2014 JW Marriott Starr Pass Resort & Spa, Tucson, Arizona 2014 Program
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Thirty-Second Annual American Mining Hall of Fame Awards Presentation BANQUET & FUNDRAISER Saturday, December 6th, 2014 JW Marriott Starr Pass Resort & Spa, Tucson, Arizona 2014 Program 6:15 p.m. Reception 7:00 p.m. Banquet 8:00 p.m. Ceremony Welcoming Remarks: Mark Baker, president, mfsw Introduction of Head Table and Other Honored Guests: Mark Baker Outreach Education Program: Pamela A.K. Wilkinson u of a - lowell institute for mineral resources Introduction of Inductees: A. John Broderick, vice president, mfsw Presentation of Inductees Patrick E. Connor From Mining’s Past (1820-1892) by A. John Broderick: Earl T. Stannard (1882-1949) Arthur B. Parsons (1887-1966) accepted by Paul S. Harter Ernest R. Dickie (1902-1955) accepted by his son, Larry R. Dickie Presentation of Medals of Merit Corale L. and James A. Brierley by A. John Broderick: David E. Nicholas Presentation of Medal of Merit Scott M. Shields Under age 40 by A. John Broderick: Presentation of Industy Partnership Empire Southwest by A. John Broderick: accepted by Jeff Whiteman, president & ceo Presentation of Special Recognition Employees of Rio Tinto Kennecott by Mark Baker: Bingham Canyon Mine accepted by Matthew Lengerich, general mgr., mining Grand Door Prize: Mark Baker selected by Eileen Fitzmaurice Presentation of Inductee Armine Frederick Banfield, Jr. by Mark Baker: Featured Address: Armine Frederick Banfield, Jr. Adjournment: Mark Baker 2014 Sponsors PLATINUM ASARCO LLC Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. Independent Mining Consultants, Inc. Joy Global Komatsu America Corp. M3 Engineering & Technology Corporation MineSight GOLD Ames Construction, Inc. Atlas Copco Caterpillar Inc. Florence Copper Keane Mineral Engineering LLC Modular Mining Systems, Inc. Newmont Mining Corporation Southwest Energy LLC SILVER Brierley Consultancy LLC CALL & NICHOLAS, INC. Click Automotive Team DeConcini McDonald Yetwin & Lacy, P.C. Empire Southwest Hudbay Minerals Inc. Layne Christensen Liebherr Mining Equipment, Inc. Lowell Copper Ltd. Montgomery & Associates Motion Metrics International Corp. MWH Global RAM Enterprise, Inc. RDE Evaluations Rio Tinto Kennecott Sonoran Process Equipment Co. SRK Consulting Tetra Tech 2014 • MISSION AND EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH PROGRAM Mining Foundation of the Southwest he Mining Foundation of the Southwest (MFSW) was incorporated in 1982 2014 Hall of Fame Committee T by combining the Mining Club of the Southwest and the Mining Club of the Southwest A. John Broderick - Chair Foundation. The purpose of the Foundation is to Mark Baker – ex officio promote the value of the mining industry, honor its past and ensure its future. Roshan B. Bhappu Funds generated through membership and the Lawrence G. Dykers annual banquet are earmarked to support our Donald F. Earnest mission to enlighten the public about the vital Theodore H. Eyde importance of the mining industry. MFSW, John Fenn working in conjunction with the Lowell Institute Nancy Gracia-Gunger for Mineral Resources at the University of Arizona, William E. Hawes underwrites the Outreach Program Coordinator Corolla (Cori) Hoag position currently held by Pamela A. K. Wilkinson, Robert A. Metz a geologist and an educator. Nyal Niemuth At its annual fundraiser, the American Mining Eben Robinson Hall of Fame honors the achievement of industry Thomas Scartaccini leaders. Including the 2014 inductees, 192 mining Scott M. Shields luminaries and organizations have been inducted Timothy R. Snider and commemorative plaques of past honorees are on James Wm. White display at the Arizona Historical Society Museum at William H. Wilkinson 949 E. 2nd Street in Tucson. Mining Foundation of the Southwest P.O. Box 42317 Tucson, AZ 85733 Amanda W. Brick executive manager phone: (520) 577-7519 fax: (520) 577-7073 email: [email protected] www.miningfoundationsw.org INDUCTEE AND GUEST OF HONOR • 2014 Armine Frederick Banfield, Jr. Fred Banfield chose a career in mining after his father, Armine Frederick Banfield, introduced him to the industry. Armine Banfield was a well-known consulting geologist with worldwide experience. His achievements and professionalism served as a model for his son. A graduate of Colorado School of Mines with a degree in mining engineering, Banfield founded Mintec from his Tucson apartment in 1970 and now presides over a global network of dedicated mining professionals. Still headquartered in Tucson, Mintec now has offices in eight countries and is committed to helping its clients solve their problems with MineSight - Mintec’s comprehensive modeling and mine planning platform. The software offers integrated solutions for exploration, modeling, design, scheduling, production and delivers