The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-01-05

The following is part Of an address
,.,;vered by Victor c. Anderson, presi-
s.r, of the Colorado State School Of
Mines. at the mining congress in Ell
Psso:
The most present demand of the
present age is for greater industrial
stseiency. Between nations, the con-
.tapt struggle in the industrial warfare
!. 70 train workmen who shall become
highly influential factors in the indus
,,;al world. The most successful nation
- the present century will be that n
rb;ch becomes industriously the most
Efficient. The same high requirement
sill be demanded Of individuals as of
cations. The work of the superintend-
.nt. of the manager, and of all admin
;-,,rative officers is made more intense
and more effective by the increased
nae of modern time-saving inventions.
The great problem before the consult
ing engineer and the metallurgist Is
ons of securing increased efficiency.
In the mining industry the same con-
d;tions prevail. Leaving out of ac-
.oupt the fond hope each mining man
eberishes that he may be the lucky n
10 uncover an underground jewelry
shop, just as the lottery iend hopes
.ome day to win the grand prize, it is
evident that success in mining depends
mon concerted effort, wise business
judgment, economical management and
the application Of correct engineering
and chemical principles. The influence
If the Institute of Mining Engineers,
If the mining press, and Of the Ameri-
can Mining congress is in each case ma
.ioual in it's scope, but in each mining
state there are two great influences of
an institutional character whose hearty
cooperation is necessary for the adj
vaueement Of mining interests within
the state the state bureau of mines
and the State School of Mines.
A mining bureau treats of the min
ing industry in general, is in part a
bureau of information, a repository of
books and specimens, and has the dis
tinct advantage of being in touch with
the practical problems of mining and
metallurgy.
The primary work of a school of
mines is to train young men for active
and successful work in the mining pro-
fession. To do this it must have a COM
petent faculty composed of experts,
have large working collections, and
well equipped laboratories. The stu
dents should make frequent visits to
mines, mills and smelters to become
familiar with the applications, on a
commercial scale, of the principles
taught in the lecture room. This work,
however broad, thorough and valuable
1t may be for the embryotic mining en-
gineer, does not advance the interests
Of the mining profession except as it
graduates well trained men who may,
later in life, do creaitable work.
The primary function of the school,
therefore, is to develop as far as it can
the future mining engineer. The men
Of the bureau, actively engaged in in
pecting mines to see the laws relating
% the safety of employees are obeyed,
busy in tabulating ore production, zeal
GUS in charging their museum and
their library, are little inclined to con-
slider the education of the men who
each year take up the work of mining.
The professors of the school, on the
other hand, absorbed in the technical
features of education, busy with their
Investigations, going through the rou-
tine of impressing upon young men the
fundamental laws of gold mining and
netallurgical engineering practice, are
prone to neglect opportunities for a
broad, comprehensive view Of the min
ing industry. Neither institution, how
ever, can reach the highest stage of eff
nciency without working with and for
the other.
The state mining school should be
The technical branch of the bureau of
MINES, and the bureau Of mines should
De the staunch supporter of the school.
technical problems relating to the min
ing and m~etallurgical interests which
ae Of value to the state at large should
0e solved by the bureau and the school
each aiding the other in the problems,
saeh doing it's own part of the work.
cooperation then will lead to highc.
'd higher ti'ieiency in boil depart
usnts. The whole subject therefore re-
owes itself into me of efficiency. n,
utter example of The efficiency Of sci
'auhc investigation, no better illustra-
u0n of the value of cooperation along
4ese lines can be urged than the CO.
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