Show Than 4 per pel cent of Mis Mis- Mishaps Mishaps I haps in N New v e York An extremely important book could be written on the influence of min mm- mining mining ing mg in developing de world orId civilization Ca Carthage thage ha e once called caned the mistress of U tH Mediterranean ruled the an anI ancient clent v orld orId principally use because she he I commanded the copper gold and sn- sn sneer sil silver ver eer er deposits of Spain When th these e fell into anto the hands of the Romans Roman the city swiftly passed from front her glory o I IThe The Spanish Renaissance of the sixteenth century was due almost entirely to the effect of the influx of gold and silver slIver from flom the new In our own country the develop development development development I I ment of the West was the direct result re- re reI re result I sult suIt of the discovery ery 01 Ot gold in m 49 I and it is said eald that the tremendous I I i production of metals in m Cah California orma bet be- be bet be between t tween i ten 1850 and md 1860 w wis s is the financial Nun rup I 1 I ton t on that thit made it possible for tle Union Umon to maintain itself during WarI th the Civil War WarI I I Directly following follo ti tie e Civil War Wa riP nc famous Comstock Lode nh h ch pro plO p I three quarters of or a billion Jo do Lire rs created great prosperity in m he 11 West and Nl North th during ihs ha period of re of-re 1 ii These Tre Tr se are a few of the high spas in In III the history of mining today met met- metal met a al ak arc are more important to national and international progress than ever ver before C Copper r lead zinc make male po sible modern mode civilization |