efficiency and reliability to help improve productivity at every stage of a mine’s life. The foundation of Mintec’s business plan lies partly in Banfield’s considerable wealth of expertise, including auditing reserve calculations and mine plans worldwide; the design and implementation of computerized systems for building geologic models, calculation of grade estimates, mine design, and scheduling; the design of ultimate pit limits and mining schedules for open pit and underground mines based on economic and geotechnical data; calculation of reserves for metals, coal and industrial minerals; and the design and implementation of financial models for mining projects worldwide. According to MineSight clients, Banfield always seems to be ahead of the industry working on solutions before problems arise. Banfield was the 2007 recipient of the Daniel C. Jackling Award for significant contributions to technical progress in mining geology and geophysics. Under his leadership, Mintec won the 2013 President’s E-Award for Exports - the highest recognition any U.S. company may receive for making significant contribution to the expansion of U.S. exports. Now a Hexagon AB company, Mintec’s unparalleled longevity in a highly cyclical industry begins with Banfield applying his passion for mine engineering and computers to solving mine modeling and design challenges. After 44 years, a simple business model remains: Make the client successful. 2014 • INDUCTEES FROM MINING’S PAST Patrick E. Connor (1820-1892) Earl Tappan Stannard (1882-1949) “Father of Utah Mining” President, Kennecott Copper Co. Patrick Edward Connor emigrated from Earl Tappan Stannard, a Yale University Ireland to the United States at age 12 and at 18 graduate, was working for the Federal Mining Co. enlisted in the US Army. He re-enlisted during the (a subsidiary of Guggenheim) in Missouri when Mexican War distinguishing himself for courage he was dispatched to Chile to oversee the new and military skill. When the Civil War broke out, mill construction and testing at Braden Copper Connor was commissioned as Colonel to guard Co. In 1913, Guggenheim next transferred him to the overland mail route across the west. the Kennecott Copper Mine in Alaska to improve In October, 1862, Connor moved his command its dated recovery system. While there, Stannard to Salt Lake City and immediately encountered invented an ammonia leaching system increasing differences with the Mormons. He soon realized the recovery of copper carbonates to more than making the area appealing to outsiders would 95%. Additionally, he improved the concentrators dilute the Mormon influence and encouraged to meet fluxing requirements of the smelters and prospecting which led to many silver discoveries. introduced a flotation plant at the Beatson Mine. In 1866, Connor, now a General, left the Army, During his tenure, Stannard steadily transformed plowed his fortune and efforts into mining. Kennecott into a multi-national company and He authored Utah’s mining laws, introduced replaced Stephen Birch, his mentor, as President. navigation on the Great Salt Lake, platted the town On September 9, 1949, Stannard and other top of Stockton and invested in developing mines and Kennecott executives were en route to Canada smelters but failed to profit by it, dying relatively to visit the newly acquired titanium plant when poor in 1892. a bomb detonated killing all aboard and caused a crack in Kennecott’s foundation. INDUCTEES FROM MINING’S PAST • 2014 Arthur Barrette Parsons (1887-1966) Ernest R. Dickie (1902-1955) Mining Editor and Author General Manager, Bagdad Copper Arthur Barrette Parsons was born in Salt Ernest R. Dickie was born near Cripple Creek, Lake City in 1887. While working on a farm CO but grew up in Arizona. He developed a at 17, he noticed mining engineers traveled by friendship with John C. Lincoln while working automobiles while the masses traveled by stage at the Vulture Mine. Later, when Lincoln coach or horseback. This observation might acquired control of Bagdad Copper Co. in 1944, have influenced him to enter the Utah School of he appointed Dickie to oversee the operation. Mines and he worked at various mines as assayer, Dickie quickly realized that the ore body was not surveyor and superintendent after earning his B.S. suitable for underground mining and immediately in 1909. implemented plans to convert Bagdad to an open Later Parsons redirected his interest and became pit mine. Converting the underground mine Associate Editor for Mining and Scientific Pressand to an open pit mine was a major challenge and Engineering and Mining Journal and was President Dickie succeeded despite wartime shortages of of Mineral Research Corporation. A member of materials and manpower as well as infrastructure AIME, he chronicled its history through 1947 and issues related to remote areas. Bagdad