https://haylibrary.cvlcollections.org/files/original/84c61e32aa76c7786ecb8bb044c87917.pdf fccb3702527ee0ceb804d945d400c7f8 PDF Text Text FIlE NO. 284 -<VISITORS GREAT BRITAIN Visitors NOV/43 1= HIEDSON, Donald 2- BUCHANAN, G. R. KING, H. R. ' APR/44 - - Ashington Coal Co. Ltd. Ashington, England (-Correspondence Only)- Fife Coal Co. Limited - SCOTLAND 3- MILLAR, A. OCT /44 - "forkington, Cumberland - ENGLAND 4- SPROSTON, J. B. DEC/44 = Regional Production Director Ministry of Fuel a Power - GREAT BRITAIN Lancashire, England 5° tIAR/45 - Consolidated Pneumatic Tool Co. - ENGLAND Go Mo Vv 1LLS 5 C® Jo �NO. 5 �080-3 March 25, 1945 AIR MAIL Dr. C. Jo Pottar Deputy Solid Fuels Administrator U. S. Department of the Interior Washington 25, Do C. (co? Mr. I. N. Bayless) Dear Dr. Potter? I Absence has prevented an earlier reply to your letter of March 13, filo DA-1, re visit of G. M. Keightley and C. J. Wills of the Consolidated Pneumatic Tool Company, England. W© will be glad to receive Mr. Keightley and Mr. Wills at a tihe convenient to them, giving thorn the broadest access to our property. It is proper to say, however, that-ve do not use any pneumatic machinery of f consequence, merely a few rock drills1used in driving rock tunnels, etc. Very sincerely yours, �NO. 4 �April 16, 1945 *// I1 ' V,.--I) ' Mr, J, Bo Sprcston lieadowcroft, Forest Grove Eccleston Pk., Proscot, Lancs, England Dear I2r, Sproston: I am afraid I have been somewhat neglectful in answer­ ing your letter received in Earch and can only offer the excuse on account of the rush in business, We are still operating seven days per week with a difficult labor supply, We have just completed another wage negotiation which gives the miners approxi­ mately 01,30 per day increase in wages. This will not Cause any less absenteeism. In fact, it is becoming difficult for th® miners to spend their money, therefore, they are taking life easy and loosing a great deal of time. The Union Pacific Coal Company produced 6,300,822 tons of coal last year. We were hopeful of producing approximately 7,000,000 tons of coal this year. How­ ever, with the shortage of labor, which amounts to approximately 20 per cent together with another 20 per cent average absenteeism, it appears that we will be lucly if we hold our own and produce as much coal in 1945 as we did in 1944® However, we expect to carry on. The war news indicates that the fighting will probably be ended in the near future in Europe with a job .in the Pacific left to be picked up. We are thankful for the good news and to see the finish. However, the Pacific may take some time yet. The loss of our President, Franklin D, Roosevelt, is a great blow not only to this country but to all civilized nations, and while we hope that it rH 11 not have any effect on the prosecution of the war, it is bound to have its effect on this country and may, of course, have its effect on all Allied countries. You have no doubt heard our present President Trumaa analyzed by news analysts, Uhile we have every confidence in his ability, we realize that he does not have the experience and knowledge of war affairs that President Roosevelt had. However, this will soon become history and be only one of the events in the march of time. X- �Mro Jo So Sproston 2 April 16, 1945 Our particular job, of course, is to fuel the Union Pacific Railroad which had more business last week than ary week in its previous history, hauling war supplies to the Pacific Coasts We expect this to continue for some time. I would be glad to be kept informed of the progress you people are malting on the installation of mechanical loadingo Would be glad to have another visit from you at any time and will certain ly appreciate hearing from you at any tine0 Sincerely yours, Original Signed: I. N. BAYLESS II'® s AB J ��x&se&£87<Mr fir. h f* . fifrESteT. (/£. A u C X v .-t t * 2 r / \ !':t-=-/ : f .’.• t(. Z <? ^tc. & X- o Av;V5<- .< <?; ' ��5 ����c£o ���HP' I. N. S (ftCIS PR£S&£MT, L/ahom JfacfJW fSm <& HqcK Sp^rn^GS '78 GREAT PORTLAND STREET «- LONDON. W.l. ... PMO>’- MUaCUM 7047'0 >.G.aTtBC0 UtOt.1 TH^ W*A CKtqiTltO ACT 11*1 PLEASE SEND books us ��It was my intention to write to you sooner than this, but I have been so very busy picking up the threads of work from where I left off. That & the usual excitement of having both my children on leave together, one of which has departed to India. I arrived home safely having had the thrill of flying the Atlantic, it was quite uneventful but very cold. So cold in fact, that our sandwiches were frozen solid and snapped like biscuits. Before I write further I should like to express my sincerd thanks to you for your great kindness whilst I was your guest at Rock Springs. learnt much and at the same time enjoyed myself. I I have only one regret that I did not stay longer as the atmosphere and the people were very fas­ cinating. What would have been better would be a visit in the Spring or Autumn when I could have seen some of the country side and also real cow boys. Even so I had a real thrill in my short stay with you and I can truthfully say that I had more satisfaction & enjoyment at Rock Springs than I did any where else. The literature you gave me about the U. P. Railway & the book of instructions applying to your property has been full of interest to me. Both books will bear reading more than once. book, "Be a Man". Then of course there is the Really very good and so full of good horse sense. z �- 2 About my trip generally I think the most enjoyable interlude between pit visits was the travelling, acquaintances I made. I enjoyed the long journeys and the many If I may say so without causing offenqe the people in the west that is round Wyoming^ Oklahoma were far wrser'than those fur­ ther east. There was a more natural outlook on life as contrasted with the rather hard rushing and intentness of the East. Washington as a city was most impressive and has the atmosphere of solidity about the place. You feel it will be there when many of the other cities have moved with the wealth of the country. Kansas City was very like our Manchester rather rough and full of shoppers, but it near Xmas time and everybody seemed anxious to spend money. I quite enjoyed my stay at Mcalister and Mr. Puterbough was most charming. Xmas was spent in Columbus, not a very nice place, in fact very dirty, but then I think my impressions were wrongly coloured as I was at that festive season thinking of home. It was the first Xmas I have been away from home & family since I was married. It was at Columbus that I started to run into your American winter, there was plenty of snow and freezing hard. Not so bad as when I arrived in Pittsburg, I got snowed up for a week as transport was very disorganized. What impressed me of the severity of the cold was the fact that the fast flowing rivers were frozen . solid, an unusual thing I believe and one that portends floods0 I now read in the papers that the floods are serious and that the iron works are affected. When I left Pittsburgh I flew to Washington and had a another �- 3 - vaew of that city from the air. Quite a good thing it saved me so much walking round the city. Finally I journeyed to Montreal and there ran into a good Canadian snow storm. This delayed me for two more days. thing that they can do in Canada and that is move snow. arrangement. There is one A most efficient It can be likened to Joy loader & shuttle car service. I only had a superficial impression of Montreal before flying home. I am not superstitous perhaps a good thing. We flew on the 13th with 13 passengers. Finally may I again say how very much I appreciate youi’ kindness. Please remember me to Sherrar. Kind Regards. Yours Sincerely, J. B. Sproston �3199 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. (Witness) Employed in Mine. as [This Receipt to be Filed in Office of General Manager. Rock Springs.] at �; S l-P 46r Z MORRISON - MERRILL & CO. Salt Lake City, Utah Phone WAS 4110 Presented by M. S. WEBB ^USHEP TACOMA, WASH. �Rock Springs - December 13* 1944 Mr0 Eugene McAuliffe? V Mr. Jo Bo Sproston, Regional Production Director, Ministry of Fuel and Power, of Great Britain, arrived in Rock Springs Monday evening, December litho He spent Tuesday going over maps, development plans, methods of work, etco, with Ur, I. Charles in the Engineering Department0 He discussed operating conditions with Messrs 0 Murray and Livingston and myo­ self last evening. Livingstono He is visiting underground today with Mro He expects to spend today and tomorrow underground, leaving for Oklahoma either Thursday evening or Friday morning. Mr. Sproston seems to know the British mining conditions and while he realizes that some of the mines in Britain will not lend themselves to the installation of mechanical mining as we are applying the machinery, he is definitely of the opinion that their haulage could be improved and there are mines with seams of coal which would be very easily mechanized., Mr0 Sproston is being shown every courtesy and given any information he desires ��UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR SOLID FUELS ADMINISTRATION FOR WAR WASHINGTON 25, D. C. NOV 2 2 1944 Mr. Eugene McAuliffe, President, The Union Pacific Coal Company, 1416 Dodge Street, Omaha 2, Nebraska. IN REPLY PLEASE REFER TO DA-1 My dear Mr. McAuliffe: This letter will introduce to you Mr. J. B. Sproston, Regional Production Director, Ministry of Fuel and Power, about whom I wrote to you on November 14° t Sincerely yours, r tjtC 1 1944 J- Potter, Deputy Solid Fuels Administrator. „ J ' �UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OE THE INTERIOR PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE TO AVOID PAYMENT OF POSTAGE, S3OO SOLID FUELS ADMINISTRATION FOR WAR WASHINGTON 25, D. C. OFFICIAL. BUSINESS Mr. Eugene McAuliffe, President, The Union Pacific GoalJ?t5mjx 1416 Dodge Sj et;r ' 0ma)?.