Show TAKES ISSUE WITH LINDGREN i special correspondence spokane wash june 11 11 george huston of spokane president and geologist of the central development company has challenged the theory put forth by waldemar lindgren and frederick leslie ransome and other members of the united states geological survey regarding the genesis of the ore deposits in the coeur dalene district in northern idaho he declares that siderite is not the last mineral to form he claims that the siderite of the coeur calenes dA lenes is an effect inot not a cause keen interest will be taken in mr hus tons observations as they promise to assist in the unraveling of knotty problems connected with ore deposition by putting the government geologists upon their mettle in defense of their views waldemar lindgren one of the best known geologists of the united states and a high officer of the united states geological survey made a reconnaissance cover inythe coeur dalene country in 1903 and the record of his work is known as professional fess ional paper no 27 in this he promulgated the theory that the characteristic c siderite of that district was a replacement of the country rock and a primary mineral he says page the siderite appears always as an undoubted product of replacement while many ve inlets of quartz have in part resulted from the filling of open small fissures frederick leslie ransome under whose dir direction ecton the geological completed the work of the coeur dalene district in a later paper accepted the theory advanced by mr air lindgren and others lothers mr huston has studied the subject the last four years and his conclusions are diametrically opposed to those reached by the geologists of the government survey |