Show STUDY geological conditions in the special holiday issue of the state line oracle henry clinton C E and al E in his preface to his contribution on the geology of stateline Stat eline district very truly says too little attention has hitherto been paid by the prospector miner and capitalist to the geological conditions which govern the district in which they are operating this is a statement that none can refute and one which mining men should heed while the disregard of this injunction will often lead to absolute and dismal failure in mining operations too often is it the case that mining development is carried on blindly incompetent men are placed in charge of mining operations when they should be employed in 1 pushing ng a wheelbarrow or driving a train of burros too many shafts are sunk with 0 out ut any adequate idea of the end sought to be accomplished too many tunnels are run aich which never tap the vein or ore shoot and many mining r men loose what money they leave ave be the sum large or little and only y because in mine or prospect development those in charge have not made a study of the geological conditions existing in the properties in which they are interested take a common miner and not one out of ten can tell whether the ledge cropping at the surface is a fissure f assure or a contact whether it is a gash vein a chimney a pocket or a lode that with continued development will prove to be permanent whether it will prove continuous or lasting being careless in the study of formation a shaft is often sunk so that instead of catching the vein on its dip it might be continued on to china in country rock A tunnel is often run parallel to the ledge when it is intended to crosscut cross cut for it and thousands of mistakes are made in mining simply because the operator is ignorant of geology of formations or because he makes a mistake in his calculations it is not a wise action on the part of the mining man of a mining company to expend much money in mine development without first employing the services of a mining expert of a geologist of a metallurgist lur gist careful study of geology of formation of physical conditions should characterize acte the action of everyone about to engage in mine operation this involves some expense but it is money well spent no two mines are alike and the experience gained in the development of one cannot successfully be applied in the opening up of the other and an intelligent report made by men of technical knowledge of repute and experience will greatly assist in the successful development of a piece of mining property in 1 11 saying this it is not meant that a man must have a college education in order to become a successful mining expert for some men possess a certain intuition in this line coupled with experience and years of study which enables them to occupy the front ranks in the their ar profession A man by special study may even become abood a good geologist without having had a college education but most of our leading geologists are college bred and our best come from the universities so do not ignore the wise looking man with glasses and do not think that because you have ave worked in life mining camps all your tt that you know more than he does if you have ave such ideas mistake you are making t the of your life for the knowle knowledge dge of the ordinary miner of matters conc concerning ernine 0 geo agy and met if they metallurgy allergy is limited and undertake heavy mining enterprises without first determining the character of for won the physical conditions and geology of the property in which they are interested they are ard apt to find in the end that the enterprise in which they are engaged is lacking in one of the essential elements of success |