The San Francisco call., 1899-09-27

all the members of the institute as a valu.
a bic souvenir of the California meeting of
the leaders of the industry. President
Neff, Vice President Ralston ana NUM-
Der of members of the executive commit
tee of the association heartily approved
the plan, and the enterprise proceeded
under Secretary Benjamins direction;
The result is a work of 5OS pages, Whlcn
is one of the handsomest books produced
bv a Pacific Coast publishing house. 1t
is appropriately bound, in uniformity with
the Twenty-Five volumes of the transac-
tions of the American Institute of Mining
Engineers with which 1t is designed to be
shelved, and the Typographical ana other
mechanical features Of the work are ad-
mirable examples of the best Whlch the
publishers art produces
There has been a vast amount or IN
formation about every feature OF the Cal
ifornia mining field scattered IN great
many State and Government reports, IN
proprietary books and in papers and pc
riodicals but there has never before been
of the California mining industry here
presented by a number of the most emil
nnent mining authorities in the State -
The first fifty-six pages are g, glven, ,t. TO
",The Mineral Industry of California, py
Charles G. Yale, an article by a WldeIy
recognized authority, covering al tne
States mineral products ana accompanies sS
by folded statistical table which Will WI
in the future be issued as a bulletin Dy
the State Mining Bureau.
1.-The Mother Lode OF Californla, py
Il.
tion of this great feature of the Cali
fornia form - mining field ever published, >,
Electric Power on the ey19 Pacing Mereditb GodSt
comes from the most eminent coast au-
'i'oslotes; Notes on Dredging for Cold is by R.
II. Pestlethwaite, the present leader IN
this field in California.
III deep Mining at the Utica, by J; H;
Collier Jr, and The Use tpa qd +anhninaI md9dlmg
Drills In stoging are Two on ie to the
technical men for whom the book IS de-
signed, and they are to also appear III the
transactions Of II the Hnbaqum inSqu9 and Petro
laum in California" by State Mineralog1st
A. S. Cooper, is the most elaborate expo.
stion of this subject yet written acu "a ~
will later appear as Dullelln VI inc oe'''e
Mining Bureau o4
In further recognition of the new great,
ness of the oil industry Is 81, an IL orlglnsal al
article by w. L.. Watts on Tetroieuih III
I'm NJ the Fineness of California Cold" by
f. A. Leach superintendent OF the MINI
provides something new ana interest
eeiThe Copper Resources of California
are ably treated by NJ M. OShaugneSsy,
consulting engineer of the Montana COP
ner Company President j. II. Neff gives
The history of the California Miners AS
sociation, Vice President W. Z. RaIston
forcihly treats of California as Field
for Mining Capital and there are num-
her Of other special articles on various
nhases of the industry by similarly emil
nent authorities.
OF the thirty-five papers in the work;
thirteen are descriptive of the mines ana
mineral resources of particular mining
counties or groups of counties, largely
by the best authorities in the regions
treated ana among the finely prepared
foIoers in the work are three new mining
mans of Calayeras, Tuolumne, Amador
and FL Dorado counties, especially pre-
pared for the work .r.
The publication is Sumptuously Illus
trated with lao pictures covering the en-
tire range of the mining industry, nearly
ali Of which are half-tones of views never
before published. The work cost over
$1,000 and the expense has been borne by
q few advertisements supplemented by
suhscriptions by enterprising members of
the association. The first edition Is one
of 5000 copies and one copy IS to be sent
free by mail to each of the 26O0 members
of the institute, thus disseminating
throughout the world rare exposition of
California's mining field that will be
treasured by every possessor. 1t Will un-
doubtedly prove the most effective single
advertisement the industry has ever re-
ceived The few remaining copies are to
be sold for S. each and are all spoken for.
At headquarters yesterday the first con-
signment created an eager demand and
unbounded compliments for the associa-
ton and for Secretary Benjamin A Sec
ond edition Is promised to Californians.