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BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. rcd~t ras the ~l ioq,.1 ita': nee vis.: to~, \ lOW; of~' se-.: pasdisand f his toposi!ople ipect Vest. 'aler, I his f the f his Ilong L~J1- ollthsame in his those honor lc\'dwork ; 0 the e will les as igham .e son. I t and tern of : mane men \mong at the rcqUt:~t oi tl :l' principal owners, accepted the I'rcsil!l'II':Y (Ii the "",)lI\paIlY la,;1 year. Its interc~t~ art' \·aril·1! ant! wide. and require large cxecuti\"<' and adm ini;trati\'e ability in the proper conIluct IIi it~ hll,ille,;s. His work has not been confined to this cntcrprise, but he has also particip:l!t'11 in thc development of litah's mineral restJlIn:cs. C. I.. Rood was born in Cattaraugus county, I\cw York, in 1860, and when ten years old his p:lrcnts rcmoved to the \Vest, and their son's education was received in the schools of California anu Nevada, and he later entered the university of the latter State. Like most \Vestern men who have made their mark in the world and have built up a successful career, 1Ir. Roou early started on his life work. At the age of seventeen he entered a country bank, where he was enabled to learn something of the duties of several positions, all of which afforded a good training for a business career. Two years later he went into the newly discovered mines of Yankee Fork Mining District, Idaho, where he became identified, as clerk and afterwards as cashier, with the most . important mining compan:es there. Upon coming to Salt Lake City, in 1886, he entered the employment of the Ontario Sih'er Mining Company, and assistcd its superintendent, R. C. Chambers, in the many enterprises in which the lattcr was engaged. lipon his death, :\Ir. Rood was chosen hy the heirs to thc estate as administrator thereof, and as such has had the care and responsibility of the vast property owned hy :\[r. Chambers. The controlling interests ill the Ontario amt Daly ~Iining Companies elected him as supcrintendent of thosc prop~rties. The Ontario :\[inc is one of the largest and most sucessful mines in the \Vest, hayillg paid nearly fourteen million dollars in dividcrHls, out of a total output of thirty-three millions. The Daly ~Iine is a neig-hbor of the Ontario, and has paid nearly thrce millions of dollars dividends. Both properties arc being actively worked. ~[r. Rood marricd in California, in 1890, ~Iiss Addie L. Stowe, a daughter of Joseph Stowe, and a member of a distinguished California family. He has never taken an acth'e part in politics, 137 having t1cHl:ecl his whole time and attention to hi~ business intac5ts. ~Ir. Rood is a self-mad\! man, havin~ obtained his present p05ition and succc,;s ~l1tirdy thro:rgh his own efforts, and all his life has providcd the nece5sary finances for the conduct of whateva he undertook. Hc is still a young man, anll his career may be said to be but in its beginl1in~. but the work he has already done stamps him :lS a man who e\'en now is a leader among the captains of capital in the \Vest, and one who wiII undoubtedly rise to a prominent position in the affairs of utah. 1i]IA~IES FARRELL. The mining opna· tions which have been conducted in Utah have brought forth many prominent and prosperous mines, and especially so in the Park City District, but among this number there arc few which have achieved the pro5perous state which the Quincy mine has now reached. Its developmcnt has been the work of but two years, and its present prosperity is in a large measure due to the ability with which the President of that company has conducted its a £fairs. ~l r. Farrell has been one of its promoters and developers. It is now ranked among the most important mines of the cntire inter-mountain region, and the work which he has done in its dC\'eloplllent , has gone far towards placing- the mining property of Utah upon the high Icvel it now occupies. James Farrell was born in Ireland, but his parents removed to the United State!' when he was a child of seven years of age, and his early life was spent in Chicago, Illinois, and in Cook and Dupage counties in that State. His father, John Farrell, wa!' a ship builder, and upon eOIlling to the United States found {'mployment in the ship yards at Chicago, ill which occupation he was employed at the time of his death, which occurred when his son J:lmes was but ten years of age. Our subject's moth('r, Catherine (Haycs)