| Show the Mining Mining Min t An Old I Miner Visits ing School Glows lows With Enthusiasm What Enthusiasm What He Thinks of the Equipment and nd Fa Facilities Facilities ili- ili ties of the State School of Mines A hearted big-hearted and whole Utah miner iner whose large hands had been hardened and toughened by many any years of picking and blasting into the earth for buried treasure visited the Utah State School of mines not very long ago and it did the heart good to see the old mans man's enthusiasm over the surprises he met as he was taken from one department to another and shown the remarkable advantages that young men have today for becoming becoming becoming becom becom- ing expert mining electrical and civil engineers and The old miner was almost speechless speechless speechless speech speech- less at seeing the excellent facilities the expensive and abundant supply of apparatus the ideally equipped laboratories laboratories laboratories lab lab- oratories the expensive department libraries so con conveniently the new and commodious bu buildings and ald the exceptionally well selected professors of the engineering courses who hold advanced degrees from Columbia Columbia Columbia Co Co- lumbia Johns Hopkins Michigan Cornell and Chicago Universities Particularly was he so on account of the great characteristic of the Mining School the School the giving of instruction in such a practical way thus really combining combining combining com com- bining all the ad advantages van of book learning with actual pra practice tice in the laboratories and shops on the field and in the the neighboring mines and smelters Yes said he I am getting old but I expect to see the time time and and that very soon when soon when this State School of Mines be the greatest in in this coun coun- try Why it is bound to be Here you are right t in the heart of a great mining mining min min- ing coutry Smelters stamp Mills and other reducing g plants are within less less' than an hours hour's ride on the street treet car car carand and gold silver lead and copper copper- mines and reducing plants within two and a half hours hour's ride on op the rail rail- way There is not such a fine location location location loca loca- tion for a mining school any where wherein in the United States And taken in connection with the vast undeveloped resources of this State why its it's a most simple proposition the School of Mines Iines ought to be the post graduate school of mines of the world The sweep of a radius of a hundred miles from the city would pass over more rich mines and a greater reater variety of mines than if drawn from any other city on the globe He was especially gratified to see seethe seethe seethe the great stress that is laid on the practical side of instruction and he smiled to the ends of his fingers when told that the young young- engineers spend part of each summer vacation in making making mak mak- making ing surveys of the great mines of the State under tinder the guidance of a competent competent competent com com- engineer and instructor I Since this visit a large new nev shop shop- building and foundry has been in course of erection and will be finished now in a few days It will be well equipped for carpentry pattern making making making mak mak- ing forging casting and for work vork in metals The erecting and equipping of this new building takes a big step toward the realization of of- these pre pre- dictions f f The good hearted miner however however how how- ever is by y no means the only one oneto to lo take such a sanguine view of the future of the Mining Mining- School Dr Merrill principal of the school together together together to to- gether with his associate professors are fully as sanguine and see things as clearly as the old miner The increase in the attendance of students pursuing courses in civil mining and electrical engineering has been very gratifying the last two or or three years This year the attendance attendance attendance atten atten- dance at the School of Mines will nearly reach the mark |