<r"2 febraska �Rock Springs - December 11, 1944 Mr. Io No Bayless: ■ / (CO - Mr. E. McAuliffe Mr. V. 0. Murray Mr. H. C. Livingston) XV'.' /z X / / Mr. McAuliffe telephoned this morning from Omaha advising that Mr;-, V' V J. V Sproston, Deputy Regional General of the British Mission of Supply, headquarters in Washington D. Co, will arrive on U.P. No. 21, to be our i V) guest while visiting our mines. Mrs. Outsen is arranging reservations at the White Mountain Lodge for him and we will plan to meet him at the train; thereafter, endeavoring to make his stay as our guest pleasant and satisfactory > L'; • ■ v �~'2/i C. ' .? �Rock Springs - November 19, 1944 I X Mr. Eugene McAuliffe; This will acknowledge the receipt of Carbon Copy of your letter to Mr. Potter regarding Mr. J. B. Sproston’s visit to our Rock Springs Mines. We will be glad to have Mr. Sproston visit our properties. Original Signed: I), El. BAYLESS �080-3 November 17, 1944 0 ■ ■ . ■ '' ' ' ' ■ ' T ' Dr. C« J© hotter Deputy Solid Tuels Administrator U. S. Department of the Interior Washington 25, D. C. Mr. I. N. Bayles (co. Deax* Dr. rotter: I have your file DA-1 of November Id, advising that !’the Deputy Director ©eneral of the British Ministry of Supply Mission, Washington, D. C., has informed me that Mr. J. B. Sproston, Regional Droduotion Director, Ministry of Fuel end Power, will visit this country on a mission similar to that of Messrs. Dobson and Millar who recently visited your mine.0 You requested permission for Mr. Sproston to visit our Rook Springs, Wyoming, eoal operations. We will be very glad to receive Mr. Sproston, and o if you will advise my office of his anticipated arrival, we will be looking for him, making necessary hotel reservations at Book Springs, ^"hereafter we will be glad to show him through our mines and give him.all the information we ©an. Sincerely yours. KU6ENE �NO. 3 �February 23, 1945 Hr. A. Ifillar "Firth. View", Siddick Workington, Cumberland England Dear Hr, Hiller: I received a few days ego your letter dated January 22nd and was glad, indeed, to hear from you. I have thought of you often since your visit. It is very nice of you to say the kind things about myself and The Union Pacific Coal Company. There are tines vzhen we are not too proud of some of our accomplishments. Wo did, however, wind up with a very good year last yoarj oven with the large labor turnover, absenteeism, etc., we produced 6,300,822 tons of coal. Wo produced 612,000 tons of coal for tiic month of January tliis year, however, we are slacking down on demand at this time and are not producing on Sundays. I can inagina some of yo<ir difficulties and experiences in attempt­ ing to work a Joy machine with shuttle car on steep pitches. No doubt you people will prove the Duckbill sooner or later and probably adopt a standard method of mining which will, lend itself to mechanical loading. The war news sounds better at this time and again we are all getting in on optimistic mood; however, I am afraid thoir are some long unhappy moments ahead before we settle back to a normal life. Messrs, hurray, Livingston, Knill and Sharrer send their regards and speak of joa as the most promising "Johnnie Bull” who has visited this property for sone time; in fact ry offer still holds good if you would like to come to this country and be a Hine Foreman. Hoping to hear from you often, I remain Sincerely yours, IND:DAT ���Oo ��y- ■ I ��Mr. A. Millar Firther View Siddick ’.Worthington Cunberlandj England Great Britain �Rock Springs ~ October 18, 1944 Mr. Eugene McAuliffe: Hr. A., Millar loft here Sunday morning, October 15th, to visit the Oliver Coal Company mines at Somerset, Colorado. I talked to Mr. McWhorter about making it possible for Mr, Millar to visit some of the mines in Northern Colorado, subbituminous field, Mr, Mqiihorter agreeing to do this, Mr. Millar drove with Mr. Bayless to Denver, arriving there Sunday evening, and Hr. Bayless also got in touch with Lire JJc’.Jhorter to make arrangements so that Hr. Millar will be able to go into some of the Northern Colorado nines. Hr. McWhorter has also been asked that when Mr. Millar®s visit lias been completed to arrange for reservations East for him. Er. Millar spent three weeks on our property, and I think that he got a great deal out of his visit as he wont in the mine in the morning worked with the crews on the shaking conveyors and also on Mobile Joy loaders. I am sure when he returns to England he will be in an excellent position to supervise the in­ stallation of the shalcing conveyors with Duckbills which his company has purchased. Original Signed: GEORGE S. PRVDE EX1 o&PY ON Ft �October 18P 1944 Mr. Co E. Ifc shorter The Goodman Manufacturing Company Denver National Bank Building Denvers Colorado Dear Hr. Me "Shorter? Herewith letter for Hr. A. Millar which reached here after he left Rock Springs. I am assuming he will be back in Denver and get in touch with you after visiting the Somerset mines. I would be obliged to you if you ■would see that delivery is made to Mr. Millar of this letter. Sincerely yours,. Original Signed: GEORGE B. Enc. �October 12, 1944 ’.'r. G. 3. McWhorter The Goodman Manufacturing Company Denver National Bank Building Denver, Colorado Dear Mr. McWhorter: As I advised you by phono, Mr. A. Millar, Mine Foreman from the Northern part of England, will be in Denver on his way to Somerset, Colorado, to inspect the mines of the Oliver Coal Company, and his stay in Soperset will probably be for three or four days then he will return to Denver. I would appreciate ^eryuruch' if you will take cars of Mr. Millar on his return so that he can sco the loading operations in soma of the Northern Colorado mines. Mr. Millar plans to drive to Denver with Mr. I. N. Bayless Sunday afternoon and will no doubt call at your office sometime Monday and discuss his itinerary with you. Sincerely yours, Original Signed: GEORGE B. P.RY0E �ItOUii u-PLlluCkzj ;.Xv.-’1UG COOl/t-i-J<■ — .?JiL'iiJL;G Gv—rVkL£ 3 CG1£ i<. iLr u A© JILL. J w ..ILL J?xL ■ <.- UUU«j«j A X-sJ xJ J i;i uL» izluJ. ikb * - -L IX-U ^.'_;ij.jO_- Xri*«x«u.'rX UijicXJ-Gt'O • -JI -!1 t/uJ 3 O^CIjOgK LlGiiD**Y Io Lb Aa-lu Zj.. iX«u--i^u) —-JLV-j j-.-^... ..C-<‘. i'.:-wAi'0l~— J UW--- .‘l^.X �October 12, 1944 I'r. Co B. McWhorter The Goodman Manufacturing Company Denver National Baal: Building Denver, Colorado (CC - Mr. Ao Eillar Mr, Io No Bayless) Dear Hr. Ec..hortors As I advised you by phone, Hr. Ao Millar, Nine Foreman from the Northern part of Ikigland, will be in Denver on his way to Somerset, Colorado, to inspect the mines of the Oliver Goal Company, and his stay in .Somer­ set will probably be for three or four days then he will return to Denver0 I would appreciate very much if you will take care of Mr. Hiller on his return so that he can sco the loading operations in some of the Northern Colorado lIajLKOS q. • Mro 1’dllar plans to drive to Denver with Hr. Io II Bayless Sunday afternoon and will mo doubt call at your office sometime Monday and discuss his itinerary with you. Sincerely yours, Original Signed: GEORGE 8. h® �BT9 11598 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. Employed in Mine as. [This Receipt to be Filed in Office of General Manager, Rock Springs.] at-— �I 2 as. J-..f �Mr. Ao Millar, Mechanization Officer of United Steels, from Cumberland, Great Britain, arrived in Rock Springs Saturday, September 23rd, from Washington, Do Co Mr. Millar came by plane from Southern Ireland to Canada -then to La Guardia Field, Hew York, the total time flying/lieing t-wenty-three hours. Mr. Millar was sent to the United States by his company to study mechanical operations in several mining districts of the United States, starting in The Union Pacific Coal Company mines in the Rock Springs district. For some time under lend lease mining machinery, in- eluding mobile loaders, shaking conveyors with Duckbills, and mining machines have been shipped to Great Britain in an effort to increase the production of coal. From time to time engineers have come to the mines of the United States, including The Union Pacific Coal Company mines, to study the mechanical loading operations with the view of operating them in the British mines. More recently it has been thought advisable to send men whose duties are entirely with underground 'work in the British mines0 Quite a number are at present visiting mines in the United States, Mr. Millar being one of this number. Mr. TN 11.ar plans to spend several weeks in the United States . After leaving The Union Pacific Coal Company mines, mines in Colorado. he will visit some His full itinerary has not yet been established. After a week in The Union Pacific Coal Company mines in this district, Mr. Millar is quite enthusiastic about the possibilities of installing mechanical loading in the mines of the company which he re­ presents in the Northern part of England. During his visit he has spent �- 2 the greater part of his time underground studying the operation of the machinery in the cutting and loading of coaly and he states he will find this experience of great assistance in his company’s mineso �080-8 September 25, 1944 Dr. C. J. Potter Deputy Solid Fuels Administrator 3160 New Interior Building Washington 25, D. 0. (pc: Dear Dr. Potter: Mr. G. B. Pryde)^ ' • Your B-l:8 of September 15 on visit of Hr. Alex Mitchell to our Book Springs mines: Under date of September 25 I received the following wire from New York City: ’’Have been advised British Ministry of Supply Mission of your courtesy in granting me per­ mission to see over some of your mines. 