Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1890-08-08
600, making s5,O45,OOO Of actual gals. at
a eest Of $4,000.

VOO, making IS, ,O45, 600 Of actual gals. al
a esut Of $4,000.
Fhs advantages Of the survey do nol
'toP here, heweYsr. The clear and esm.
prshsAsivS sxplAnAtsn Of the mineral
formations Whieh the survey will give, will
attract immediate attention from prospss-
tors and capitalists; the errors Of the past
in mining will be avoided, and a new and
healthy dovslspment Of minos Stimulated
which will create an increased activity in
all branches Of business, and thus every.
body will be directly bsneattsd whether h,
10 in tsrsstsd in mining or net.
A considerable amount sf geological
workhas already been accomplished which
will be donated to the survey. This work
consists of palssOniolOgiO researcher
mSlnly in the MimDrss Valley, Geek Peak,
Georgetown, Lone Mountain and Silver
City Districts, and the resalts obtained are
already shown to be Of i'm mshso importanes
to proper understanding Of the mineral
formation Of the sountty. Briefly thi,
work has shown. INTRR ALA:
That ia addition 10 the mineral belts Of
she azoic rocks, there are within the limits
of. the palAsOEoiC strata in Grant county.
at least three distinct metallfsrous hsr-
lions, PssSbly four; that these horizons
are mStalliforous wherever they have been
found in this region; that rsmuaorat,ys
silver minsS have bssn found in two of
these horizons, (ths upper or most recent
being poor in silver aAd net generally rS-
munerativo); that each Of these horizons
have antrtyPeS in similar appearing form
atl0na but are di'tinEuiShAbls BY palaooa-
tologie evidence even whom the barron an.
htypss brought by faulting inte direct
and nisleading juxtspostion With the
tree arEentifOrous horizona; that
the main errors in mining within the area
examined are principally due to want Of
knowledge Of the laws Of faulting as ap-
plieaele to this region; that the area Of
oentaet depoHts Of silver ore is immensely
greater than is generally supposed, that
the sretaeeeus and tertiary formations
which lie to the northwest formerly exist.
cd here, as shown by outliOrs hsaeo tbe
possibility Of fndiHg coal in portions Of
tho region not too deeply dsnuded BY
erosion.
These discoveries when Published along
with thsovdeHce collected m uAt Of neoes-
'lty give foFeiblO impetus to ninirx and
'rosPeetisg here, to way nothing Of the
nmenss results to be gained from u Syste-
nahe study Of the eAtirs rogion. Ia fact
t is absolutely necessary that the entire
'sgion should be examined in order to as
certain tho general laws of dynamic action
which govern the phenomena exhibited
n particular sections. Entire confidence
a tho extent and continuity Of mineral
deposits can be iRspired in no other wpv. |
Without such work a mine Is naver worth
more than the mineral absolutely in sight.
Outside Of the rigid deductions Of posi-
iYo geologic science which are Of praeti.
al value to ths miner, ard upaa which
baolate reliance can be placed according
The exaetncsS Of The Obseryatieus, there
re many aootsd questions, suck a.. for
xempe, the theory OF universal replace
nent az the cause Of mineral deposits in
ems, ate, upon which tho facts already
oasrved here have Gu important bearing,
nd while it IL not the object Of this sur
ey to discuss auCh mOotcd questions, yet
Il the facts observed will bo noted, and
heSo caaROt fail to provoke intense dis
ussion in scientific circles and thereby at
raet widespread attention to this region.
1t is not expected that one years work
a addition to that already accomplished
MI cover every detail of the geology Of
rant cOuhty and Its snyirOnS, but it is
srtAin that it can furnish a Solid and per-
iaRent geologic basis upon which all fu-
are detailed work can safely be estab-
shed.
Neither is il TO DO expected that the sur
~ oaR cram either common sense or sci
attic knowledge into the eTania Of in
'mpstent mining supeFinseLdents; bat it
expected to so exhibit the principal
cts of the geological structure Of this re-
ON that every sensible miner can, by the
-oper application Of its results, Avsid the
ioal upoa which so mAzy mining yen !
res have been stranded in the past.
By THE EXECUTIVE CoMMITTBE.
cLEMEET L. WEBSTER, t
GsOlogist in Charge. +
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