.
7/9/33.
veritable revolution, and to us here the great experiment is of
absorbing interest. It is to the interest of the whole world that
the effort should be successful, but I have my doubts.
Yours sincerely,
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G L A S GOW,....... 9th’4U^1St. ’..A?33 °
Geo.B.Pryde Esq.,
Union Pacific Coal Co.,
Rock Springs,
WYOMING, U.S.A.
Dear Mr.Pryde,
H. & C. Travelling Studentship.
I am much obliged by your cablegram as follows
RATES PUT IN PERIODICALLY STARTING DATE NOT ALWAYS KNOWN
PROBABLE EE AVAILABLE NEXT APRIL OR HAY BUT CANNOT BE
ASSURED OF THIS.
I have communicated with Mr .Westwater and with the secretary
of the Institution, and have come to the conclusion that it will
be better not to disturb Mr.Westwater’s Itinerary, which has been
arranged with the various Companies whose collieries he is to visit .
I am not the less indebted to you for your most kind suggestion,
and if I may regard your invitation as an open one, I shall consider
the inclusion of a visit to Rock Springs in the Itinerary.for next
year’s Travelling student.
With many thanks and kind regards,
Yours sincerely,
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G L A S G O W,
^d.Augu.sts ^933.
Geo. Bo Pryde, Esq.,
Union Pacific Coal COo Ltd.
Rock springs,
WYOMING, U.S.A.
Dear Mr..Pryde,
I am sorry that acknowledgment of your letter of July 5th.
has been so loflg delayed. It came during my absence on holiday.
I wrote to the Secretary of the Institution of Mining Engineers
asking if it is" possible to alter Mr.Westwater’s Itinerary to enable
him to viai-t/Rock Springs. This will, I think, depend chiefly on the
number of engagements in the United States already made for Mr.Westwater.
Unfortunately, the English holidays have prevented my having a reply
from the Secretary, and he will probably have to refer the matter to
the other Members of the Committee (of wtCch I am one) which deals with
the Studentship.
I have told the Secretary that we are favourably disposed to
defray the additional cost of a visit to Wyoming.
I am afraid that until I hear from the Secretary I a^unable
to say more, but I must thank you cordially for your very generous
offer of assistance to Mr.Westwater ,and facilities for his examination
of your mehhanical methods.
I shall write to you again immediately I hear from the
Secretary of the Institution.
Yours sincerhly
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Wo Qo Bo Pryde;
Yours 5th regarding Mr. Westwater of the University Of
Edinburgh visiting the western mines;
I would be very glad to have him come out, and will have
no trouble in getting him into the Orient, Kathleen or any other
large mine in Illinoiso
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�July 5, 1933
Hr. Son Uavor
c/o PEavorf: Goul con, Ltd.
47 Bro rd Street
duogov, S.U.
Scotland
Dear Hr. favor:
Referring to yours of June 20th. s/BB:
I an very glad, indeed, that you are giving considera
tion to the possibility of having your travelling student,
Er. nestwater, cone to Uyonir.”. -,<o are ninety per cent mechanized
and I am sure he would got a good general idea of mining condi
tions in this field, in going through our mines, L'e shall be gird
to have his here, and will give him every facility to examine our
mines, staying as long ns he desires.
In returning from here, Ur. UcAuliffe, I era auro, vd.ll
be glad to give him introductions to some of the largo operators
in Illinois, where the Orient Bine, the largest producer in the
vorid, is located. I am sure Hr. I’cAuliffe will also be glad to
give him letters of introduction to any of the operators in the
East which arc not covered by his itinerary.
The Passenger Department of the Union Pacific Railroad
fonpany ives r.?s the following figures on expenses: Prom Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, to lock Springs, yoning, and return, Train fare, $80.00
Pullman fare, C3S.OO, scale, incidentals, etc., $20.00, total $136.00.
Or, at ths present rate of exchange, about £30. This would bo a
cheap rate ticket, expiring fetobor 31; 1933* Tf he should cone
later than that, then the regular fare ticket would be £127.00 for
Railroad fare for a return ticket, or 047 more. The ticket I ara
quoting on is what is known as a Sumner ikate ticket. If ho cannot
cone before October 31st, then, of course, you will have to add
£47.00 to the figure I have quoted you, or £183.00 total.
The rates I have giver you would be effective on the
following routing, Pmnsylvania Railroad from Pittsburgh, Pennsyl
vania. to Chicago, Illinois; Chicago & Horthvostom from Chicago
to Council fluffs; and Union Pacific Railroad from Council Bluffs
to Rock Springs.
Hie summer or fall, cf course, would be a much better
time to visit a.rourd here, as it is quite cold in the winter time,
and it is more or less difficult to ’ct around then.
�2
You rziy rest assured ue shall take good care of "r.
V'estv'.tcr, and lie rail coo cults a large Scotch colony here, and
Er. EbAuliffo’s I'iltie 3ond ’uill play him a tuns if he gets
homo sial:.
Just tvo yearn age X t.'as in my father’s hour. and had
a meet enjoyable visit there, including, of course, ny visit -.ith
John 7'avor ct your t;oitc .in ^la.sgov.
I c.;i reading this letter by air nail to Pou ’York today,
□o that it nay reach yen ruiclcly, and if there is my point I have
sat made clear, X shall bo jlad to do co, cc.bling you if necessary.
Vc •could, of course,
inberoEtod in !:rz’-'ing the date
that :‘r. L.’est’jatcr rauld reach Pittsburgh.
Years very truly,
OriL'inal Sitfnod!
GEORGE B. PilYDE
�<ScZ'/i/ione'
1B00 BRIDGBTON.
M.& CptOALCUTTERS
FORALL CONDITIONS
Mayor &. Coulson, Limited.
"PRODIOlbuS. phone:’
47 Broad Street, Glasgow,s.e.
■Western union.
(5 Letter Edition)
AB.C. SMoition.
Engineering 2^Edition.
Bentley.
M.&C. CONVEYORS
FOR ALL BULK MATERIALS '
36 Victoria Street.’Wbstminster,London, S.W1.
'-'Me/iAmie.. 2731 Victoria.
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20ih> June
In reply, please quote
Glasgow,...................
1933.
