Show worthwhile WORTH WHILE ARTICLES IN THIS ISSUE the first article in this impression is a detailed description of the silver kin king ta coalition mines companas Comp anys new ton milling plant at park city it carries a comprehensive flow sheet and good illustrations of the mammoth ore bins the skeleton work of the main buildings and a picture showing what the plant looks like under cover less than ten months after the old plant was completely wiped out by fire this is the first time the plant has been described in print and mining and fillmen everywhere will be interested in knowing in what has been accomplished in so short a time it is expected the plant will be in commission not later than the anniversary day of the disastrous fire or by february next another article that is timely and to the point is that entitled the prospector the mining engineer and the proposed new mining act by S F hunt the well known mining tn geologist miner and writer the feature of this article is its originality b in the discussion of a subject that has called forth much comment since the introduction last summer of the proposed new mining law bill in congress mr hunt is the first writer to our knowledge who has expressed disapproval of the bill as presented to congress and who at the same time has offered and outlined a basic foundation for a substitute measure that he believes would place the mining industry in a recognizable class of its own free from all techin cal inequities and ambiguities whether you agree with his plan or not you will agree 6 that he has presented some original ideas and that fund fundamentally at least there is reason in them read the article and then if so disposed discuss or criticise criticism critic ise it in the columns of the mining review which are open to you letson balliet consulting engineer of san francisco who served as efficiency engineer for the moore shipbuilding company during the war and who has contributed many a articles rt il to the technical press on industrial economics and political economy has an article on the future of mining 6 as it af affects facts the money situation every sentence in his article is loaded possibly you will not agree t with what he says whether Vh ether you do or not you will admit that the author does not beat about the bush in expressing expression 6 himself also in this issue is the second article of a series that is bei being n written for the mining review on oil problems of I 1 the uinta basin by prof earl Doti douglass glass 6 you will find these articles intensely interesting and educational as professor dou douglass 6 jass dives continually deeper into his subject the first article gave ve his reasons for tackling the subject the current article outlines the basic foundation for the treatment of the subject follow the professor through the series and you will learn something t worth while concerning the oil possibilities of the tinta basin country |