1 regret I have had to return east and am very doubtful if I will have time to go west again. With best thanks. Alex Mitchell - Chairman . The New Cummock Colliers, Scotland I am sorry that we are not able to see Mr. Mitchell, but possibly at some future time he will be able to visit our properties. Sincerely yours, ■ . » OrlgimJ Si'.nnd •F.UGENK Mg-AUUFFE �UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR' SOLID FUELS ADMINISTRATION FOR WAR WASHINGTON 25, D. C. In reply please refer to 3-1:8 Mr, George B, Pryde, Vice President, The Union Pacific Coal Company, Rock Springs, Wyoming, September 21, 1944, My dear Mr, Pryde: This letter will introduce to you Mr, A, Miller, about whom I wrote to Mro Eugene McAuliffe on August 4, Sincerely yours C. J. Potter, Deputy Solid Fuels Administrator �Form 2191 « 24 GROAN ■. , . UN:ON PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY z 11-42-10MM ' 'Z. TELEGRAM Ok AHA 225 PM SEP 22,44 GBP SG LETTER 16th J P STRACHAN BRITISH MINISTRY SUPPLY MISSION WASH nIKES QUOTE "MR A MILLER MINING OFFICIAL FROM UNITED KINGDOM LEFT HERE YESTERDAY EVENING BY TRAIN SCHEDULED TO ARRIVE ROCK SPRINGS 840PM SATURDAY END QTE. L-47 EMC A 437pm �080-3 Omaha, September 16, 1944 Mr. G. B. Pryde: On August 4th, Dr. C. J. Potter wrote me that he would send E. H. Dobson, mine manager, and A. Millar, mechanization officer, of United Steels, Great Britain, to spend two weeks in our mines, studying duckbill opera­ tions. This morning I received a letter from Dr. Potter, advising that Mr. Alex M. Mitchell of Comraock Collieries, Ayrshire, Scotland, would like to visit our Rock Springs mines, Dr. Potter advising that the British government is paying all expenses, and he will notify me within two days of his arrival at Rock Springs so that necessary arrange­ ments can be made, this visit to take place the latter part of September. I wired Dr. Potter today, per copy attached. He said nothing about Messrs. Dobson and Millar in the last letter. �r'L i the >1 account1 ofr____ W d_____ J? •°______________ COAta GO a2 Charge to 'J---------------------------------- Send the following telegram, subject to the terms on back hereof, which are hereby agreed to Omaha, Sept. 16, 1944 FOR VICTORY BUY WAR BONDS TODAY Dro Co J. hotter Solid. Fuels Administration for War 3160 Men Interior Bldg Washington D G Sour B-1:S 15th. Gladly receive LLr ALez Li tiltohell our sines Rook Springs Bugene LtcAuliffe �Rock Springs - August % 1944 Mr. I. I'J. Bayless: Herewith copy of letter from Mr. McAuliffe regarding two British coal mine officials comin - to our properties. Mr. McAuliffe advises that the committee that went over to make a survey of the coal mine installations in Great Britain is very critical of some of the methods employed in that country in utilizing some of the mechanical eouipment that has gone from this country to Ireat Britain and has suggested that a number of the mine officials come to this country, go into the mines in America, and get firsthand information. He talked to me about this on the phone yesterday and suggested that we send them in with a Mine Foreman so they can get the necessary information at the working face. After they have been in the mine several days, you and I and the staff can hold evening meetings with them and discuss our operations. An article in Business Week indicates that the committee that went over is very critical of the application of the mechanical equipment in Great Britain. to read the article. unc. �080-3 August 7, 1944 Dr. C. J. Potter, Deputy Solid Fuels Administrator, Department of the Interior, Washington 25, D. 0. (cc - Mr. 0. B. Pryde) Dear Doctor Potter: Yours of August Z^h with reference to sending Mr. E. H. Dobson, mine manager, and Mr. A. Millar, mechaniza­ tion officer, of United Steels, Great Britain, to visit our mines for two xveeks, studying duckbill operations: Please have these men report to our Mr. George B. Pryde, Vice President, Operation, Pock Springs, Wyoming, who will assign each of them to a mine foreman, who will, if they desire, stay with them during the entire two weeks period, or if it is found desirable, they can shift from one mine to another. In substance, we will be more than glad to cooperate with you in this matter. I would like very much to hear of their arrival and when we may expect to meet them, so that arrangements for their reception can be worked out. Sincerely yours /s/ Eugene McAuliffe COPY �Rock Springs - August 9, 1944 Mr. I. N. Bayless; Herewith copy of letter from Er. McAuliffe regarding two British coal mine officials comin; to our properties. Mr. McAuliffe advises that the committee that went over to make a survey of the coal mine installations in Great Britain is very critical of some of the methods employed in that country in utilizing some of the mechanical equipment that has gone from this country to Great Britain and has suggested that a number of the mine officials come to this country, go into the mines in America, and get firsthand information. He talked to me about this on the phone yesterday and suggested that we send them in with a Mine Foreman so they can get the necessaiy information at the working face. After they have been in the mine several days, you and I and the staff can hold evening meetings with them and discuss our operations. An article in Business Week indicates that the committee that went over is very critical of the application of the mechanical equipment in Great Britain. I have sent that magazine in to you to read the article. Original Signed: GEORGE 8 PRYDE Enc �OSG»®o August 70 1944 Dr, Go J. Potter, Deputy Solid Fuels Administrator, Department of the Interior, Washington 25, D. Go (oc “ Mr. Go £* 0 Pryde} Dear Doctor Potter: yours of August 4th with reference to sending Mr. E. H. Dobson, mine manager, and Mr. Ao Millar, mechaniza- ’ tion officer, of united Steels, Great Britain, to visit our' mines for Wo weeks, studying duckbill operations: ‘°lease have these men reoort to our Mr. George Bv Pryde, Vice President, Operation, Bock Springs, Wyoming, x.'ho will assign each of them to a mine foreman, who will, if they desire, stay with them during the entire two weeks period, or if it is found desirable, they can shift from one-mine to another. In substance, we will be more than glad to cooperate with you in this matter. I would like very much to hear of their arrival and when we may expect to meet them, so that arrangements for thbir reception can be worked out. < Sincerely yours, �NO. 2 �Telegrams “Fifcol, CowdenbeaIj Cowden . res idem; General The Union hoc’: Sprint •..YuhlilC-. Dear I'r. Bayless, Cn looking through my files the other day I found that I had not replied to your letter of 27th February. I em glad that Uro 1'cAuliffe passed you a. copy of my letter as I had intended, at that time, also to ■’.’.'rite to you. Your figures in regard to output and labour force for last year are very rood indeed, especially when one considers the remarkable turnover of labour you have experienced. It is most interesting to me that you should be able to train so many new mon end yet maintain such a high efficiency. Cur labour position here has been most difficult during the war years as we leave had little intake of suitable manpower and our wastage has been at a fairly high level. Our intake of labour has for the most part been composed of "Devin" Boys, tlia.t is, youths of military age who, on being called up for the forces were balloted to the Coal Fines instead. naturally many of these youths have no interest in coal­ mining and in many cases have a bad influence on other workers. Approximately 7-3y of our employees a.t the present time are "Bevin" Boys Apart altogether from this aspect, we are not getting the full advantage of the new methods. This ray be due, as you indicate, to �Telegrams "Fifcol, Cowdenbeath." Telephone Nos 181 to 185 Cowdenbeath. C ■the difficulty of introducing new methods and machinery durinc; a war period. It is true that we are increasing our total output and our operating efficiency to some extent by the new methods but we feel that we are not getting the full co-operation end effort of the men. Did you, in the initial stages of mechanisation, experience the same difficulty.? V.'ith due regal’d to differences in conditions, we believe that the men are only giving us one half to two thirds of the output possible with duckbills. This is most disturbing as wo do not : now what more we can do to increase efficiency. host of our officials have received careful training in the new methods and have had numerous lectures, illustrated with films and slides, on the subject. \.'e have trained six demonstrators who are now used to train operators end we have inaugurated a training course for operators at our Central Workshops. Vlages paid to all operators are day rates and while we believe this to be the correct system, wo sometimes think that contract work would stimulate production. One feature has, however, given us great encouragement. A short . \ time apo we organised a single entiy did.vs.ge with one duckbill working i 3 shifts per day. The men selected, three on each shift, had no previous duckbill experience, but a trained demonstrator was placed on ("'■ each shift. The entry was 14’ wide end the coal 5’ to high. The’ best progress obtained "was en output of 240 saleable tons (2,240 lbs.) in one day’s working (i.e. throe 7r- hour shifts), while over a week of 17 working shifts a driva-'e of 414 ft. was obtained. This job was very well organised in regard to all services end the results obtained were ' more than twice the average we are obtaining with our other duckbills. As many as G complete cycles were made in one shift. The/ �Telegrams “Fifcol, Cowdenbeath." Telephone Nos 181 to 185 Cowdenbeath. The vrar in Europe is now over end I feel sure that the Pacific TTar will also soon he at an end. no doubt when conditions become more or less settled, we ■'.'