Mr.Gea. B.Pryde,
Messrs Union Pacific uoal uo.,
Rock Springs,
Wyoming, U.S.A*
Dear Ur .Pryde,
I have seen in your letter to my nephew Jack,
your very kind invitation to the Li. & 0. Travelling
Student for the current year, to visit yuur Ums at
Wyoming.
Wyoming is a long way off. Would you kindly
give me an idea of the cost of transit from say Pittsburgh
to Wyoming and back, and I shall consider making a special
grant to the Student, so that he may take advantage of
your most kind invitation.
Yours sincerely,
�I
Form 2191
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Rook Springs
3 Ill-Season $80o3S Short 874O35 X=3
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RockSprings july 3rd, 1933
WSB Omaha
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Advise safce 6n tiskatxx .summer tourist Pittsburg Pa to RockSorings
and return* Jill
GSR
�Bock Springs = July
1933
Hr. Eugens McAuliffe:
About tw months ago I noticed in an issue of the I’uvor ■" Coulson
Ifogaeinc that r. young nan by the nene of Vcstwator, q, graduate of the
University of Bdinbuigh, had won the Mayor A Coulson scholarship, which
vias good for a certain amount of coney, and could keep hin for a tem of
two years, conditional on his putting in sone time at a British university
and also requiring him to visit Continental mines, British mines and some
mines in America.
I wrote and asked John "’avor to have him ccmo out to Wyoming,
til at wo would be very glad to have him with us and to shew him around our
nines here.
John cans back and said it would incur too much ezzpense and
ho would not cone further west than Pittsburgh.
Yesterday 1 received a
letter from Mr. Sun Kavor, in which he stated ho had seen ny letter to John
and he was very anxious to have this young tun come west v;kon he was in
America, mJ. if I would send him an estimate of the cost of the trip from
Pittsburgh to ’lock Springs and return, he would absorb that expense.
I got the Agent here to give mo infomation on these rates, and
I figured it out, with a Gumer rate ticket, Pittsburgh to Rock Springs end
return, together- ith Pullman, diner, incidentals, etc., about £136.00, or
about
30 at the present rate of exchange.
I submitted this information
to Hr. Sara h'nvor today, and told him I would be very glad to have tho young
man come out here, and also told hin that if he only came to Pittsburgh
ho would miss the large Illinois mines.
I told him that if he came out
horo, you would be glad to give hin a letter of introduction to tho Orient,
Kathleen and other large mines in Illinois.
I sent the letter aimail to
New York today, and should, have an answer in about two weeks.
Original SiErnefl’.
GEORGE B, PRYD?
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George B. Pryde, I.N. Bayless, Albert Goldmon, Sam Mavor, Eugene McAuliffe, John Stafford
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FILE NO.
284
VISITORS
- A
1- ANDERSON, F. R.
RAWLINS - Toastmasters Club. (■No Permit)-
JAN/46
2= AMERICAN Gilsonite Co.
THOMAS, Sewell
HANSEN - President
BARRY - Mine Supt.
COLORADO, Denver
(•John H. EMRICK - Sullivan Machinery Co.
Accompanied Visitors)-
APR/46
O
�NO«
2
�April 11, 1%6
Mr. John H. Emrick
Sullivan Machinery Company
1815 California Street
Denver 2, Colorado
Copy:
Dear Mr. Emrick:
Mr. I. N. Bayless
Your letter of date April 8, 1946, coreerning
proposed visit of Messrs. Hansen, Thomas and Barry of
the Zmierican'Gilsonite Company to our Superior D„ 0.
Clark and Stansbury mines.
'.e shall be happy to receive the gentlemen
mentioned to have them inspect our property. We presume,
of course, that our amiable enemy,"John L.", will permit
an inspection of the mines while operating during the
middle or latter part of May.
We will appreciate •’■our advising at a later date
the exact time of proposed visit.
Very truly yours,
HCL:DAT
�§yLLIVAH MAemMECW ©©EWAK1Y
ESTABLISHED
1BS1
Telephone Keystone 6334
1815 California Street
GENERAL OFFICES
MICHIGAN CITY. INDIANA
WORKS
CLAREMONT. NEW HAMPSHIRE
MICHIGAN CITY. INDIANA
DUNDAS. ONTARIO
GRANTHAM. ENGLAND
Denver, Colorado
ZONE 2
April 8, 19U6
Mr. Ho C. Livingston, Vice President
The Union Pacific Coal Company
Rock Springs, Wyoming
Dear Mr. Livingston:
About two years ago, your company was very cordial on
an occasion when I brought Mr. Sewell Thomas, a consulting
engineer of Denver, to Do 0o Clark Mine where he saw a number
of things of interest, particularly the belt conveyoro Both
he and I appreciated your courtesy.
The Barber Asphalt Corporation, for which company Mr.
Thomas has been and still is Consulting Engineer, has sold
half interest to the Standard Oil Company of California, and
has changed its name to the American Gilsonite Company,,
The new President of this company, Mr. Hansen, has now
expressed the desire to visit your D„ 0„ Clark Mine, and your
Stansbury Mine.
So the purpose of this letter is to ask you if I may bring
him and Mr. Thomas and the Mine Superintendent, Mr. Barry,
sometime about the middle or latter part of May of this year to
see these properties and the points of interest in and around
them.
In all probability they will resume operations by then,
or before—I hope.
Thanking you, I am
Yours very truly,
SULLIVAN MACHINERY COMPANY
John Ho Erarick
JHE:PP
cc
Mro Io N. Bayless, President
The Union Pacific Coal Company
Union Pacific Railroad Building
Omaha. Nebraska
>
�October 15,1943
Hr. John IL Lmrick
Sullivan uachineiy Company
1815 California street
Denver 2, Colorado
Copy:
Mr. V. u. Hurray
“!•<, Geo. ... Brown
bear Hr. wrick:
Tliis '..ill acknowledge your letter dated
October 13th, in which you state you will arrive in
dock springs Tuesday, October 19, bringing with you
Hr. Sewell Thomas from. Denver.
Arrangements will be made so that you may
visit our Superior property cither the afternoon of
October 19th or during the day of October 20th, which
ever suits your convenience.
