El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-16

| that have not yet been brought to the
front simply because their contents are
| not known to him who walks over
| them. Many of the useful minerals
are indeed difficult 10 recognize at
| first While it is not difficult to rec
ognize lump of galena or a carbon
ate of copper. the list of minerals by
no means ends there. Half the value
of the entire mineral product of the
United States comes from minerals
which contain no metal at all. While
the census report is not yet published
for the year 1900, l dare say that the
production of minerals for that year
cannot be far from the stupendous
sum of 81 900 ,O0O, Goo The statistics
publication of the United States Geo
logical Survey. show that the mineral
production then reached the total of
800. 900 900. half of which is made up
of the metallic minerals and the other
half OF the non-metallic minerals.
l believe | am not wasting time if |
enumerate mere the value of these diff
ferent minerals. in order to bring out
more clearly the fact that there are
many more minerals besides lead, cop
per- gold. and silver. which the country
demands. and which the country is
eager to pay for. / begin the list with
iron. for the amount of S122 900 900:
then gold S65 .0O0. 900: silver S70.000.-
600: copper S62, 900, 900; lead $1,000
900: zinc s1O.OOO.OOO; quicksilver ST.
000. 900: aluminium $1,000 900: anti
mony 100000; manganese $50, 900.
And this is but half the mineral pro-
duction. including only the metallic
minerals. Now the non-metallic min
erals are as follows: coal 5000 900 coo,
petroleum $44 900 900: building stone
s37 100000; clays $10.000,00O, cement
$4,000 900: mill stones $4,000; grind
stone $780, 900: corundum and emery
earth SIT 900; garnets 800, 900; phos-
phate rock $500. 900; gypsum s75O.-
600; salt $6.0OO,OOO; bromine $3.50. 900:
borax S1.125 900; f1uorspar S65 900;
sulphur $33 900. pyrites $500. 900, min
eral paint s5.60O.000; feldspar $4,000:
flint $4,000: asphaltum $3.50. 900. as
bestos 10000; graphite $4,000; soap
stone 900; magnesite 500. 900:
mineral waters $S,0OO.OO flux lime
81. zoe. 900; beauxite $4,000; monazite
$4,000
In the matter of iron, gold. silver.
copper, lead, coal, petroleum, building
stone. clay. cement, grindstOne. COR
rundum. phosphate rock, salt. borax,
pyrites, metal paint. mica, asphaltus.
asbestos. etc, the country has not only
sufficient for its own consumption but
much for expectation; but in antimo-
ny, manganese. sulphur, precious
stones. magnesite. beauxite, etc. the
production of the United States Is
still far short of the home demand.
The prospector is doubly useful in dis
covering these minerals OF which the
supply is scanty. AMI he who fosters
and promotes the finding of such min
erals and causes them u be put on the
market is a veritabis bsnafactor and a
patriot in the truesJ sense of the
word.
minerals is very extensive. and | dare
say that half the people of the world
not only do not know the appearance
of most of minerals but they do not
know even their names.
am happy tohave this splendid op-
portunity to call the attention of this
of bright men to the strong
necessity for making strenuous efforts
to bring the science of mineralogy To
the front. All through the east. in
in Australia. in Asia, and iii
Africa there is no subject teeming
with greater fervor than the promoting
of mineral knowledge among the mass
eS. All higher schools now teach min
and in the state of New York
within the last year the study of min
eTdiOSE HAS DesH uldue CoiipuiSoiy Va
the public schools. If throughout the
world the knowledge of minerals is de-
sirable, in this southwest it is an alb
solute and stern necessity. OF all the
sciences mineralogy is the one that
perhaps offers mankind the greatest
good. and at the same time yields the
greatest profits and the most neceS-
iary things for the comfort of man. It
embraces not only the whole world.
including what is on it, what is inside
If il. and what surrounds it, but it en-
traces also the whole cosmos, as We
veil known from spectral analysis. We
know that in the sun and in the stars