.•ill realise a much better performance from our people • 17111 you please give my kind regards to Hr. l.oAuliffe and to Hr. George Piyde, whom I hope is now enjoying his well-earned retirement• Yours sincerely, �AV JUKI > �February 27, 1945 Mr. Ho Ro King The Fife Coal Company, Limited Cowdenbeath, Fife, Scotland Dear Ur. Kings Mr. Eugene McAuliffe has passed to do a copy of your letter dated January 30th commenting on your developments in mechanical load­ ing in Great Britain also your kind remarks about The Union Pacific Coal Company. V.’e produced a total of 6,300,822 tons of coal last year with approximately 2,800 total employes on the pay roll. Our labor turnover was very high. In fact, to maintain 2,800 employes during the year it was necessary to employ approximately 3,800 men, which, you will realise, lowered cur efficiency when, being forced to train this number of man, some of them entirely inexperienced^ and I might say many did not desire to do any work of any kind around the coal mineso We are not attempting to develop any new methods or add new types of machines to our operations at this time, being content to carry on with our present method of mining and present type of machines until after the war at which time we hope to make further improvements both in mining practices and mechanical mining. Ue are sure that you and Mr. Buchanan will be able to develop improved practices of raining by installing proper types of mechanical equipment. We appreciate your many difficulties and would be glad to give any information at any time you think it would be helpful. The war news at this time sound promising. However, with the setback late last year, the people in this country are rather hesitant to become too optimistic. We all realise, of course, there will be many adjustments after the war before we will be able to settle back into our routine method of living. Please convey my personal regards to Dr. Reid and Mr. Buchanan. Sincerely yours, IIS 8 AB J �(ja7^& N\ c. '-copy- The Fife Coal Company, Limited Cowdenbeath, Fife, Scotland 30th January, 1945 Mr, Eugene McAuliffe Chairman The Union Pacific Coal Company 1416 Dodge Street Omaha 2, Nebraska - U.S.A. \ Dear Mr. McAuliffe: ,'r. ; ’r-. 4... When Mr. Buchanan and I left you in Rock Springs, I promised to write giving information regarding our progress with American methods of mining. I am now implementing that promise but I wish first of all to again thank you and all your staff for the very great hospitality with which you received us. The visit to The Union Pacific Coal Company will long be remembered by me and I hope that it will again be possible to visit you at some later date. I was very pleased to hear of your appointment as Chairs man of the Board and was somewhat sorry to learn that Mr. George Pryde had retired from service. On the other hand, I wish to congratulate Mr. I. N. Bayless on his well merited promotion. My company has now started a very intense programme of mechanisation and modernisation, and it may interest you to know that we are producing 25% of the coal won by American methods and machinery in this country. Most of this coal is mined by Duck­ bills and we have adopted, as standard practice, the methods carried out by The Union Pacific Coal Company. In this respect we are greatly indebted to you for all the valuable information and advice given us during visits. The best results we have been able to attain so far are 4-5 tons per person employed to the main haulage, but as foremen and men become more proficient, we are hopeful that greatly improved results will accrue. One Interesting point has emerged in that we have been able to obtain in selected subjects, practically 100% extraction with Duckbills at depths approximating 2,000 feet. At present we are developing what we expect to be the first all American mine in this country. On the surface a very simple tipple has been laid out with haulage, electrical equipment, office, ambulance room and lamp room housed under one roof. The coal from underground in two ton capacity drop bottom cars of our own design and manufacture is emptied into storage hoppers on the �- 2 - surface, from which it is removed by motor -truck to a nearby screening plant. Only two men are employed above ground, exclud­ ing truck drivers. Underground all slope haulage is by direct rope with locomotive haulage on the level and a 42” track gauge. American room and pillar methods of complete extraction are employed at the face and on full production it is expected that 80/90 men overall will produce an output of 500 tons per day. Four similar mines are in course of preparation. In addition to the above, we are contemplating recon­ struction of many of our older collieries with the introduction of . broad track gauge, large cars, locomotive haulage on the level, and direct rope haulage on all slopes. The method of working proposed throughout is by Duckbill or hand-filling onto chain conveyors. The above brief outline will give you an indication of hotiT we are progressing and of how much we owe to your company for the advice and help rendered us. Dr. Reid and Mr. Buchanan send their kindest regards. with best wishes, I am, Yours sincerely, /s/ H. R. King �April 15, 1944 Dr. William Reid General Manager The Fife Coal Company (Limited) Cowdenbeath, Fifeshire, Scotland Dear Bill: I was greatly pleased to have Messrs, King and Buchanan with uso Mr. McAuliffe came from Omaha with them, and-we- spenttwo busy days and some busy evenings here. Your two officials, I think, got a good deal of benefit from the visit as they seemed to lenow what they were looking for and apparently are two very capable men. We should have liked to have them stay longer at our property, but their itinerary was fixed for them and we disliked to change it. They made full use of the time they were with us, and we, of course, had a nice visit with them regard^ ing the conditions in Scotland at the present time particularly at the properties of your company. The automatic Duckbill, with shaking conveyors, I am sure will work out very well in some of your work. Joy machines are good for sinking slopes of limited dip, say, up to 10 degrees. The Joy can also be used to drive entries where you can drive at least three places simultaneously. The only thing, of course, with mechanical loading is to keep the loader busy. We had a fine meeting with the Rock Springs Chapter of the A.I.M.E. here, and we included quite a number of business men here to have dinner with us in the evening. The Rock Springs Canadian Legion had a fine party on Wednesday evening which we all enjoyed. It was fine that Mr. McAuliffe could be present during the entire visit. He is still very active and a remarkable man. During the years I have been associated with him, I have become more and more attached to him. �Dr. William Reid - 2 - April 15, 1944 I have recently written to a friend of mine, Captain S. J. Giovale, who is with the American Medical Corps somewhere in Britain,, I have asked him, if he is in the vicinity of your home, to call upon you. Before he joined the Army, he was a doctor at one of our mining districts. we are still having the same difficulty with shortage of men and large labor turnover, plus absenteeism,. Our experience is very similar to your own with the absenteeism growing in direct proportion to increases in wages and earnings. I am sure you will have a great meeting with Messrs. Buchanan and King upon their return. Give ny regards to them, Mr. Carlow, and your father, and I hope to write to them sometime before long. Sincerely yourp. Original Signed: GEORGE B. PRYDE �April 15, 1944 Mr. G. R. Buchanan The Fife Coal Company (Limited) Cowdenbeath, Fifeshire, Scotland Dear Mr. Buchanan: It was very kind of you to write me from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, prior to your leaving for home. I hope you enjoyed the remainder of your visit in America after leaving Rock Springs. I derived a great deal of personal pleasure in meeting both you and Hr. King because