Very truly yours,
�COPY
SULLIVAN MACHINERY COMPANY
Telephone Keystone 6334
1815 CALIFORNIA STREET
DENVER, COLORADO
Kone 2
October 13, 1943
I. N, Bayless, General Manager
The Union Pacific Coal Company
Rock Springs, Wyoming
Dear Hr. Bayless;
Several weeks ago you very kindly told Bish Ruff that
it would be all right for me to bring Hr. Sewell Thomas,
a mining engineer from Denver, to sec the belt conveyor
installation in the D. 0. Clark Mino. lir. Thomas is
engineer in charge of developments for the Barber As
phalt Corporation’s gilsonite property at Bonanza, Utah.
They are planning to expand and enlarge their operation.
That is why he would like to come up to see your instal
lation.
I am planning to meet him. provided this meets with your
approval, on next Tuesday, October 19. \>’e will arrive
in Rock Springs in the afternoon and if it is early enough
we could go to Superior then. However, if we get in too
late it would be better to go out to the mine Wednesday
morning, October 20.
I will get in touch with you upon our arrival.
Thanking you and with best regards, I am
fours very truly,
SULLIVAN MACHINERY COMPANY
(Sgd.) John II. Erarick
John H. ihirick
jhe/bn
�SMMJVAM MA<§1K1BMEKY e@B»HY
ESTABLISHED
1BB1
Telephone Keystone 6334
1815 California Street
GENERAL OFFICES
MICHIGAN CITY. INDIANA
Denver. Colorado
ZONE 2
Io No Bayless, General Manager
WORKS
CLAREMONT. NEW HAMPSHIRE
MICHIGAN CITY. INDIANA
DUNDAS. ONTARIO
GRANTHAM.ENGLAND
October 15, 19U5
The Union Pacific Coal Company
Rock Springs, Wyoming
De ar Mr o Bayle s s:
Several weeks ago you very kindly told Bish Ruff that
it would be all right for me to bring Mr. Sewell Thomas,
a mining engineer from Denver, to see the belt conveyor
installation in the Do 0o Clark Mine. Mr. Thomas is
engineer in charge of developments for The Barber As
phalt Corporation’s gilsonite property at Bonanza, Utah0
They are planning to expand and enlarge their operationo
That is why he would like to come up to see your instal
lation.
I am planning to meet him, provided this meets with your
approval, on next Tuesday, October 19. We will arrive
in Rock Springs in the afternoon and if it is early enough
we could go to Superior then. However, if we get in too
late it would be better to go out to the mine Wednesday
morning, October 20.
I will get in touch with you upon our arrival.
Thanking you and
with best regards, I am
Yours very truly,
SULLIVAN MACHINERY COMPANY
John H. Emrick
jhe/bn
�NO.
1
�January 4, 194&
Mr. F. II. Anderson
l>09 Maple direct
lawlins, Wyoming
Dear dir:
In reply to your letter of date January 2, 1946,requesting permission to visit our Superior D. 0. Clark Mine
for the purpose of preparing a paper for your Toastmasters
Club.
There is in existence a policy or rule instituted
for the duration of the war emergency that only employes
and state and federal inspectors be allowed in or around
the mines. The state of emergency has not been declared at
an end at this time and v;e are very sorry to advise you
that it v.lll not be possible to give you permission to
visit the Superior D. 0. Clark Mine.
Very truly yours,
IICL:DAT
�Rawlins, Wyoming
January 2, 1946,
Mr, H,C, Livingston,,
U,P, Coal 0oo
Rock Springs, Wyo,
Dear Mr, Livingston,,
We have in Rawlins a Toastmasters Club, whose members at there meetings
give speeches on different subjects,,
I would liEe to make a talk about your coal mine at Superior, Wyoming,,
Iwould like to know if I could get your permission to go into your mine
at Superior, so I could actually see what a mine looks like, see how the
coal is really mined and also see the conveyor belt in action that brings
xhe coal to the surface, Then I would be more capable of really putting
my speech over to the club members.
If given permission, I would like to know if a Saturday or Sunday would
not be as good a day as any, to go through the mine.
Yours truly,
F,R, Anderson,
1309 Maple Street
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FILE NO.
VISITORS
-
B
1- BURNS, J. B.
Colorado & Utah Coal Co.
APR/43
2- Walter BLEDSOE Company
HITT, J. E.
ECKNER, Larry
WILSON, Georgs
INDIANA, Terre Haute
JUL/46
�NO.
2
�Rock Springs - July 23, 1946
Ur. I. No Bayless:
(CO:
Mr. I. U. diaries)
Attaching, hereto, copy of report by
J. Egan, Resident
Engineer, Hanna, concerning his assistance to personnel of the
•alter Bledsoe Company of Torre Hauto, Indiana.
The representatives
of the Bledsoe Company apparently called at our Hanna Mine Office and
Ur. Egan was assigned to assist them.
Referring to the Keystone Guide, we developed that Mr. J. E.
Hitt is listed as one of the numerous Vice Presidents of ..alter Bledsoe
Company, address Arcade Building, St. Louis, Missouri.
Messrs. George
'.Tilson and Larry Eckerman are not listed and we presume they aro
engineer employes of the company.
wo had no advance information concerning their visit and
no further information other than that contained in Er. Egan’s
report.
BCLiDAP
�Rock Springs - July 22, 1946
Mr. H. C. Livingston:
Your note requesting information on the Bledsoe Company regarding
attached note from engineer at Hanna:
In refering to the Keystone Guide, I find that this company is
listed as '..alter Bledsoe Company, Merchants National Bank Building, Terre
Haute, Indiana, operating tvro mines at Terre Haute.
Mr.
I find the name of
E. Hitt is listed as one of their many vice presidents, his address
is Arcade Building, St. Louis,
"issouri.
In addition to this, the Bledsoe
Company are sales agents for some seventeen companies.
The names of Hr.
George ' ,'ilson and Mr. Larry' Ecken.ian dod$ not appear under their own
listing or any of the companies for which they- are sales agents.
�Hanna - July 19, 1946
Mr. I. M. Charles:
On July 18, 1946, Mr. J. E. Hitt, Mr. George Wilson and Mr. Larry
Eckner, were taken to the vicinity of Elk Mountain to inspect coal outcroppings
The old Johnson Mine was inspected and the Kent mine, the latter
property was the main objective of the trip. The Kent mine is approximately
five miles Northeast of the town of Elk Mountain and about 2 miles West of the
Medicine Bow River.
