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Show ined only at a cost of j. sample. The -department has altar vestigated problems of a ' scientific nature for privati porations in many parts ,'. world at charges ranging ,. to $1,500, and hence tl)e fa and personnel of the statio-necessarily statio-necessarily of the very bcst ; part of the United States a ing to Dr. Lyon. To assure no compelitiot local assay firms, the stati, adopted a charge ten pe'. above the prevailing comc rate on regular assay work Bureau Offers Free Microscopic Mineral Tests 'SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 10 In an attempt to add lo the vast amount, of information about Utah's mineral resources .already on' file at the Utah Bngm- Experiment station of the -Univer sity of Utah, the station, .""der I" Do-sey .A. IQ. Erector, .. Bjt ferine fer-ine the prospector a free prelim inary microscopic examination ot his specimen ,m return iui i- -data as to where the m neral was found and under what geologic conditions. . : 1 . ; Far from being an attempt to obtrude itself on .the legitimate business of assayers, this serv ce is calculated to .give the Ped-or information o.: a general nature that will preclude promiscuous as ays of minerals having "leor nO: economic worth, and on he other hand, to indicate probable values that could be determined by a i eg ular assay. . - ' ' The actual work of examination will be carried' on in the microscopic micro-scopic laboratory of the stahon under un-der the direction of. Professor Arthur L. Crawford, mieroscopist, .graduate of the Brigham Young university. The facilities of the laboratory provide for the most detailed examinations, including petrographis ' microscopy and photographic reproductions of tne specimens examined. For these highly technical services the work will be done at cost. Samples for the preliminary binocular examination, examin-ation, unaccompanied by the requested re-quested data of where found and in what formations, will be exam- |
