Show new school of mineral industries optimistic over resources vast mineral resources should make the state the pennsylvania of the west in the opinion of dr carl J christensen dean of the newly formed school of mineral industries at the university of utah the surface of mineral resources hardly has been bee strat scratched clied said dr christensen when he arrived this week to begin his new duties he was formerly in charge of metallurgical research on the technical staff of the bell telephone laboratories in murray hill new jersey A native of provo dr sen was graduated from brigham young university in 1923 and served on the BYU faculty for three years he received his MS degree at the university of W wisconsin Is and his phd degree at the university of california under dr christensen the new mineral industries school will teach such subjects as geology metallurgy mining ore dressing geography og mineralogy and other basic earth sciences dr christensen predicted that production and processing of industrial du minerals such as salts clays and potash would eventually become the states greatest industry exceeding the present mining industry of coal iron and nonferrous metals he also expressed optimism over the states oil producing possibilities of the uintah basin |