Show NEW BOOKS RECEIVED the ore hagmas magmas by prof J E spurr ceolo geologists ests and minin mining engineers everywhere are familiar with geology as applied to mining by josiah edward spurr also they are familiar with the contents of his numerous to the science of geology by and miner mineralogy alog by through papers emanating from his pen while connected with the geological eolo b ic survey and under tinder numerous other conditions and circumstances during b his thirty years or more of active geological b work and study always recognized b and quoted as an atit authority hority on oil ceolo geology by and particularly particulars y as applied to mining and mineralogical miner problems professor spurr has for himself an enduring name and unblemished reputation in the field of scientific research and study to which lie he has devoted the active years of his life with this modest compliment to the noted scientist and author the filling alining review desires to call attention to professor spurr s latest contribution to the literature of b geological 6 and detal mining 1 13 science of which he is so able an ail exponent k there has just been issued from froni the press of the mcgraw hill book co seventh ave N tew new york the first editions edition of the ore magmas hagmas a series of essays on ore deposition by prof spurr that is i the last word on oil the broad and in intensely tensel y interesting 6 subject covered the new work comprises two volumes vio lumes over pages eilla embracing racing twenty two chapters and illustrations and drawings the books are neatly bound in cloth and sell for 8 they are on sale by the book department of the salt lake mining review which received one of the first copies off the press last week in the be beginning b inning b of volume one there is b given iven a synopsis of each chapter in the books which are designed as a help to the reader in summing up tip the purport of the various essays and where necessary to take him at once to the meat of any particular subject that may demand immediate consideration or perusal in this particular the work takes on almost the handy reference form of a textbook the first chapter is devoted to a discussion of the origin of ore magmas hagmas or solutions vein dikes chapter two deals with the mode of injection of mineral veins and the nature of ore magmas hagmas 6 or solutions chapter three discusses the secret of igneous intrusion chapter four igneous sur gence on local regional b and continental scale chapter four the sequence of ore magmas hagmas etc etc the work will be found foun d intensely interesting and instructive from start to finish and the mining review predicts predict 4 that this first edition will be exhausted in jig time |