The men, representing the Bledsoe Company, were looking for suitable
property for strip mining and able to produce 2,000,000 tons per year.
/s/
CC - Mr. H. C. Livingston
W. J. Egan
�NO,
1
�April 29, 1943
Mr. J. B. Burns
The Colorado & Utah Coal Co.
Mount Harris, Colorado
Dear Mr. Burns:
Referring to yours of April 25th:
It .;as a pleasure to have you come and
visit our properties.
If at any time we can be of
service to you, or you desire again to visit our
operations, do not hesitate to advise us.
Sincerely yours,
�Mount HarHss Colorado
MANAGER OF OPERATIONS
MERITT HUTTON
April 2b, 1943
lir. George s. Pryde,
vice president, union racific Goal company,
Kock springs,
yoming.
Dear Mr. Pryde:
1 greatly appreciated the opportunity you gave me
of visiting some of your mines with mt. Murray,
we
visited B Plane iMumber 11 and the new Stansbury opening
on Thursday, then went to the D. 0. Clark mine at superior
on Friday.
± have always wanted to visit your properties
because of their national record of safety and efficiency.
A.fter seeing your methods of operation and meeting some of
your personnel, it is very easily understood how you have
attained this enviable record.
Thanking you again for extending me the privilege of
seeing your mines, ± am
Very truly yours,
J. B. Burns
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H.C. Livingston, W.J. Egan, George B. Pryde, J.B. Burns
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1-0328
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File Noo284
VISITffiS
1.
Eddersham, B. Lo - Leheigh University, Princeton, N»J*
1957
�1
:T ■
�June 13, 1957
AIR MAIL
Mr. 8. L. Eddersham
Graduate College
Leheigh University
Princeton, Weiv Jersey
Dear Mr. Eddersham:
This will advise receipt of your letter of Juno 10th
making inquiry concerning a visit to The Union Pacific Coal Company’s
property during the month of July.
I am sorry to inform you that I think it is not advisable
to visit the U. P. property during the month of July. For your
information, due to dieselization of the Railroad our mining dis
tricts at Rock Springs, Reliance, Stansbury, kinton and Hanna have
all been closed and at the present time we are only operating the
Superior District one day every other week or approximately two
days a month, and our present program calls for possibly two or
three days work during July. Then too the miners' vacation begins
on June 28th and lasts through July Pth. Therefore, T do not think
you would gain a great deal of information from visiting the property
as the Superior raining district is on a very slight pitch, and all
of the mines that were operating in the steeply pitching seams have
been closed particularly at Hanna, Stansbury and Kinton. There are
no mines operating in the Rock Springs Field on steeply pitching seams
as all have been closed down.
There is one mine operating in the Kemmerer Field under
ground and a strip pit operating a thick seam of coal.
It is rather unfortunate that I have to pass this informa
tion on to you but nevertheless I deem it advisable that you cancel
your trip into this field.
Very truly yours,
Original
V, 0.
V0M:KB
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V.O. Murray, B.L. Eddersham
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FILE NO.
Visitors
-
F
1- FUSSEL, Walter
(•Request for Authority to make trip through USA)'
APR/47
2- FUIFCRDj, J. H.
(The Jeffrey Manufacturing Company)
DEC/1949
�2
�\
The Jeffrey Manufactuklxg Co.
COLUMBUS 16, OHIO
OFFICE OF
VICE PRESIDENT
December 13, 1949
Mr. V. 0. Murray, General Manager
The Union Pacific Coal Company
Rock Springs, Wyoming
Dear Verne:
I want to write and express to you my appreciation
for your many kindnesses to Eddie Horne, Andy Anderson, and
myself when we were with you and assure you that our visit
there was made most pleasant by the opportunity which we had
to get around the properties and visit with you.
I would have written you earlier but upon my
return I had to go East and have just returned to my office.
I have today written to Mr. Livingston thanking
him also and I hope that on my next visit I can take advantage
of the offer for a horseback ride, assuming of course that you
have a nice quiet animal staked out that I can use.
Let me take this opportunity to wish you and your
family a very happy Holiday Season.
My kindest personal regards,
�NO.
1
�Rock Springs - April 7} 1947
Mr. Io N. Bayless?
V/e transmit herewith letter and envelope enclosure from one
Walter Fussel,, requesting authority to make a trip through the U. So A»
for purpose of studying mechanical loading equipment.
>7e presume that this should be forwarded to the immigration
authorities and will appreciate your further handlingo
HCL/rt
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Title
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Visitors to the Mines whose names start with- F
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CC BY-NC-ND
Date Created
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Apr 1947, Dec 1949
Subject
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Mine Visits, 1947, 1949
Description
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Letters regarding a visit from people that start with the letter F. All documents are held together by a brass pin.
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Text
Creator
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J.H. Fulford, H.C. Livingston
Identifier
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1-0330
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The Union Pacific Coal Co.
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FILE NO.
VISITORS
284
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1= GATELY, A. L.
Republic, Excelsior & St. Paul Coal Co.
ILLINOIS, Chicago
APR/44
2- STERNBERGER, A. J. Jr.
TALBOTT, R. C.
WAGGONER, C. L.
WILLIAMS,' J. P.
Geneva Steel Company - UTAH, Geneva
MAR/45
3- GLOSSOP, F. G.
West Kentucky Coal Company - KENTUCKY, Earlington
JUL/45
4- GROVES, S. J. & Sons Co.- MINNESOTA, Minneapolis
F. Li. GROVES - President
A. C. FLETCHER - Vice President
N. Vi. MEAD - Geologist'
N. L. MITCHELL - Pilot
MAY/48
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N.S. WEBSTER - President - Walter Bledsoe & Co. - Terra Haute, Indiana
b- General Electric Company
(P. W. Pelton <5c
R. W. Cross)
COLORADO, Denver
MAY/53
6- Glen Alden Coal Company
F. 0. CASE
W. W. EVERETT
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
NOV/53
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GLEN ALDEN CQ^ COMPANY
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16 SOUTH RIVER STREET
WILKES-BARRE, PA.
