| Show THE SEARCH FOR NEW MINES IS ISON ON with steadily increasing frequency reports are coming in that capital is again turning its attention to the n metal inin mining districts of the western states it also is noticeable th that at the search for properties in which to make investments is along altogether new lines in the years gone by the average investor of means was usually insistent that his engineer or engineers should not bother with propositions that lacked measurable tonnages ton nages of commercially profitable ore under the new order of things that insistence no longer prevails to an appreciable extent the movement now beginning to manifest itself calls for a complete reversal of established mining engi engineering 9 practice as exemplified in the past dorkof engineers of so called exploration companies and exploration departments of large mining and smelling smelting smelling smelting sm elting elting corporations the fact has come to be appreciated that if there is to be a revival of metal mining new mines must be found and developed and reliance must be placed on minin mining engineers and mining geologists 6 with sufficient courage 6 of condic conviction to advise the development of propositions which their judgment tells them warrant the expenditure of capital to open them up the services of such engineers are now being sought b and fortu fortunately natel y for those who may inay be hunting worthy propositions there are a sufficient number of idle men in the engineering profession right now men who are familiar with conditions in the metal mining regions of the west to meet the demand the investing and the speculative public have grown weary of the schemes of the wildcatter and the tinhorn tin horn promoter and his stock jobbing tactics stocks in the frieav heavily capitalized and big 6 yielding Z mining b corporations and kindred concerns are no ion longer ioner er attractive in the stock markets of the country while the little fellows have become disgusted Z with the hog it all tactics and manipulations of the degenerate unscrupulous and dishonest element in the ranks of the minin mining b brok brokerage erae b fraternity the countr country over As a result of these conditions and the knowledge that the day is at hand when there will be an unequaled demand for the precious and semiprecious semi precious metals als as well j as for lead copper and zinc the search for new mines has i 1 commenced capital now is willing to take hold of likely promising b prospects and small mines and develop them there bowis now is room and a place for the mining engineer or mining 6 geologist C to cash in on oil the knowledge he has za gained in the field by selling his knowledge and ability to men who may trust him to not only make reliable reports but who is willing to give b an unbiased opinion backed by recommendation as to what should be done when properties are taken over with the object of making b commercial propositions of them this is not inteli intended ded as a reflection on oil past practice and methods of making reports by the engineering gi profession it is offered as aa a pointer on what changed conditions demand new mines mines must be made and money is becoming bacon ling b available to make them the mining engineer and mining b geologist of discernment and courage to express himself is b going 6 to prove an important factor in the new carder of things |