you talk ry language and come from very near my old home. I shall not soon forget the fine visit we had. It would be entirely all right for you to write me anytime either you or Mr. King have a problem you do not fully understand, and I shall be only too glad to answer anything you may ask, giving you any information I can. We of The Union Pacific Coal Company family are e:±remely interested in the developments going on in your mines with the adaptation of the mechanical loading. I shall do everything possible to help you. Weather has warmed up somewhat, but we have had an esctremely long, cold winter and are looking forward to warmer weather. Mrs. Pryde has been in Seattle, Washington, with sonin-lav; and daughter. Mrs, Frost, ny daughter and her two children are still staying with me. Hay I again express ny pleasure in meeting you and hope we may again meet at some future time. My best regards to you and Mr. King. Sincerely yours, Original Signed: GEORGE B. PRYDE �lluquesne (Club ^JiHsburgh 2si o' /‘7^4/- ��4/ 080-3 April 10, 1944 iir. J. D„ A, Morrow, president, Joy Manufacturing Company, Franklin, Pa. My dear John: Many thanks for yours of th© 7th. X would like to have the two Scots on our payroll if we had a job for them; Z think they are both bang-up mining men. We try to do a real Job of British hospitality when a fellow from ths Island comes over* and Dro William Heid, who sent these two men over, has been on our pro­ perty, and we hear from him very frequently, their mines located dos© to where Mr. Pryde was born. We had beastly weather when the Scots were with us, but they took it in good form. X under stand Mr. J. B. Mavor of Mavor & Coulson is on the way over here, in fact he sent me a wireless to that effect several days ago, but without detail as to his arrival. Plan to ooms out next summer and see us. We will tp.be care of you even better than we did th© Scots. Sincerely yours, C'-fgiE J cfJ‘. 1 EUGENE McAUUFFE �Apr!1 7, IS <14 Ur. nurene IIcAuliffe, President The inion Pacific Coal Company 1416 lodge Street Omaha 2. Nebraska Dear Dene I have just left J King and they are certainl^y: way you and Georg© Pryde/i^so' Springs. They found t;trip q interesting ai'-d enjoyed personally very much. of ours of tlic Bri t i sh L' ue 1 seeing Americ equipment as ill as Je and the an of ' ,ucaai id ol praxso or the of then at Rock to the ost very - <z hey had with OU themselves eus toners ‘icial representatives me interested in " me two ds generally; Joy ey, Goodman and Sullivan e were our vasts. want such a fijje example of American hospitality inte st in their mission everything is going noil with both h best regards. Sincerely yours JO ::ad u:acturt i;g cgiipai; y narrow cc • IJr. George Pryde Onion Pacific Cool Company Rock Springs, ‘.yarning / • VJ �Rock Springs - March 23, 1%4 Mr, Eugene McAuliffe; I an sending you today, under separate cover, a photograph of Messrs, H, R, King and G, R. Buchanan, these sent rae by Mr, L, E, Brown, Special Representative, Jestinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co,, Salt Lake City, Utah, Original Signed-: GEORGE B. PRVDE �March 23 s Mr. Lo E. Brown Special Representative Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Coo 10 »7. First South Street Salt Lake City 1P Utah Dear Ero Brovm: I am indebted to you for the two photographs sent to me of our friends H« Ro King and Go Ro Buchanano I have forwarded one to Er, McAuliffe for his filco Sincerely yoursp Original Signed?. GEORGE B. PRYDE �ELECTRIC er MANUFACTURING COMPANY * Mr. George B. Pryde Vice President Union Pacific Coal Company Rock Springs, Wyoming IO W. FIRST SOUTH STREET SALT LAKE CITY 1, UTAH March 21, 1944 Dear Mr. Pryde: The Deseret News have very kindly furnished me with two prints of the picture appearing in their issue of March 16. This covers your friends H. R. King and G. R. Buchanan, and I thought possibly you might want to forward one copy to Mr. McAuliffe. Very truly yours, BROWN Special Representative leb/ec WESTINGHOUSE—THE NAME THAT MEANS EVERYTHING IN ELECTRICITY ���March 20, 1944 Mr. L. E. Brown 10 W. First South Street Salt Lake City 1, Utah Dear Lrr. Brown; I am in receipt of the two copies of the Deseret Mews of March 16th which you most kindly sent me. I wish to e:ctend ay thanks for sane. The Scotchmen had a very good visit here, and v;e enjoyed having them. '—-—Sincerely yours. Original Signed GEORGE 8. PRVDE �WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC er MANUFACTURING COMPANY * IO W. FIRST SOUTH STREET SALT LAKE CITY 1, UTAH Mr. George Pryde Vice President Union Pacific Coal Company Rock Springs, Wyoming. March 17» 1944. Dear Mr. Pryde Enclosed please find two copies of the Deseret News of March the 16th. You will note the news item on the first page of section two with photographs of Mr. H.R. King and G.R. Buchanan. It was a real pleasure to meet these gentlemen and have them see the Utah Copper operation at Bingham, which they enjoyed immensely. Sincerely, WESTINGHOUSE—THE NAME THAT MEANS EVERYTHING IN ELECTRICITY �Rock Springs - March IS, 1944 Mr. Eugene McAuliffe: I an attaching herewith three photographs that Mr, Vi’illiams took here on Wednesday, March 15th. You may wish to send one each to Messrs, King and Buchanan and have one for your own files. If you desire additional copies, I can send then to you as we have the negative here. cane out very well. Original Signed: '''■■'GF 8. PRYDE Enc. The pictures �At Rock Springs, Wyoming March 16, 1944 Mr, Arthur Co Green Goodman Manufacturing Company Halsted Street and 48th Place Chicago 9, Illinois Dear Mr. Green; Yours of March 13th; We had a splendid tine rd.th the Scots, tak­ ing them into Stansbury, Reliance, and Rock Springs No. 4o Tiie two last compare with their conditions, and I am sure the operation of the Duckbill is pleasing to them. They left last night to visit the Kenilworth Mine, Mr, Schloss meeting them in Salt Lake City this morning. There is some doubt of their ability to visit this mine due to the blocked roads. In any case, they are fixed with transportation and xvill arrive in Chicago on the Union Pacific City of Denver at 10;40 a.m,, Sunday, March 19th, <<e had no salesman in Rock Springs, Sincerely yours, Original Signed: EUGENE McAULlFFE �P. 0. Box 417 Bock Soring s, Wyoming . March 11, 1944. Dear Mr. Pryde, The article in Saturday’s Rocket stating that Mr. King and Mr. Buchanan of the Fife Coal Company, Scotland, would be visitors in Rock Springs, set the Ladies Social Club of the Canadian Legion to wondering if it would be a nresumption on their part to tressnass on the prerogatives of the Union Pacific Coal Company (hosts to these executives during their stay here) to organize a British concert at which both gentlemen would be asked to say a few words, and the ladies have asked me to approach you for your advice and to request that you use your influence in this regard. With this in mind I called your office on Saturday and was informed that you were out of town and would not return until Monday Mrs. Outsen referred me to Mr. Bayless to whom I outlined the thought of the ladies. Mr. Bayless was very co-operative and thought that both Mr. King and Mr. Buchanan would be in Rock Springs over Wednes­ day nqight, and suggested that the Ladies club make tentative nlans and contact your office on Monday for your opinion as to what might be done, and when. The Ladies Club have completed tentative plans which roughly have the following outline: That a British concert be held in the Congregational Church on Wednesday evening at 8 PM. (Concert be similiar in structure to the Burns’ concert recently held in Rock Springs). That admission be free and the public invited. That a cup of tea be served after the concert. That Mr. King and Mr. Buchanan be asked to tell a little some­ thing about ”0ur Ain Folk” in their struggle against the Germans. That Mr. McAuliffe and Mr. Pryde be asked to honour the concert by their nresence on the platform. That the concert-chairman arrange his continuity to suit the convenience of the distinguished guests, in the event they can stay for part of the programme only. T would greatly appreciate a telephone call at 100 at your convenience on Monday so that I can relay your thought to the ladies. Yours very truly, Alexander Braes. �THE DAILY ROCKET March 11, 1%4 W@ ©@ffi iiWffl 7© 111 1W Two executives of The Fife Coal company, one of the major coal producing companies in Scotland, will arrive in Rock Springs next Monday to study operations of The Union Pacific Coal company mines here. The men are H. R. King andV-------------------------------------------------G. R. Buchanan, agent and plan­ ning engineer, respectively, for at the Dead Horse Canyon club house. Arrangements for the gath­ the Scotland company. William Reed, now general man­ ering are in charge of V. O. Mur­ ager of The Fife Coal company, ray, chairman, and R. R. Knill, made a visit to The Union Pacific secretary of the chapter. Coal company mines in Sweetwat­ The meeting promises to be a er county in September, 1934, and most interesting one, as the Scot­ Kenneth H. McNeel, now deceased, tish visitors will no doubt have also of the same company, made much valuable information to give a visit here in October, 1935. the members and guests of the A number of the British mines, engineering chapter. including The Fife