OFFICE OF THE
PRESIDENT
November 23, 1953
Mr. V. O. Murray, Vice President
Union Pacific Coal Company
Rock Springs, Wyoming
Dear Mr. Murray:
I have written a note to Mr. Hughes, and I also
want to thank you again for the opportunity afforded Mr. Everett
and myself to visit your mining operations. We both feel that
the inspection of your mine will be very profitable to us and
that we can gain a great deal by using many of the methods
which you have adopted.
I am sure you realize that if you or any of your
staff wish to visit in the anthracite region that we will be
most happy to welcome you and to allow you to visit any of
our operations that may be of interest to you.
Best wishes.
Sincerely yours,
F. O. Case:r
�GLEN ALDEN COM" COMPANY
16 SOUTH RIVER STREET
WILKES-BARRE, PA.
OFFICE OF
VICE-PRESIDENT - OPERATIONS
November 25, 1953
Mr. Vernon MurrayVice President of Operations
Union Pacific Coal Company
RockSprings, Wyoming
Dear Mr. Murray:
I was very glad to talk to you and have the opportunity of
seeing your Operations. Many thanks for all you did for me
while I was in Wyoming.
Sincerely,
�Joy Manufacturing Company
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DENVER a, COJLOItAJJO
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EXECUTIVE OFFICES
HENRY W. OLIVER BUILD|N
PITTSBURGH 22, PA.
November 20, 1953
Mr. V. 0. Murray, Vice President of Operations
The Union Pacific Goal Company
Rock Springs, Wyoming
Dear Vern:
The courtesies which you and your organization extended to
the men from Pennsylvania and to me were exceptional. The
information which the Glen Alden men received was most
helpful to them.
I want to thank you very much for your kindness.
Yours very cordially,
JOY MANUFACTURING COMPANY
District Manager
JHE:LP
�October 30, 1953
Hr. John H. Hmrick, District Manager
Joy Manufacturing Company
1626 hazee Street
Denver 2, Colorado
Dear John:
This will advise receipt of your letter of
October 29th concerning Mr. Case and Mr. Lverett of
the Glen Alden Coal Company, arriving in Rock Springs
on November 11th.
Arrangements will be made for them to go
into the Stansbury Mine on November 12th. The only
fly in the ointment is that we are at the present time
experiencing some shortage of railroad cars which
makes it hard to determine whether the mines will work,
but I will make every effort to see that Stansbury Mine
is operating on that date, and they will be at liberty
to visit other properties on the 13th that are operating.
With kindest regards and best wishes.
Very truly yours,
Original Signed;
0. MURRAY
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EXECUTIVE OFFICES
.HENRY W. OLIVER E3UIUOING
PITTSBURGH 22, PA.
Mr. V. 0. Murray, Vice President-Operations
The Union Pacific Coal Company
Rock Springs, Wyoming
Dear Vern:
Reference is made to my letter of October 27th to Mr. Bayless,
copy of which was sent to you, concerning Mr. Case & Mr. Everett
of the Glen Alden Coal Company of Pennsylvania, arriving in
Rock Springs on November 12th.
I now find that they will arrive in Rock Springs on Wednesday,
November 11th. I have already made reservations at the White
Mountain Lodge.
They would therefore like to enter Stansbury Mine on November
12th, and possibly visit one of the other properties on November
13th.
Will this be all right with you?
Thanking you very much for your cooperation and hospitality, I
am,
Yours very truly,
JOY MANUFACTURING COMPANY
John H. Emrick
District Manager
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�Joy Manttfac tithing Company
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WAZEE
STREET
DENVER 2, COLORADO
EXECUTIVE OFFICES
HENRY W. OLIVER BUILDING
PITTSBURGH 22, PA.
October 27, 1953
(Diet. 10-26-53)
Hr. I. N. Bayless, President
The Union Pacific Goa}. Company
Union Pacific Railroad Building
Omaha, Nebraska
Dear Ur. Bayless:
Reference is made to the visit which Hr. Frank Case, President and
Hr. William Everett, Vice President of the Glen Alden Coal Company
of Pennsylvania plan to make to Rock Springs, Wyoming, arriving
there on November 12th. They would like to visit your Stansbury
property on Friday, November 13th.
I want to thank you very kindly for the approval you gave me over
the telephone this morning to this plan. I expect to meet these
men in Rock Springs and of course will make contact with your people
in Rock Springs before their arrival so that the trip into the mine
will be in accordance with plans which you folks will make. Our
Mr. Nyquist, Vice President of our company, will be out from Pittsburgh
also.
Thanking you, and with best regards, I an,
fours very truly,
JOY MANUFACTURING COMPANY
John H. Emrick
District Manager
JHE:LP
cc:
Mr. Vern Murray, Vice President-Operations
The Union Pacific Coal Company
Rock Springs, TJyoming
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Io No Bayless
Mr. Vern Murray
Dear Vern:
I am making reservations at the White Mountain Lodge for these
people. Their wives will accompany them and therefore we would
like for you and Mrso Murray to have dinner with us one of the
evenings they will be thereo I presume it will be Thursday evening,
November 12th because after they come out of the mine we will
probably proceed to Salt Lake City, On Friday0
Thanking you, I am,
Yours very truly,
John H. Emrick
�Omaha - October 26, 1953
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Mr. V. 0„ Murray?
Thia morning John Emrick telephoned me, requesting
that some of the Joy officials, together with Mr. F. 0.
Case,
President of the Glen Alden Coal Company, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.,
visit our properties on the 12th and 13th of November.
You
will recall that I discussed with you the correspondence
originating with Mr. Case’s letter to Mr. Stoddard.
For your information I am attaching copies of the
correspondence.
I will endeavor to be in Rock Springs at the time
of their visit; however, if something should develop which makes
it impossible for me to be there, you will please arrange to
have these people see any of our operations that they wish to
see and give them all information possible as to operation of
the type machine in which they are interested.
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GLEN ALDEN GOAL COMPANY
16 South River Street
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
October 21, 1953
Mr. A. E. Stoddard, President
Union Pacific Railroad Company
1416 Dodge Street
Omaha 2, Nebraska
Dear Mr. Stoddard:
Since receipt of your letter of October 12, Joy
Manufacturing Company have confirmed arrangements that are
satisfactory to us and to them, and our group is planning,
if the arrangement is satisfactory with Mr. Bayless, to be
in Rock Springs on the 12th and 13th of November.
