Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1906-11-30


tion devoted exclusively to the copper
industry, has been issued. 1t is en-
clycopedic in scope, but, is written
throughout IN plain language, easily
understandable by those lacking a
technical education. The work begins
with a chapter on the history of cop
per, followed by articles on the geol-
qgy, chemistry, mineralogy, metallur-
gy, and uses of the metal, with eight
chapters devoted to condensed descrip-
tions of the known copper deposits Of
the globe. A glossary Of mining terms
will be found useful to all readers not
thoroughly conversant with practical
mining, milling, and smelling. The
statistics of the copper trade and Of
copper share finances are covered in
forty pages of highly condensed and
accurate tables. The major portion
of the book is devoted to a chapter
describing practically all known cop
per mines Of the world, and listing
every copper mining company Of i'm
p%ortance. This chapter is arranged
alphabetically, by titles, rendering it
self-indexing, and saving more than
so pages of d~ouble-column index that
otherwise would be required to merely
give the titles Of the 1929 mines and
companies listed in the book, there
being III more titles than in the pre-
ceding annual edition. The detailed
descriptions in the main chapter of
the book are especially valuable be-
cause of their completeness, covering,
as they do, exact titles, full addresses,
details of organization, officers and
finance, in addition to full and careful
particulars regarding location, area,
ores, mine development, equipment
and prospects. The book contains
much solid information of a sort val
liable to mining men and practical
miners, including a complete list of
the copper minerals, with their vari-
GUS names and characteristics, a sum-
mary Of copper geology, chemistry and
methods of treatment, including mill
ing, teaching, smelling, etc. The de-
tailed descriptions of the various cop
per mines Of the world give a mass of
facts, all prepared in logical order,
that cannot but prove of vast profit
to any practical man who reads the
work, as they furnish a bird's-eye
view of the copper mining, milling
and smelling industry of all countries
and all ages, with development down
to date. To the practical men en-
Jagged in the work of making the cop
per, and not in the gentle art of min
ing by prospectus from an eastern
office, the book will be found of great
practical value, as it gives details of
promotion, including officers, organi-
cation, finances, ETC., of a sort that
usually are hard for the mar on the
ground to get at, and a strong side
light is thrown upon many companies,
of a kind that may saw money to the
practical man who reads the book.
1t is rarely that book comprises
within its covers so much information
on so many different points of inter-
est, and all Of the sort that both
miner and investor are vitality inter-
ested in knowing. The earliest issues
of the Copper Handbook, of which the
present issue is the sixth annual num-
Der, were local in scope, but the work
has broadened until, for several years
past, it has had the entire globe for
its field, and is a standard work of
reference in all countries, The total
number of copper mines and corhph-
MES listed this year is 4,626, a gain of
TIT owe 1905, a fact indicative Of the
very widespread interest in copper
mining now manifested in all parts of
the world. The publisher makes the
usual offer of sending this book, on a
weeks approval, fully prepaid, to any
address in the world, without any adj
vance payment. This offer has been
made for six years past, and the pub
Usher states that of the many thou
sands of books so sent out, less than
three per cent have been returned as
unsatisfactory, and less than three
per cent of the books retained remain
unpaid for, the percentage of loss, on
this plan of unlimited credit, being
less than the average allowed by most
business houses maintaining credit
bureaus, which speaks well for the
inherent honesty Of the average man,
when put to honor. The Copper
Handbook, Vol. vi, for 1906, issued
Oct. 18th: Lilo pages, octave, BREWER
type; IS in buckram binding, with
gilt top; $3.50 in full library morocco,
full gilt. Horace J. Stevens, editor
and publisher, 100 Postof1ce Block,
Houghton, Michigan.
Jaky Spitz, who has been travelling