Bisbee daily review., 1903-02-12
FL PAS0 AFTER
 SCHOOL OF MINES
EXPECTS TO DRAW STUDENTS
 FROM SOUTHERN ARIZONA

trying hard to Get # Built There
 Reasons Why if Should Be
 There is quite a little talk being in j,ulged in regarding the prospect of Fl Paso securing the State School of Mines, which will no doubt be estab- Eshed in the state of Texas before very long. In talking regarding this mater Secretary Clifford of the Inter national Miners association said:
 The people of Fl PasO should be wide awake to the importance of SC curing the School of Mines for this city. This will be big thing for the city if it is secured here, and one that we cannot afford to miss.
 "I think it would be a big thing for some of the large property owners such as the owners of Sunset Heights, Franklin Heights, Munday addition, or someone like that to offer the state a suitable site for the necessary build lAgs. To have the School of Mines located in their addition would certain ly greatly improve the value of the property, and would no doubt more than repay them for the expenditure. l have talked with several of these men, and while they are favorable to the proposition they seem 10 be hold ing off waiting for some one else to rake the lead.
 Every business man in the city of Fl PaSo. who has acquaintance in any other city of the state. should write strong letters to friends and acQuaint- ances urging them to use their infiu- ence with their representative to have the School of Mines located at Fl :naso.
 "El Paso is an important point in Texas. It is true that she is on the extreme frontier, and for this reason she has been generally overlooked in state affairs. But it would be the only proper location for the School of Mines from a mining standpoint, be- cause of the close proximity Of the mining field in Texas, and it would al so draw from the mining fields of New Mexico, Arizona and northern Mexico farge patronage. It would not only be of benefit to the state of Texas, but would be benefit to the country from which it would draw it's support
 Tt would not be proper for the School of Mines to be located in any other city of Texas, because the other smportant cities are located far away rom the mineral
 The properly conducted schools of mines in other states and territories conduct their pupils weekly or month " to the mining camps, where they gan study the form ation and take their samples for assay and chemical andy sis. This could be more easily accom- pHshed wiht less expense of time and money from Fl PaSo than from any other city in Texas.
 An advantage Texas has over any other school of mines in the United States is that within a radius of from !5G to 300 miles of Fl Paso there can be found almost every mineral that is worked in the United States.
 Take the Rolla School of Mines of Missouri. There they only have lead and zinc to work The Scranton School of Mines of Scranton, Pa, only has iron and coal The Colorado School of Mines at Golden only has gold and silver. The New Mexico School of Mines at Socorro is prob ably better situated than any as there are more minerals mined close to that point
 None of them come up to what Fl Paso has close to it's doors. Here We have sulphur. cinnabar. copper, gold, silver, lead, and in fact, almost every mineral and metal.
 This matter is of too much import ance to let drop until We secure the school, which I believe We can do if we work hard enough at it. Hereto fore when the state of Texas had any plums to give away, San Antonio, Dal- las and other eastern cities have stepped in and taken them, but now that we have a good chance to get good thing. we should do all we can 10 secure it."