Show Regarding the proposition of the b board baid aid of regents of the State University University Uni Uni- versify to establish the finest School of Mines Mines' in the West the Denver Mining ung Re Reporter orter says Utah has some important advantages advantages advantages advant advant- ages in in organizing its school after so many of the Tv Western stern states have begun for it it- it may avoid some mistakes mistakes mistakes mis mis- takes and incorporate many new ideas The Re Repot tes suggests th that tt the board hoard buy at convenient locations locations loca loca- locations a fissure or contact vein a Jim limestone tone del deposit a few acres of coal lauds and an iron iron mine Properties Prop Prop- of value are not required Prospects would answer all pur pur- poses J I If f bought hought now and patented patent patent- ed in each case a state mine of size size could be very cheaply secured E Each ch of these would then afford a place where the future student of the school could in in term or during during during dur dur- ing vacation j acquire under the instruction in instruction in- in instruction of capable foremen the practical h knowledge dge of mining mining- by becoming becoming- for for-a time tune actual lct al work work- men With ith adjuncts of this kind can any allY on one doubt t that hat the Utah school would attract more students than any other of its kind in in in the world Real mining blasting continued on page ag r- r e continued from paz page age e tim timbering bering sampling machinery machiner installation and opera operation operation opera opera- tion etc cannot b be learned from books and lectures and only slowly slowly slowly slow slow- ly by observation but can be he acquired acquired acquired ac ac- and pleasantly through pf tice In time a stamp mill concentrator concentrator concentrator con con- chemical plant and small smelter could be ad added ed These would be operated operated not not for foi fora foia a profit but for study stud study If expenses ses we were e paid paid paid-as as no doubt they would be e so much the better J If f not losses could be great as all labor would be contributed and ma manufacturers would only be too glad to present the state ith th most all the machinery required ed for hoisting pumping and ore Oft treatment If Utah wishes to have havethe havethe havethe the most celebrated and perfect mining mining school in in the world this plan will secure it itH r |