Show THE butte intermountain inter mountain commenting on the never sweat mining case which was to have been tried in that city last week characterizes the laro laroe large e array array of mining experts who were to testify at the trial as mineralogical bralo er ical crackerjacks cracker jacks the expression is rather harsh although the term may fit some of the so called experts who are paid big money for looking wise and saying but little and that little to but little purpose but there were a number of mining men in attendance prepared to testify whose opinions carry weight weigh with them and who were competent to pass on the questions at issue and it was rather unkind of the intermountain inter mountain to classify them as minerals mine mineralogical ralo 11 cracker acs acks the mining 11 enc engineer itt and the genuine expert is is indispensable in mining operations he is of a higher order than the usual kunof mining promoters and should be accorded the courtesy due to his learning and attainments without which more failures in in mining ventures would be reco recorded raed than is now the case even as numerous as they are the failures many of them being the result of neo neglect elect lect on the part of mine owners to employ the engineer and expert in the development of his mine or prospect |