Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-02-24
SCHOOL OF MINES.
Where a Practical and Theoretical
Course in Engineering Can be
Obtained.
A VALUABLE lNSTIT0TI0N.

One of the neatest and most attract
i've publications that has come to this
Office is the brochure issued by the
New Mexico School of Mines at Socor.
70, which contains the advance sheets
of the annual register relating chiefly
to the courses of study offered. The
complete register will be issued about
May /.
The brochure was printed at the
school of mines press and Is handsome,
attractive and we'll gotten up. The
cover is artistic and the results from
putting out such a statement of the
resources and advantages of the school
cannot help but be satisfactory.
The board of trustees of the school
consists of Governor NJ. A. Otero and
Superintendent of Public Instruction J..
Francisco Chaves, ex-oficio, Juan Jose
Baca, Socorro, president; G. T. Brown,
Socorro, secretarytreasurer; Captain
A. B. Fitch and F. G.. Bartlett. Magda-
lena. and j. f. Smith. Socorro. The
name of each member of the faculty Is
followed by a brief but comprehensive
sketch of his career.
The school Of mines was founded by
act of the legislature of 1899 and an
organization was effected under a sub
sequent act approved February %,
1891. Plans were at once adopted for
the buildings and early in 1892 a circu-
lar setting forth the aims of the school
was issued.
The following year a president was
chosen and students in chemistry were
admitted, but the mining school was
not opened until the autumn of 1895.
The location Of the institution at So
zorro was particularly fortunate In
that it renders easily accessible to the
students a large number of mines of
all kinds, smelters, irrigation systems
and other engineering works. Many of
the most famous mines of the south
west are whiting a few hours ride of
the school. The surrounding country
is rich in Illustrations of geological
formations and structures. The ideal
of the institution is the practical train
ing and directing of young men to take
active Fart in the development of the
mineral wealth of the country and the
world. The natural surroundings of the
school create a mining atmosphere
which is not found in schools located
farther away from the mines and
mountains. There is a broad practical
experience during the entire course.
The proximity of the school to many
nNinac afford nnnrtunitv 10 Ctndyipc
the most modern methods of mining as
well as the native methods which have
been followed for so many decades.
The field for original scientific re-
search in New Mexico is unrivaled as
the government has made no inves-
legations.
Much of the advance work of the
school is and will be continued in the
line of original research and the re-
suits will be made known through bull
letins from time to time.
The brochure gives the courses in
detail and requirements for admission.
From the school of mines press is is
sued the Mining Quarterly, the annual
report. the annual register, the depart
ment bulletins and the reports of the
geological survey. During the summer
practical field work is followed and
many long excursions are undertaken
to more distant mining fields. Among
the professors and students are main
tanned the Engineering society, the
Scientific association and the Mining
club.
The library end museum are com
plete. The buildings are located in a
campus of twenty acres and consist of
the chemical laboratory, engineering
hall, and the Socorro building.
The acquisition of the Rio Grande
Smelling works with its 2S0 acres of
land and thirty buildings gives the
school an advantage of practical work
that is unequalled by any similar
school in the country.