Show SALT LAKE SKETCHES Miners Receive Help Dr R. R L L. Kidd Finds Most Gold Claims Make Better Bettel Golf Courses The badlands badland of the western states have bave been the stamping ground of Dr R. R 1 L. L Kidd of the University of Utah engineering experiment station whose hobby Is helping the small mine operator Scarcely a week-end week passes that Dr Kidd is not in some remote spot giving a small miner help and encouragement in developing his claim Sometimes a strike is made Dr Kidd says but in general the claim will make a better golf course than thana a gold mine When a strike Is really made however how ever Dr Kidd is always ready to lend a hand and show the miner the best aest method of opening up his claim and since he has been a member of the he station hundreds of claims have been developed under his sion Marie Magic Word Brings Rush Bosh Rush I IMarie The word gold Is a funny tunny thing he says The finding of a single nugget or a small pocket of high high- gade ade ore creates a rush to any dis dis- If the men would only stop and do a little reasoning they would save themselves a lot of trouble for forline nine line times out of ten the whole affair affair af af- af fair Is only a rumor I IThe The desert rat is a type wen well known to Dr Kidd Occasionally one of those old fellow fellows fel fel- fel- fel lows low will carry a piece of ot quartz con con- taming a mineral which was obtained during his wanderings he said The exact location is not known but a little time In the district will produce a sure winner Gold nuggets nugget In botU bottles arc are like hum human n beings in that their their- place of ot origin has a habit of migrating from one gravel bar to another several hundred miles away especially If the party In whose possession they happen hap pen pento to be has a prospective grub grubstake grubstake grubstake stake or two in sight Few Real Discoveries The e men men who can spot properties by Intuition are frequently They seem to feel that the world v owes them a living They condemn condemn con conS deran the educated geologist but I have never seen one of them make an actual find th that t turned out to be worth while I Dr Kidd became interested in the work when he first came to the sta station t i tion In 1929 He has hns attended school in the Texas and Mississippi schools of mines mine and at Oklahoma State col lego lege I |