Possibly we
might not arrive before 10 or 11 o’clock on the 12th, but we
certainly are planning, if the proposal is satisfactory to
all concerned, to spend about a day and one-half in the Rofck
Springs area.
I want to thank you again for making the visit pos
sible and for your offer of cooperation and hospitality.
Best personal regards.
Sincerely yours,
/s/ F. 0. Case
cc: Mr. I. N. Bayless
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October 12, 1953
160
Mr. F. 0. Case, President
Glen Alden Coal Company
16 South River Street
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Dear Mr. Case;
This is to acknowledge receipt of* your letter of
October Sth relative to your intended visit to The Union
Pacific Coal Company properties at Rock Springs, Wyoming,
by yourself and associates, together Tfith a representative
of the Joy Manufacturing Company.
Your proposed plans are satisfactory with us and
assume that Mr. Bayless will be advised in Omaha a few days
prior to your arrival in Rook Springs.
Yours very truly,
/s/ A. E. Stoddard
cc: Mn. I. N. Bayless
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GLEN ALDEN COAL CO.
16 South River St.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
October 8, 1953
Mr. A. E. Stoddard, President
Union Pacific Railroad Company
1416 Dodge Street
Omaha 2, Nebraska
Dear Mr. Stoddard:
Your cordial letter of October 2 has been received,
and I appreciate your willingness to have three or four of us
from Wyoming Valley visit your operations.
I note that we
should contact Mr. I. N. Bayless, President of The Union Pacific
Coal Company.
It is my understanding that a representative of the
Joy Manufacturing Company will wish to accompany us, and I am
therefore suggesting that they make the arrangements in view of
the fact that the general idea has been approved by you.
Our
tentative plans are to be in Wyoming early in November, but
I am sure that Mr. Bayless tzlll have direct word from the Joy
people in the near future.
Thanking you for your courtesy, and with best wishes,
I am
Sincerely yours,
/s/ F. 0. Case
President
�-copy-
October 2, 1953
Mr. F. 0. Case, President
Glen Alden Coal Company
16 South River Street
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Dear Mr. Case;
I have your letter of September 28th and was glad
to hear from you.
I, too, have often thought of the fine
time tire had on the Reynolds Company cruise.
We will be pleased to have you and your associates
visit our mining operations in Wyoming, and Mr. I. N. Bayless,
President of The Union Pacific Coal Company, with headquarters
in Omaha, will arrange to meet you in Rock Springs, Wyoming,
if you will advise the date.
With best wishes, I am,
Yours sincerely,
/s/ A. E. Stoddard
be; Mr. I. N. Bayless
�No.
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�May 15, 1953
FILE NO.
I'r. J« A. Setter3 Industrial Sales Engineer
General Electric Company
650 Seventeenth Street
Denver 1, Colorado
(CC - Mr. J. B. Hughes
Mr. C. E. Grosso)
Dear Joe:
This will advise receipt of your letter of iSay 12th
informing us that Jir. p. ,V. Pelton and Sr. R. ii. Cross, of your
Erie Engineering Department cm shuttle cars, will bo in Rock
Springs on Monday afternoon fay 13th.
arrangements will be made with .Messrs. Hughes and
Grosso to discuss shuttle cars with these gentlemen and to visit
our Reliance Mine on Tuesday or ..ednesday and to see the shuttle
Ccir operation at Hanna on Thursday. .
For your information, there may be some difficulty
for these gentlemen to see the shuttle cars in operation at
ths mines on these dates due to our working time being somewhat
curtailed at the present time. During ‘the past weeks ths mines
have been working on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and I
am unable to state at this time just what days we will be work
ing next week. In any event it will be at least two days and
I am hoping there will be a possibility of three days. Anyway,
these arrangements can be made when these gentlemen arrive.
Very truly yours,
Original Signed;
V. 0. MURRAY
VO&KB
�COMPANY
APPARATUS
DEPARTMENT
ROCKY MOUNTAIN DISTRICT
650
SEVENTEENTH
STREET,
DENVER
1,
COLORADO
TELEPHONE
KE-7171
May 12, 1953
Mr. Vo 0. Murray, Vice President
Union Pacific Coal Company
Rock Springs, Wyoming
Dear Verne:
You will be interested in Imowing that Mr. P. W. Pelton and Mr. R. N.
Cross, of our Erie Engineering Department on shuttle cars will be in Rock
Springs on Monday afternoon May 18.
They would like to discuss the shuttle car situation with you and Mr.
Hughes and anyone else you designate on Tuesday and make arrangements to visit
the shuttle cars in the Reliance Mine possibly Wednesday.
On Thursday they would like to go down and inspect the shuttle cars at
Hanna and we shall appreciate your making arrangements to do this so we can
assist you in every way possible.
I presume that Mr. Don Mitchell and perhaps Mr. Mel Andrew will he with
them.
Very truly yours,
J.A. Setter:s
cc:
Mr. John Hughes
Union Pacific Coal Co.
Rock Springs, Wyo.
�NO.
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�Rock Springs - May 17, 194.8
Mr. Io No Bayless;
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Referring to your letter of date May 11, 1948, at Rock Springs,
advising that representatives of the So Jo Groves and Sons Company of
Minneapolis, Minnesota, and their representative Mr, Mead, would call at
Rock Springs on Saturday, May 15.
We wish to make report of their visit, which consisted of a
party of seven men arriving by private plane at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 15,
the personnel arriving being as followss,
F, Mo Groves, President, So Jo Groves and Sons Company
A. Co Fletcher, Vice President, So J. Groves and Sons Company
No 17, Mead, Geologist, So Jo Groves and Sons Company
No L« Mitchell, Pilot, So J. Groves and Sons Company
Address; Wesley Temple,
Minneapolis, Minnesota
No So Webster, President, Walter Bledsoe and Company
Address; 700 Merchants Bank Building
Terre Haute, Indiana
Wade Grey, Assistant Div, Sales Manager, Walter Bledsoe & Company
W. Ho Berney, District Sales Manager, Walter Bledsoe and Company
Address; 1481 Northwestern Bank Building
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Mr, Charles and the undersigned met the plane at the Rock Springs
airport and were advised by Mr. Fo M, Groves that their time was short and
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they wished to visit Superior and Hanna and return to Sheridan on the evening
of the same day.
