| Show PROSPECTORS TO T BE BETL TL TOLD IW T TO FINO ORES U. U of Us U.'s School of r Mines ines Ii to Make Scientists of of Mineral Scouts I Dr Joseph F F. F 1 Merrill director of the school of mines University of Utah in dl discussing the winter course for prospectors prospectors pros pros- to be run from January 7 7 to to February Feb Feb- rua 2 said In Itt the work or of finding new ore depo depo deposits de- de po posits its ls the prospector has always been the pioneer The trained mining engineer engineer engi engl- neer usually does little or no prospecting hIs h's being directed along alon other I lines The work r of the prospector p r is far rC is more mare difficult now o than Jrr It was a f few I year ago The big surface mineral de deposits deposits de- de posits rind and nd others easy to recognize have been pretty well wel discovered Few more rich finds are likely to be made at the grass roots Nevertheless many bio ble ore deposits are yet et undiscovered The h. h Industrious prospector still sti nas excellent ex ex- c lent chances of success but he must bo be b well vell wel equipped for his work G Geologic oj lc indications or very faint taint I may be the only clues by which ie e te ore oe e deposits may be found Rare flare and uncommon uncommon mon loon minerals though occurring in alua altia ble quantities may be passed over be because he be I cause lse C they are not recognized Consequently CHek Conse Conse- k rg t the prospector should y have a at fair working knowledge of geology anti ana eC eCat min mm- mineralogy r and should be able to make male simple simple sim atm pie tests on the ground in order to de determine cia cia- t termine the nature of his discovery ce Then too he be able to decide whether or not the deposit would b bs be a paying one whether the cost of mining tr transportation and treatment would not be greater than the value of f the ore ore a mine can be made to pay it I ma matters little what hat metals are arc present The prospectors' prospectors course for for which a nominal fee of only 1 will wi be charged will wi include work in geology and mineralogy min lain mining I and metallurgy metallurgy metal metal- f and n will nf b be intensely I practical in its nature It I is designed to prepare men In lii II a minimum of time for tor actual field feld work worl Some recent tests made on the pity ity sly campus for or values in oil 01 show some promising results It I has lias been I found that thirty-five thirty gallons of crude oil 01 can be extracted from a ton of shale This Tills in turn will wi yield 2000 feet of pas gas ten gallons of heavy teavy and eight of light lubricating oils ois seven and a half of distillate dis dis- I kerosene twenty seven pounds of and a quantity of ammonia from which sulphate sulphate-of of ammonia may be obtained These oil oi that have high commercial com corn mercial value are e known to e exist in un U r limited W l amounts n l in noV various IO S sections ii of I both Utah and Nevada I |