company, have enviable safety records and have installed American mining ma­ chinery shipped from the United States. This equipment includes undercutting machines, shaking conveyors and mobile loaders. The two officials of the Scot­ land company are now in this country to study American mining methods and the operation of me­ chanical loaders with the view of increasing production at their mines. Additional coal is badly needed in the British Isles at the present time because of the war. They will be accompanied to Rock Springs by Eugene McAu­ liffe of Omaha, president of The Union Pacific Coal company. The ■ three men will be guests of honor at a meeting of the Rock Springs chapter of the A. I. M. E. to be held at 6 o’clock Monday evening �iPost (Office EJepartment PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE TO AVOID PAYMENT Or POSTAGE, $V.3 Passports mailed March 15, 1944 to r ED :POS^ J. P. Strachan, Esq. British Ministry of Supply Mission 1801 K Street N.W. Washington, D. C. Via registered mail - No. 4190 Return Receipt Reguested - Special Delivery War fund Return tn (NAME OF SENDSP) Street and Number,\ or Post Office Box.) REGISTERED ARTICLE No?Ost OfficeINSURED PARCEL tlo... . State �Form 2191 9-41-1OMM UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY ----------- M Time Filed. ■ W ROCK springs ticket OFFICE LIAR 14,44 COPY GBP TELEGRAM SG THE BEST ’IE ARE ABLE TO SECURE II! SPACE FOR BUCHANAN & KING ARE UPPERS 5 & 6 CAR N-l TEN 23 DUE CUT 9:10 PR, MARCH 15-44 I MOULD SUGGEST THEY KEEP THE TICKETS THEY KOI I HAVE AND TENDER / THE! FOR A REFUND EITHER AT SALT LAKE PULLMAN OFFICE OR AT DE!’VER, PURCHASING TICKETS FOR THE UPPERS ’IE AES HOLDING FOR THEM. II BYRD TA �Form 2191 9-41-10MM UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY Time Filed TELEGRAM M — .... COPY 10 gr dm rush Denver Colo 522 PM Mar 14, 1944 EUGEI-T MCAULIFFE SG NO FILE DRAWING- ROOM CAR U-15 SCHLOSS AND SCHUBART MARCH 18 TIT LIMIT MARCH 17 5 PM Y-1809 KNM 647 Hl iGIG^L OG f&ii O, ■<' XL-.-. �c. s. Form 2191 9-41-10M M UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY Time Filed. TELEGRAM M SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH iftRCH 14, 1944 EL'cA - ROCK SPRINGS, 'TO’TNG YOUR TIRE THIRTEENTH D A- RG" CCLFIRI’S RESERVATIONS II' NAIL OF C.I'. SCHLOSS OF DEALING Ru.L AND COL'PAFT1E:.:T LEAVING SALT LAKE CITY TRAIN NO. 8 5:00 P..V. FRIDAY 17TH K421 FHK A �C. S. 9-41-10M M Form 2191 UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY Time Filed M TELEGRAM Rock Springs - March 13, 1944 2/q KNICKERBOCKER Salt Lake City C M Schloss of Schloss and Shubart denver arranging reservations D and RG train eight leaving Salt Lake five PM Friday seventeenth gentlemen hero under auspices British government friends of Ernie assure D and RG people they have tickets and confirm reservations made by Schloss. Eugene McAuliffe �c. s. 9-41-10M M Form 2191 UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY Time Filed M TELEGRAM Rock Springs =■ ILrch 13 2 1944 PRICE DENVER SCHLOSS aND SHUBhRT DENVER MADE ARRANGEMENTS DHL,’IRQ ROOM LS3SRS. KIBG ziND BUCHANAN DENVER TO CHICAGO CITY GF DENVER SATURDAY EVENING EIGHTEENTH I SI J OVER HERE UNDER AUSPICES BRITISH GOVERNMENT OH TIGHT SCHEDULE PLEASE CuHFIRl! 3 AND S RESERVATIONS. ■UGENE ISAULIFFE �X WST'iRN UNION J. Do A, Korrovzj Presidents March 13D 1944 Jcy Jiinufae tuning Company Franklinj, Pa. SCOTS «RRIV;U HERE THIS aFTLRNCON «NXIGUS SPEND ADDITIONAL TILE HERE CONTACTED SCHLOSS IN S.xLT LAKE CITY WILL LEET THEM THEIR uRRIVAL THURSDAY AM SIXTEENTH VISITING INDEPENDENT COMPANY MINE KENILWORTH FRIDAY GETTING D & F.G SALT LAKE Uli PRICE FIRDaY NIGHT THENCE CHICAGO VIA DENVER ON SCHEDULE. EUGENS MCAULIFFE �Messrso King and Buchanan arrive Salt Lake City 5:40 a.m., Thursday* March 16 th* meeting Mr0 C. M. Schloss at Hotel Utah who has arranged Pullman space Salt Lake City to Denver Do & RoGoRoR<> No, 8 leaving Salt Lake City 5 p«>m.9 Friday* March 17th0 Mr» Schloss will put the gentlemen on train Noo 8 at Price or Salt Lake City* arriving Denver 9;50 a.m.* Saturday* March 18tho Mro Schloss has arranged Pullman transportation Union Pacific City of Denver to Chicago leaving Denver 5 p<>nio* Saturday* March 18th* arriving Chicago 10:40 a<,m<>* Sunday* March 19tho �1’01 Class of Service This is a full-rate Telegram or Cable­ gram" ’nless its de­ ferred unaracter is in­ dicated by a suitable symbol above or pre­ ceding the address. NEWCOMB CARLTON J. C. WILLEVER The filine time shown in the date'line on telegrams and day letters is STANDARD TIME at point of origin. Time of receipt is STANDARD TIME at point of destination 1<H 65 20=MADI SONVfi LLE KY 11 708P GEORGE PRYDE= ’•VICE PRESIDENT UNION PACIFIC COAL CORP RW=- 'LEAVING CHICAGO TOMORROW CITY OF LOSANGELES FOR ROCK SPRINGS STOP IF CONVENIENT TO YOU MAY WE STAY REMAINDER OF WEEK= BUCHANONr. THE COMPANY WILL APPRECIATE SUGGESTIONS FROM ITS PATRONS CONCERNING ITS SERVICE �c. s. Form 2191 UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY Time Filed TELEGRAM M ROCK oSSIHSu - L’AUCH 11, 1944 EEcAj OFAIIA r; iseiivations hade w white eouotaih lodge for imic, buch^nan, and youruelf ALL AIT.UVIEG 13TH B-18 CBP 9-41-10M M �Rock Springs - March 10s 1944 Mro Eugene McAuliffe: I handed ths following article to Er. Do Go Richardson to be published in the Rock Springs Rocket of March 11 s 1914 o Orijina' SiCn ed: GECiltt b Enc �KTo H. Ro King, Agent of The Fife Coal Company, and Mr. G. R<> Buchanan, Planning Engineer of the same company, will arrive in Rock Springs, Monday afternoon, March 13th, to study the operations of The Union Pacific Coal Company mines here, Dr0 Uilliam Reed, now General Manager of The Fife Coal Company, made a visit to The Union Pacific Coal Comoany mines in Seotember, 193A, and Mr. Kenneth H. McNeel, now deceased, also of the same company made a visit here in October, 1935» A number of the British mines, including The Fife Coal Company which is one of the major coal producing coal companies in Scotland and has an enviable safety record, have installed American mining machinery, consisting of undercutting machines, shaking conveyors, and mobile loaders, shipped from the United States. These two officials of the company are now in this country studying American mining methods and the operation of mechanical loaders with the view of increasing production at their mines. Additional coal is badly needed in the British Isles at the present time on account of the war. Messrs. King and Buchanan will be accompanied to Rock Springs by Mr. Eugene McAuliffe, President of The Union Pacific Coal Company, and in the evening of the 13th, the Rock Springs Chapter of the A.I.M.E., of which Mr. V. 0. Murray is Chairman and Mr. R. R. Knill is Secretary, has arranged a meeting in honor of the visitors and Mr. McAuliffe who is past president of the A.I.M.E. Dinner will be served at the Dead Horse Canyon Club House at 6 p.m., and the meeting promises to be a most interest­ ing one as the Scottish visitors will no doubt have much valuable informa­ tion to give the members and guests of the Engineering Chapter. �Mr. Ho Ro King, Agent of The Fife Coal Company, and l£r. G. R* Buchanan, Planning Engineer of the same company, vd.ll arrive in Rock Springs, Monday afternoon, March 13th, to study the operations of The Union Pacific Coal Company mines here. Dr, '.illiam Reed, now General Manager of The Fife Goal Company, made a visit to The Union Pacific Coal Company mines in September, 1934, and Mr. Kenneth II. McNeel, now deceased, also of‘the same company made a visit here in October, 1935» A number of the British mines, including The Fife Coal Company which is one of the major coal producing coal companies in Scotland and has an enviable safety record, have installed American mining machinery, consisting of undercutting machines, shaking conveyors, and mobile loaders, sliipped from the United States. These two officials of the company are now in this country studying American mining methods and the operation of mechanical loaders with the view of increasing production at their mines. Additional coal is badly needed in the British Isles at the present time on account of the war. Messrs. King and Buchanan will be accompanied to Rock Springs by Mr. Eugene McAuliffe, President of The Union Pacific Coal Company, and in the evening of the 13th, the Rock Springs Chapter of the A.I.M.E., of which Mr. V. 0. Murray is Chairman and Mr. R. R. Enill is Secretary, has arranged a meeting in honor of the visitors and Mr. McAuliffe who is past president of the A.I.M.E. Dinner will be served at ths Dead Horse Canyon Club House at 6 p.ra., and the meeting promises to be a most interest­ ing one as the Scottish visitors will no doubt have much valuable informa­ tion to give the members and guests of the Engineering Chapter. �•>( Goodman Manufachuhwo Company Electric Mining Machinery MAIN OFFICE AND PLANT HALSTED STREET AND 48TH PLACE CHICAGO, 704 DENVER NATIONAL BUILDING ILLINOIS DENVER, COLO. Zone 2 DENVER TELEPHONE TABOR 5090 March 7, 1944 Mr. George B. Pryde, Vice President Union Pacific Coal Company Rock Springs, Wyoming Dear Mr. Pryde: I just had a phone call'from Mr. Green regarding your friends, Mr,. H. R. King and Mr. G. R. Buchanan, .who are over here from England looking over mechanical" loading for the Fife Coal Company. Mr. Green met them at the station in