We took the men to our office and discussed the map describ
ing the No. 1 Seam location in the vicinity of Superior D, 0, Clark Mine and
a short visit was made to this location.
The party, accompanied by Mr.
Charles, flew to Rawlins and v?as met there by Mine Superintendent Burress,
who took the men to visit the Nugget Coal Company strip operation, the strip
operation of the Monolith-Portland-Midwest Company and an inspection of the
potential strip area to the north and west of the Nugget Coal Company opera
�- 2 We did not accompany the party on their Hanna trip for reason of over
tion.
loading the plane and lack of enthusiasm for flying.
Our short discussion with the party left the following impressions5
1« The So Jo Groves and Sons Company have a considerable amount
of dirt moving equipment which they feel can be assigned to coal
stripping operation with a greater return or realisation than can be
derived from competitive bidding on highway and other work.
2. The personnel of Walter Bledsoe and Company, who we under
stand are both coal brokers and mine operators, are primarily interested
in securing cheap coal to place in competition foi* marketing in the
Dakotas and Twin Cities area,,
3. The party had visited the Sheridan area on Friday and were
very much impressed by the comparative analysis of Superior, Hanna
and Sheridan coals.
4. The representatives Of ’Walter Bledsoe and Company would much
prefer to secure Hanna or Superior coal for marketing, however Hr.
Head of the S. J. Groves and Sons Company left us with the impression
that he preferred Sheridan coal and his reason is no doubt ease of
stripping as compared with other locations.
We furnished a plat of the area at Ho. 1 Seam, Superior, and did
not advise that we had relinquished the lease on same.
We also furnished
them copy of our analysis of Superior and Hanna coals.
No plats were furn
ished of the Hanna potential strip location.
No committments of any nature
as to possibility of leasing or contract to strip or load coal for our
purposes or others was made by this office.
The inspection and discussion was very brief due to the fact that
the men arrived here at 10 a.m., left for Rawlins at ls30 p.m. without any
time out for lunch and returned to Rawlins from Hanna around 5 p.m.
The
hurried nature of the trip by the visitors would indicate to the undersigned
that they are not particularly interested.
HCL/rt
��JOSEPH L. EGAN
PRESIDENT
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•UNION PACIFIC COAL CO ROCKSPRINGS WYO=
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PARTY PRIVATE PLANE WOULD APPRECIATE IF CONVENIENT YOU
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THE COMPANY WILL APPRECIATE SUGGESTIONS FROM ITS PATRONS CONCERNING ITS SERVICE
�Rock Springs - May 11, 1948
Mr. H
Mr. I
C.
M. Charles
Representatives of the S. J. Groves and Sons Company of Minneapolis,
Minnesota, and their representative Hr. Mead, have a tentative date to land in
Rock Springs, Saturday, May 15, a.m.
They wish to look over any stripping prospects in the Rock Springs,
Superior and Hanna fields.
Suggest that you meet them and develop what they
have in mind and give them as much information as necessary for them to have
a general picture of the coal stripping fields.
I would suggest that they be
allowed to visit the Nugget strip, Monolith strip and Shirley Coal strip at
Hanna which will give them a very good picture of coal stripping in all
southern Wyoming.
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��July 21, 1945
Lir, F. G. Glossop
c/o Mr. Hooper Love
West Kentucky Coal Conpany
Earlington^ Kentucky
Dear Mr® Glossops
Acknowledging receipt of your letter of
July 16p 1945s
We will be very happy to meet you and give
you an opportunity to view our raining conditions and
machinery® Suggest you wire me a day or two before
your arrival in order that reservations may be
Yours very trulys
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�Geneva Steel ComifCJny
UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION SUBSIDIARY
Geneva, Uyac^
MAILING ADDRESS'-
P. O. BOX 200. SALT LAKE CITYBl UTAH
TELEPHONE: PROVO 2100
March 23, 1945
Mr<> I. N. Bayless
President and General Manager
The Union Pacific Coal Company
Rock Springs, Wyoming
Dear Mr. Bayless:
On behalf of the members of our party, I would like to
express our sincere appreciation for the opportunity to visit
your properties and to discuss various mining methods with you
and members of your organization. We found the trip most in
teresting and profitable and regret we weren’t able to spend
more time on this visit.
We should also like to express our thanks to your associates
who extended so many courtesies to us and helped to make our trip
so interesting and valuable.
Very truly yours,
J. P. ’Williams
Plant Industrial Engineer
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UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION SUBSIDIARY
Geneva, Utah
MAILING ADDRESS:
P. O. BOX 200, SALT LAKE CITY a. UTAH
TELEPHONE: PROVO 2100
March 14, 1945
Mr. I. N. Bayless
Union Pacific Coal Company
Rock Springs, Vfyoming
Dear Mr. Bayless:
Confirming our telephone conversation of March 13th, I should like
to advise you that our party would like the opportunity of visiting your
mining properties on March 21st. In addition to myself, our group will
include the following individuals:
C. L. Waggoner, Supervisor, Raw Materials
R. C. Talbott, Plant Engineer
A. J. Stemberger, Jr., Mine Industrial Engineer
As I stated in our telephone conversation, we are most interested
in visiting those mines of your company which use shaker conveyors for
production mining. Since we have a total of 33 shaker conveyors at our
mine near Price, Utah, we would also appreciate the opportunity to compare
our results with this type of equipment with that which you are experiencing
in your mining operations. We are particularly interested in the effect
that manpower is playing in the production rate over the past three to
four years.
Your interest in providing us an opportunity to visit your property
is greatly appreciated. As stated previously, we will call at your office
in Rock Springs sometime Wednesday morning, March 21st. We are planning
to drive from Geneva and will, therefore, have transportation to reach
those mines which you believe it advisable for us to visit.
Yours very truly.
P. Williams
Plant Industrial Engineer
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�ALBERT GATELY
GEN'L SUPT. OF MINES
Republic Coal CompanyExcelsior Coal Company
St. Paul Coal Company
Room 44
Diversey 1543
Telephone
Local 199 and 280
2423 Southport Ave.
CHICAGO, ILL.
