The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-12-03

MlNER,s oUALlFlcArIoNs.

IN . - - ~ ~ NAAN9s
IN 'hc COURSE VI q year we receive.
w hc Mining Industry aud Hcvicw.
nau! letters asking advice upon all
W." OF question, some " which we
.n not vcnWrc ic'answcr. Hut u few
.,yS ago one raiDe. 10 which we ven
W. q rcpiN even though II may deal
slih . mckney0d subject. But Il II
a'e OF most good Kings IN this world
become hackneyed. IL they
Nere net guod they would not become
'uch. our cuTcspundcpi snys hc n q
10Y Nlo fNe vuiv htu iu common
Wlpols, hut hns bcpn brought UP Ia a
mining camp and understands a fspod
l'al about mining lie wants to know
NE eucs TO a mining school To "hulsh'
ls education, whether u would not be-
Flier Tor him tn stay long enough 10
yarn asslyIng, aud then spend the 9th
Years De- would be- obliged Ia spend IN
whuol In practical mining work, rather
Ian learning things he may never
want 10 puctlcc. lie says. what Is
ne practical use to a miner at most
lhiirs In The fur years courscf lion
I le Wys with great deal ~ truth.
mar mining engineering as a profcf-
I non las hvcuWc work " specialists.
me Is "a mciallurglst, another u sur
'eyor and onotlcr a miner md what
I ise u q knowledge ~ u specially u
20" Who does not Intend Ia practice III
I Tie questions nrp such as 60 tn the
heart OF al C,iucition. hut they show
4 hack NJ appreciation ~ the magnitude
md depth NJ the science " mining We
/ an give M better idea of our conccp-
I ION OF it than IN likrn q special cuurs'
n mining engineering Ia special
/ 'unNc in any branch " the education
u physician Whnt would l'e thought
/ u physician who studied only de
'nses NJ the eve or nose. emitting all
/ The balance Of the medical school
Fudyf What would he thought of u
( physician who knows nothing NJ sur.
/ gerry. II IL were possible IN conceive Of
suchl The good physician In amy spe-
clalty must know the human system.
which is complicated and dependent
one part upon another. II hc does not.
| II is certain be- VIII scorc far many
mor plumbers Than N he did. ~ II Is
with tho miner.
! In the end the greatest value ~ any
school study II the power ~ iuic.ll'
gent observation which Il culiiNntts'
/ and an Intelligent observation a. based
upon knowledge. 10 use n common
everyday knowledge 10 Illustrate the
Idea. We can refer to the mlnctllngisi,
/ lie walks along the river gravel bank,
/ or some railway cut. AMI s~r u thou
sand things no other secs, There are
/ forms and colors which arr Interesting
aud may be- ~ value. which only hc
sees The l1tnnist walks through u
/ field. and socs q sensitive life; sinmcn
/ plstilc. ovals. cnlyN. cprolln nnd q host
uf things he secs and finds IN them To-
f,rncilon and dclnsii. where an1thci
sees nnly a wcssl. flower or hi,lL I'll,
rehbgist SECS IN every elm und rocl
I and bank lesson. md reads thing,
never dreamed Of by one Ignorant OF
the @SiensS, ttka ltfunvic,ice Of these
sciences. obtained In study. which gives
one something 10 see. The eye can see
In q true scpsc. only what the mine
! giycs n 10 -. Tie trninodamind rye y
able 10 see endless minute differences
where the untnined eye secs nothing
Most people are IKE thosc heather god
tha BIble tells ~. "who have eyes np'
soc rif. ,srfS aud hIr not Irr4''S ulel
have and they smOil not II " grcfi
installation uuys ipiner1or student p
mining TO fliink there II anything j
surveying. geology. mlnernlogY, ny
rf,anfra s~chemlstfyu wfich le.E Andlc
In school tlai does not train him IN th
power ~ 0hTfgqilnpfill soul9fAFc'
nonhiVsklch ~ wklnlble a9iilScei
cary The dfifetcnce M his poWtr h
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