Chicago Sunday morn­ ing and put them up at the South Shore Country Club Sun­ day. They spent Monday going through our factory and were very much impressed by its size and the quantity of equipment we are turning out and by the fact that we make all of our own equipment, Including motors. They had a schedule laid out that contemplated visiting a number of larger mines using mobile equipment. However, they told Mr. Green they were primarily interested in Shaker Conveyors with Duckbills as they felt this equip­ ment was the only loading device they could employ satis­ factorily in their properties. Because of this, Mr. Green changed their schedule so they will have ample opportunity to see what they by all means should look at. Today they are at the Bugos-White Coal Company at Gilles­ pie, Illinois, which mine uses all Shaker Conveyors, dis­ charging onto belts. Tomorrow they will visit the Shear Coal and Coke Company at Canton, Illinois, which is also a Duckbill mine. On Thursday they will go to Harrisburg, Illinois and look over a Joy loader installation which the Joy Company is anxious for them to see. Thursday night one of our men, Mr. Hall, will meet them at Harrisburg and drive them to Madisonville, Kentucky where they will see further Shaker Conveyor installations in low coal. They will return to Chicago Sunday morning and Mr. Green will again meet them at the train and put them up for the day at the South Shore Country Club, subsequently putting them on the train for Rock Springs Sunday night. They will arrive at Green River Monday afternoon in accordance with the instructions they have passed on to you. �March 7, 1944 Sheet #2 Mr. George B. Pryde They at first planned on spending only Monday afternoon and Tuesday at Rock Springs, proceeding to Utah Tuesday night. Mr. Green has told them that Rock Springs and the Union Pacific Coal Company offer the very best possible chance for them to see and learn the best application of Shaking Conveyors and has prevailed upon them to spend more time than originally planned in Rock Springs. We don't know how long they will stay in Rock Springs but they surely should stay there several days and I feel sure that after talking with you they will be agreeable to spending more time with you and your very fine organization. I know you will urge them to do this. From Rock Springs they will visit Utah and I .am today mak­ ing arrangements with Dave Bryson to take them under his wing. I would like to have them see Bryson's Conveyor work at Sunnyside and if they are going to look at cater­ pillar mounted loading equipment I also think they should see Clear Creek which is a track mounted loader mine. Clear Creek is doing by far the best job with mobile loading equipment of any mine in Utah. Mr. Green and, I believe, Mir. McAuliffe are both of the opinion that Messrs. Buchanan and King would be more effect ively sold on the use of Shaker Conveyors and Duckbills if I, or in fact any Goodman man, were not to tag- around with them at Rock Springs. For this reason it is felt that it would be better if I did not meet them at Rock Springs, at least until they are ready to leave. I do think I should take them to Utah if they go there because I know that un­ less they go to the right people there they could leave Utah with a lot of bad information. This is primarily why I want Dave Bryson to give them the true picture of the Utah situation. I think it would be very dangerous to turn them loose in a strange country to make a quick survey of mining in Utah without knowing they are getting good authen tic information. I want to thank you for your extreme kindness in inviting me to be with these people at your properties. I believe that Mr. McAuliffe and Mr. Green have the right slant on it and that it is best that I stay away from Rock Springs. District Manager CEM c Whor t e r : mo �Saturday, Jan* 27; Sunday, Jan. 28, 1940 DECEMBER |l Su Mo Tu V/o Th Fr Sa 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 192021 22 23 242526272829 30 | 27th and 28th Days |V JANUARY i SunMonTueWedThu Fri Sat 12 3 4 5 6 7 3 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Patented FEBRUARY Su Mo Tu V/o Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 II 12 13 1415 1617 18 192021222324 (2526272829 339 and 338 Days to Como �080-3 Omaha - March 3, 1944 Mr. G. B„ PrycLe: Confirming phone conversation this morning, I quote message from Mr. J. D. A. Morrow, President, Joy Manufacturing Company, Franklin, Pennsylvania, dated March 2: "Buchanan and King desire leave Rock Springs Tues­ day night, March 14th, on Union Pacific 21-23 for Salt Lake City. Will you please ask Pollock have space for them accordingly. Thank you." Today Mr. Green of the Goodman called me up and asked that we give them a full opportunity to investi­ gate Goodman equipment, it apparent that Mr. Green thinks the Joy people have the inside track. Mr. Schloss will convoy the gentlemen from Rock �ATTENTION’ MR. PRYDE A I f\ Hock Springs - liarch 3, 1944 .' I , . „ .. (CC: -‘T» Ko Ho Knill) I am attaching copy of letters from ^r. McAuliffe to Hr, Pryde Er. V. 0. Hurray; stating the time of the arrival of Messrs. King and wuchunan, who arc from Scotland. I v.ould suggest that you call an A.-‘••U.S. resting for Monday, March 13ths dinner to be served at 6 at Howard’s Cafe. In addition to inviting all members of the A.I.M.E., I would suggest that Messrs, L, H, Brown, A, L, Taliaferro, uayor,Dr. To H, Roe; Chairman of the Lion’s Club, Ur. S. L, Voucher; Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce, ^r. Claude Elias; Er<> g. R. Hctzler of the Mountain i'uel, Orlo Hetts/t John Hay, Jr. be invited, lou ray think of ether prominent business men who should be included, would suggest also that you in­ clude the Hine Superintendents fi’om Hock Springs, Reliance, Stansbury, winton, and Superior. The invitations should be send out as quickly as possible to the men, and you should have prepared a number of copies of the list of those invited. Of course you will also arrange for the dinner at Howards, giving them as much information as is now on hand, this to be done as quickly as possible, youto notify Howard later as to the exact number who will be present �080-3 - A/ ■ \ 1< / Omaha, March 1, 1944. Mr. G. B, Pryde: Mr. J. D. A. Morrow called me from Pittsburgh this even­ ing, advising that Messrs. King and Buchanan are in Pittsburgh today, and will leave Chicago on Streamliner No. 103, Sunday night, March 12th, arriving Green River 2:55 PM, Monday, March 13. Will you please arrange to meet this pair of Scots at Green River, talcing care of them as per my previous a,dvice? I will either go out with them or join them in Rock Springs. co - Mr. A. C. Green, Go o diiian Mf g. Co., Chicago, Ill. Euge ne MeAuliffe �080-3 Omaha - March 1, 1944 Mr. G. B. Pry de: Not hearing anything from Dr. William Reid about the Scottish visitors, Messrs. Buchanan and King, Mr. Green has wired the British Purchasing Commission in Washington, inquiring of Mr. Strachan what, if anything,'he has heard of these two gentlemen. I think we can depend on Mr. Green to follow up as soon as they arrive, giving you advance notice of their visit to Rock Springs. As stated to you, I would like to be there during their stay, at which time we should put on a good meeting of the Wyoming Section of the A. I. M. E. �Send the following message, subject to the terms on back hereof, which are hereby agreed to WANT A REPLY? C 0 P Y Chicago, March 1, 1944 0 "Answer by WESTERN UNION" or similar phrases may be Included without charge. Eugene McAuliffe, Pres., Union Pacific Coal Co., 1416 Dodge St., Omaha, Nebr. Mr. Strachan of Bureau Purchasing Commission in Washington advises us by telegram this morning Messrs. Buchanan and King left Washington last night for Pittsburgh to see Joy Company. They will contact us later. I will keep you advised. A. C. Green, Goodman Mfg. Co. Mr. Pryde: For your information. EMcA 3-1-44 �Class of Service This is a full-rate Telep-im or Cablegran' tIcss its de­ ferred character is in­ dicated by a suitable symbol above or pre­ ceding the address. A. N. WILLIAMS PRESIDENT The filing time shown in the date line on telegrams and day letters is STANDARD TIME at point of origin. Time of receipt is STANDARD TIME at point of destination >KHA24 DL=DENVER COLO MAR 1 1O25A ' GEORGE B PRYDE VICE PRES= •UNION PACIFIC COAL CO RW= HAVE TAKEN CARE OF FLOWERS FOR CHARLES FUNERAL FOR YOU MR BAYLESS AND GENERAL OFFICE-. HAVE NOT YET HEARD WHEN MESSRS BUCHANAN AND KI MG WILL ARRIVE FROM ENGLAND BUT THEY PLAN TO GET IN TOUCH WITH US THROUGH BRITISH PURCHASING COMMISSION UPON ARRIVAL= C E MCWHORTER'-. ■ v\ . - THE COMPANY WILL APPRECIATE SUGGESTIONS FROM ITS PATRONS CONCERNING ITS SERVICE �080-3 Omaha - February 25, 1944 Mr. G„ Bo Prydes Relative to the visit of Messrs. Buchanan and King from Fife: I discussed the matter with Mr. Green by telephone in Chicago, and later personally In New York, this week, and while he has not heard from them, it will be his plan to send them out to you If they desire to go, giving you advance notice of their arrival. I think we should make their visit the occasion for holding a meeting of the Wyoming Section, getting them to tell us something about the British system, which meeting I would like to attend. �Rock Spring; - February 23 s Mr. Eugene McAuliffe; I have yours of February 18ths file 080-3. I shall be glad to look out for Messrs. Buchanan and King of The Fife Coal Company. Original Signed: geoe b. pryde �080-3 Omaha - February 18, 1944 Mr. Go B„ Pryde; I have the following cable from Dr. William Reid, Kirk Caldy: "Buchanan and King, production officials of this company, will contact you through Goodman end February. Grate­ ful for visiting facilities." I xvill call the Goodman Company tomorrow and sug­ gest to them that they send these gentlemen through from Chicago to Rock Springs, giving you notice of their arrival. I would like to have you give them full opportunity of inspecting mechanical loading, safety, and other matters, putting them up at White Mountain Inn as our guests. �All Communications to be addressed to the Company Head office, Leven, Fife. Telegrams “Carlow, Phone. Leven." "Fifcol," Cowdenbeath telephone Nos „ 161 a 162 Leven Nos 3181 to 3185 Cowdenbeath. 