Show california MINING RECORD san francisco april 23 mining in california is assuming wider and more varied proportions at the present time than ever before in the history of the state the output for the past year as estimated by the state mining bureau will approximate approximate a figure more than double the value of the gold production which was recorded during 1852 which was the record year in the days of gold when Cali fornias fame was based on mining and nothing else among other actie activities aties undertaken by state mineralogist pletcher fletcher hamilton through the medium of the bureau there has recently been completed a series of county reports covering the mineral resources of all sections of the state in detail As a means of broaden broadening hig the scope of this work mr hamilton is now placing copies of these reports in the hands of every high school principal in california in addition he is preparing collections of california minerals which will be arranged and classified and those specimens will also be sent to the higher grade schools as soon as they are available for distribution the steps taken in this direction should have an important educational value and will no doubt result in assisting to some extent not only the development of california mineral resources but in broadening the view of many citizens of the state who may be chiefly interested along other lines students and others desiring data of this kind are invited to make full use of the facilities of the mining bureau which has headquarters in the ferry building san francisco A letter addres addressed zed to the state mineralogist at that address will receive prompt and careful attention and full information relative to any phase of mining will be gladly given wherever possible |