The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-05-23
STUDY MINES AND SHELTERS
PARTY OF MINNESOTA STU
DENTS IN THE CITY.
Have visited the Park City Hines
ana VIII Now Inspect the Valley
Shelters.


Professors -Appleby- ana Van Barne-
valid, chiefs of the metallurgic j and
mining departments respectively of the
University of Minnesota, are at the
Wey hotel with fourteen Of the TWEEN
ty-eight students of that Institution
who since the first week in May have
been making practical study Of the
science of mining at Park City Part
Of the class is sim at the Park en-
gagged in underground surveys
those who came down to Salt Lake
yesterday VIII today begin a study of
modern methods of smelling, as prac-
ticed at the Highland Boy and Ger
mania shelters, and after these two
great plants are rounded mp, if time
permits they viii make a study Of
Cyaniding methods as applied at the
great plant Of the Consolidated lMercur
company. The party left Minneapolis
May 2, rea ehed Park City May 3 and
expect to be back in just a month from
the time of starting.
The party is well equipped and came
prepared TO do thorough work. 1t is
headed by Professor w. r. Appleby,
the dean of the school of mines and
professor of metallurgy. With him are
Mr.. Christensen, his assistant, who is
am expert in aSsaying; Professor 9. b.
Van Barnevald, the professor of min
ing and Mr.. McCarIy, his assistant.
geology. With these teachers are
TWEEN ty-eight of the students in this
department of the university, who eX-
peet 10 graduate as engineers In point
Of size the University of Minnesota
ranks next to Harvard cow and is one
of the rapidly growing educational in
stitUtions Of the country.
The professors and the students are
enthusiastic in praise of the treatment
they have received in Utah and the
boundless wealth of minerals that was
here spread out for their inspection and
study. Professor AppIeby expressed
the sentiment Of the company when
he said:
I'VE have been in the mining dis
tricts OF Colorado, Michigan and Mon
tana in other years with classes, but
never have we been so Wen treated as
IN Utah or have had so many advan-
tages placed at our disposal. No one
could ask for more kindness or better
treatment than was accorded us at the
Ontario. the Anchor the DAILY the
and in addition to being q very profit
able outing. it mas been a decidedly
pteasan- one. Another thing has inn
pressed me in Utah, and that is the
unoounded mineral wealth of the
state. z had heard much about this
and expected much. but I am free to
confess that j was, astounded with
what we found and of course this is
but a very small pOi ton of the mineral
wealth of the state. Utah is not only
q very SeautifUI state, but it is an i'm
mensely wealthy one, and I predict
that it viii yet make a great stir in
the world"
The boys who make up the class
proved that they are not deadheads
Each one has to pay his own expenses.
and, each seemed to be determined to
make the most Of his Opportunities
At the mines they pulled off their
coats and buCkled into the work like
cad miners, and the same Is true as to
the shops. Three Of them secured good
positions as a result of their visit to
Utah. One of them, Eugene Whitley
was engaged to work in the machine
shop at the silver King. and two 9th
ers. Harold BrOsiUs and r. r. Boyd
were employed by the DAILY West com
pany. The party expects to leave Salt
Lake for home June %.