1.7±h.. -Fe.bw Tnvrsc.ay Your Ref Our Ref R/TS. Mr. George 3. Pry de, Vice President, The inion Pacific Coal Co., Rock Springs, ’. Y 01. ING, U. S. A • Dear Mr. Pryde, ere are two m- re fellow Scotsmen, George R. huchanan and Henry 'A. Hing, coming to you for infer lation on coal face loading They will recognise you at once from the photograph right behind my desk side by side with that of . r. McAuliffe. They are looking forward to this meeting very much indeed. Kindest regards to you and hrs. Pryde. Yours sincerely, �<■ NO. 1 �be; . Mr Pryde 410-05 December 16, 1943 Mr. Donald Eindson The Ashing-ton Coal Gomoany Limited Ashington, Northumberland, England - Dear Mr. Eindson: Your letter of November S2 arrived yesterday and I hasten to make renly. First, under separate cover I am sending you a copy of our February and December, 1943, Employes Magazines. On page 53 of the February issue you will find ail of the information for the five years requested, and on page 62 you will find the rules governing our safety awards for 1943. In the December number, page 50?,, you will find our overall safety record, 96,724. man­ hours. per lost time accident for the first 10 months, against 148,433 for the same neriod in 1942, and 117,097- for the year 1942. Answering your questions in the order asked; the "vital principle1' governing our program was the prise appeal, which not only meant getting something, but in addition human nature is so constituted that it is always interested in a gambling enterprise.. In ray opinion, the chance of winning a prize does enter into the conduct of the individual while"work­ ing in and about the mines. I am definitely certain that the desire to avoid loss of life, limb, or working time ‘is not upper­ most in.the minds of the great majority. You. will observe, by reading the Run of the Mine articles in the December magazine, where our labor situation has gone. I look on Mr. Lewis as a menace to war production; but the fact remains that he has the entire Washington hierarchy afraid of him. So far we have been faced with a mild winter, but with two or three weeks of severe western winter weather, or even throughout the east, we will have a real coal famine. I enclose a little booklet showing the measure of wages we are paying under the’ "portal to portal" agreement, effective �Mr. Donald Hindson 12/16/45 November 15. During the last two or three days we have had some fifty men in a new mine on strike against their own agreement. The wages paid are perfectly ridiculous, three or four hundred men refusing to work the first four days in order to qualify for the higher wages on Friday and Saturday. If the measure of government interference in the conduct of our coal mining industry expands such further, we will have complete chaos. What we should have is an amendment to the laws, insuring full Justice to all 'workers, fixing at the same time the measure of responsibility on their part toward the consuming public. I think I know Mr. Wheeler of the Joy Company; at least 1 know of him. I understand he is a very good man. The Duckbill was developed and patented on our property, thereafter sold to the Goodman Manufacturing Company of Chicago. Your story of near misses is most interesting. I hope your son will return in good shape and that I will have the privilege of meeting you when the war is over, as I fully intend to run across for one more ‘’look see'5, as our old Chinamen would say. Very cordially yours, Cdsteifa^-5 WGHNEMgAUUFFE RECEIVED v1GE-PRESID^T oF£RATION_S__ �copy THE ASHINGTON COAL COMPANY LIMITED Colliery Office, Ashington, Northumberland. Nov. 22nd, 1943 Dear Mr. McAuliffe: The time has come for me to introduce myself as Agent for this group of collieries. You have occasionally heard from and written to our Mr. Docherty, Safety Office. Now it is my turn. First - I write at home out in the country at 8:30 p^m., on a damp November night by the side of a decent fire spite of fuel shortage It is here I do my quiet thinking and construc­ tive work or plans - no doubt it is in the operations and con­ tacts where life pulsates that the real valuable work is done as we cannot live to ourselves, we’ve got to get amongst people. I read your last Magazine with much interest - that in which you became an "old timer". Good fortune to you and your grand efforts. We admire you here - one day I’d like to meet you. We have been restudying your prize safety scheme - wonder­ ing what is the VITAL PRINCIPLE which gets there. Is it interest aroused through the money or prize appeal; is it interest produc­ ing better workmanship, or just what is it in your considered opinion? Do you exclude attendance as a qualification and if so, why? Doesn't the man who gets in the greatest attendance run the greatest risk, i.e., time exposure, or is this offset by the fact that he is generally a better workman all round? We have not been successful with a similar scheme and naturally wonder why. Since the war our rate has rocketted to 50$ over prewar and this is general over here. Are you feeling the blast now and to what extent? We have over here a Mr. Wheeler of "Joy, Inc." advising on installations of American equipment, and so we become more closely allied in thought and deed. We, ourselves, are installing duckbills in a 4'-0" seam with a very soft roof where present output is approximately 1.75 tons per underground shift. Small compared with your large figures. Labour problems are many and difficult in these times, but at heart the men are sound, more especially as individuals. �- 2 - In the mass they act unreasonably at ’times and quickly react to news. Your strikes soon infect our men - to what extent do yours reciprocate? Our Essential Works Order, guaranteeing a week’s pay and limiting management's disciplinary actions has upset morale greatly. The men are not ready for such a leap forward and in war times it misses the mark badly. In effect the men seem to say there is money about when a war has to be fought and here the government shows how we can get something for nothing and we will make the most of it. And they do. One wonders at times why output has not fallen even more. Still it is good to be helping in these mighty times, and one would not have it easy. The harder the game the more enjoyable it becomes. My younger boy is in the Army, having broken his Cambridge studies. The elder is reserved in mining. I did my bit in the last, being.a young engineer in the Field Corps. Whilst, as I said earlier, we live out in the country, we have had our share of "near misses" all round - about 15 bombs in all - one leaving a hole 70' across and 40' deep not far from the house. Probably a nearby searchlight has been the attraction. Then we had 57 panes blown in - and out - and later I saw the Hun come in and drop a direct hit on one of our colliery fan houses - complete destruction. This was a Saturday evening and we started up Monday morning with a standby fan and holes and gaps all over the place patched up. Lately we have been unmolested. Well now I've finished for the present and hope to hear from you in due course. Meantime may I say thank you for helpful letters and information you have personally sent from time to time. Congratulations upon becoming an old timer and to your good work. Yours truly, /s/ Donald Hindson RECEIVED DEC 18 1243 VICE-PRESHjiwT OPERATIONS ����ASHDTGTOJ' COAL C0UE&.KY LTD. EG ZE. STRUG ICRS. ��sX.i- L.T. .. • ��������� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Union Pacific Collection Description An account of the resource 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> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Regarding a Visit from Great Britain Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource CC BY-NC-ND Date Created Date of creation of the resource. Nov 1943-Mar 1945 Subject The topic of the resource Mine Visits, Great Britain, 1943, 1944, 1945 Description An account of the resource Letters regarding visits from Great Britian. Includes photographs from these visits. All documents are held together by a brass pin. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Eugene McAuliffe, I.N. Bayless, J.B. Sproston, C.J. Potter, A. Miller, George B. Pryde, H.R. King, J.D.A. Morrow, L.E. Brown, Alexander Braes, A.C. Green, Donald Hindson Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1-0320 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Union Pacific Coal Co.