Daniel C. Jackling

Daniel Jackling saw a fortune where others saw worthless rock. A mining engineer of rare vision, he grasped that the low-grade copper ore of Bingham Canyon — too poor to mine by any ordinary method — could pay if it were dug on a colossal scale and processed by the ton. In the early 1900s he assembled the Utah Copper Company and pioneered open-pit mining there, tearing the copper from the mountain on a scale never before attempted. Bingham Canyon became the greatest copper producer on earth, and Jackling the man who made it so.

What the plaque says

World renowned mining and metallurgical engineer, eminent business executive, benefactor and loyal friend of Utah and its people. Guided by an inspired vision, he applied and developed processes for the beneficiation of low grade porphyritic ores and originated copper mining methods, revolutionary in character and on a scale never before attempted, resulting in the production world-wide of new wealth in the form of precious metals, copper and other essential minerals in quantities never before attained in the history of man. He assembled the now world famed Utah Copper Mine in nearby Bingham Canyon and in the course of his research implemented and developed that property from a body of supposedly worthless porphyry rock into the world’s greatest copper producer of all time. His civic services with relation to the great economic and political projects in which his unerring judgment and masterful direction provided superb leadership, have left their imperishable imprints upon the growth and development of the state of Utah. As an everlasting memorial and outward expression of the love and appreciation which the people of Utah entertain for him, the National Society of the Sons of Utah Pioneers, with the cooperation of the Utah Copper Division of Kennecott Copper Corporation, presents to the State of Utah this statue of Daniel Cowan Jackling. (copper production panel) Copper Production has been a major factor in Utah’s industrial development and prosperity. In 59 years of operations at the Bingham Canyon Mine, 1,354,772,000 tons of waste were removed, 926,065,000 tons of ore were mined and 16,873,244,000 pounds of copper were produced. Expenditures totaled $2,767,625,000 - $839,558,000 in taxes; $658,745,000 for payrolls and $1,269,322,000 in supplies and services. (statue dedication panel) Daniel Cowan Jackling Statue Erected August 14, 1954 Under the Direction of Honorable Lamont F. Toronto Secretary of State of Utah By the Daniel Cowan Jackling Memorial Commission Appointed by Gov. J. Bracken Lee March 27, 1953 Nicholas G. Morgan, Sr., Chairman, President of the National Society of the Sons of Utah Pioneers E. R. Callister, Jr., Attorney General for State of Utah Raymond C. Wilson, Senior Vice President, First Security Bank of Utah Milton R. Hunter, President, First Council of Seventy of Latter-day Saints Church Louis Buchman, Retired General Manager, Western Division, Kennecott Copper Corporation

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Salt Lake City — 0.5 mi
  Utah's capital and largest city — where the Wasatch Range meets the Great Salt Lake.
• Temple Square — 0.5 mi
  The spiritual and architectural heart of Salt Lake City
• Ensign Peak — 0.9 mi
  A short hike to the spot where Brigham Young surveyed the valley
• Liberty Park — 2.4 mi
  Salt Lake Citys beloved 80-acre urban park since 1882

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