Show an average of ninety five tons of soil pebbles and loose rock is carried by the rivers into the ocean every year from every square mile in the united states according to the united states geological survey department of the interior the immensity of this contribution trib ution may be better comprehended when it is realized that the surface of the united states covers square miles 0 i 1 A new mining publication the western mineral survey is being launched on the local sea of journalism in salt lake today according to the announcement of its editor mansfield L snow the paper Is to handle vital questions affecting the mining indus try without gloves |