April 2?„ 19UU
Mr. George Bo Pryde
Vice President In Charge of Operations
Union Pacific Coal Company
Rock Springs„ Wyoming
Dear Mr. Pryde:
I arrived home safely after having a most pleasant
time with you and the rest of the hoys.
I haven’t finished the book, but up until the
present time I have found it quite interesting. Please ac=
cept my thanks for it and the courtesies you extended to me
while I was there.
I sincerely hope you will visit us at Roundup, some
time in the future, so that we may have an opportunity to re<=>
ciprocate.
With kindest personal regards, I am
Yours very truly.
AGsH
General Superintendent
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symbol above or pre
ceding the address.
R. B. WHITE
NEWCOMB CARLTON
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Visitors to the Mines whose names start with-G
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CC BY-NC-ND
Date Created
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Apr 1944, Mar 1945, Jul 1945, May 1948, May 1953, Nov 1953
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Mine Visits, 1944, 1945, 1948, 1953
Description
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Letters regarding a visit from people that start with the letter G. All documents are held together by a brass pin.
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Text
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John H. Emrick, V.O. Murray, I.N. Bayless, F.O. Case, A.E. Stoddard, J.A. Setters, J.P. Williams
Identifier
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1-0331
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The Union Pacific Coal Co.
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1- ’LOOK’ Magazine
(•Harold Rhodenbaugh)
FILE NO.
284
VISITORS -
L
AUG/48
�NO.
1
�Mr. Ho Co Livingston;
Mr. Lynch, Vice President, Operations, has given a
letter to Mr. Harold Rhodenbaugh which reads as follows;
"TO
WHOM IT MAY CONCERN;
"This letter will Introduce Mr. Harold Rhodenbaugh,
associated with 'Look1 magazine, who is developing a
picture story of Union Pacific operation and is
being accorded the opportunity to visit oil wells,
coal mines and various construction Jobs, ride
cabooses of freight trains, ride cabs of diesel loco
motives and enter upon grounds and facilities of the
Union Pacific in the furtherance of his undertaking.
"Please extend to Mr. Rhodenbaugh every courtesy and
cooperation."
Suggest you look out for Mr. Rhodenbaugh and show
him anything he wishes to see.
IV.
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Union Pacific Collection
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Visitors to the Mines whose names start with-L
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Aug 1948
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Mine Visit, LOOK Magazine, 1946
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Letters regarding a visit from a company that starts with the letter L. All documents are held together by a brass pin.
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Text
Creator
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I.N. Bayless
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1-0332
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The Union Pacific Coal Co.
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FILE NO.
284
VISITORS -
K
1- KAISER COMPANY
UTAH
CULLEN
JACKSON (independent}
POWELL (•Goodman Mfg. Co.}
2- KNILL, R. R.
NEW MEXICO, - Potash Co.
JUN/45
DEC/49
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2
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DOMESTIC SERVICE
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sent at s full rate telegram
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To
DEC. 1, 1949
R. R. KNILL
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MISSION AUTO COURT. SAVOY HOTEL OR SEPPI MOTEL
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Union Pacific Collection
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This collection is made possible in part by a generous grant from Wyoming Humanities. All materials are the property of Union Pacific Coal Company, on long-term loan at Western Wyoming Community College. For usage inquiries, contact the <a href="https://www.uprrmuseum.org">Union Pacific Museum</a>
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Visitors to the Mines whose names start with-K
Rights
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CC BY-NC-ND
Date Created
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Jun 1945, Dec 1949
Subject
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Mine Visits, 1945, 1949
Description
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Letters regarding a visit from people and companies that start with the letter K. All documents are held together by a brass pin.
Type
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Text
Creator
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H.C. Livingston, C.E. McWhorter
Identifier
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1-0333
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The Union Pacific Coal Co.
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1- JOHNSON, Walter J.
FILE NO.
284
VISITORS -
J
MONTANA, Roundup Coal Mining Co.
NOV/44
�NO.
1
�November 15 1944
Lxr. Walter J. Johnson
Lining Engineer
The Roundup Coal Uining Co.
Roundups Montana
Dear Ur. Johnson;
This will acknowledge your letter of October
18th;
We were very glad to have you visit our
properties and in the event you pass through’here at
any other tins, please do not hesitate to call upon
us.
I shall be glad to accept your invitation
to visit your properties in the event I should be in
Roundup.
Very truly yoursp
Original Signed
J. N. BAYLESS
�PHONE 320
The Roundup Coal Mining Company
Mine and general Office
ROUNDUP. MONTANA
October 18, 1?44
Mr. I. N. Bayliss, Gen. Mgr.
Union Pacific Coal Company
Rock Springs, Wyoming
Dear Mr. Baylisss
I take this opportunity to thank you for the favor
of visiting your D. 0. Clark Mine on September 29th. The
courtesies accorded me by your Mr. George Brown are highly
commendable.
Should you, or any of your staff, have occasion to
visit in this vicinity, we shall enjoy having you call upon
us.
Sincere
Walter J. Johnson, Mining Engineer
The Roundup Coal Mining Company
WJJtLR
�Rock Springs - September 29,
Mi-. Geo. Ao Brom:
This will introduce Mr, Walter J. Johnson, Mining
Engineer for the Roundup Coal Company, Roundup, Montana, who
wishes to see the slope belt, D. 0. Clark Mine.
Will you please show Mr. Johnson any courtesies, allowing
him to examine any part of the operation he cares to see.
�
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Union Pacific Collection
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This collection is made possible in part by a generous grant from Wyoming Humanities. All materials are the property of Union Pacific Coal Company, on long-term loan at Western Wyoming Community College. For usage inquiries, contact the <a href="https://www.uprrmuseum.org">Union Pacific Museum</a>
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Visitors to the Mines whose names start with-J
Rights
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CC BY-NC-ND
Date Created
Date of creation of the resource.
Nov 1944
Subject
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Mie Visits, 1944
Description
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Letters regarding a visit from people that start with the letter K. All documents are held together by a brass pin.
Type
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Text
Creator
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I.N. Bayless, Walter J. Johnson
Identifier
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1-0334
Publisher
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The Union Pacific Coal Co.