Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-10

panies scattered over the entire hemi~
| sphere. There are graduates of the
| M. c. M" as it is termed by its stu
| dents and alumni, In every active min
ing region of the two Americas and of
Africa. On finishing the course the grad
| yates obtain immediate employment gen
| orally at good pay. and, what is more
| important, with opportunity for advance
| ment If they make good" The first
positions are usually those of assayer,
surveyor. sampler or assistant engineer.
The average time of practice since
! graduation for the living graduates is al
| mos. exactly six years. Their occupa-
| tons, according to the latest informa-
ton obtainable. are as follows Super
| intendents or general managers, 1903; en-
| gineers at mines, mills smelters, 1888;
| reporting engineers. %; teaching in col
| leges, 10; railroad construction, 9; mis-
| cellaneous, 81; deceased or unknown, 20.
BY states and countries they are dis
| tributed as follows: Arizona, "a; Illinois,
10; Mexico, 40; Michigan. 81: Minnesota,
| q; Montana, Is; Nevada, Ii: Ontario,
| 10; Utah, Is; Washington. IL; Wisconsin,
13; South Africa, S; other states and
countries, including Russia. China and
| South America, 10; deceased. or un-
| known, 90
President McNair says that with careful
economy on the part of the students $500
will cover the really necessary expenses
| of years training for a nonresident of
Michigan This would correspond to about
$3.50 for the usual college year, and a cit
izen of Michigan has certain allowances
which will reduce his expenses about 1925
year. President McNair says, however,
that most of the students spend more than
these amounts, which are the minimum.
Success of Graduates.
IS the president has said graduates of
the Michigan College of Mines are In
charge of actual operations in practically
every state of the Union that has metal
taken TO coal. Coal mining and metal
mining are so different that few coal min
erS ever leave that business while those
who have been trained to digging out
metals can seldom. if ever be induced to
go into a coal pit
Inc following are few of the graduates
of the college who are in charge of i'm
portant operations in this and other coun-
tries. The names have been given me at
random by Mr.. Horace J. Stevens of
Houghton, who says that he could make
the Hst very much longer If DE had a
roll OF the alumni:
Fred w. Hoar superintendent Lake su-
per1or and Arizona mine, Florence, Pinal
county. Ariz.
A. A; Abbott. superintendent of the
Cerro de Pasco Mining Company, Cerro
de Pasco, Junin, Peru.
Robert Fl. Anderson, assistant superin-
tendent May Consolidated Gold Mining
Company, limited Germiston, Transvaal
George A. Arnold, superintendent of
construction, Calumet and Arizona mine
B!sbee, Ariz
John Knox, mine superintendent Sterling
Salt Company, Cuylerville,, N. Y
Alexander 2. Campbell, superintendent
Mayo Lake Mining and Development Com
pany, Dawson, Yukon, Canada
Joseph Labaw. superintendent Horn Sill
yer mine Frisco. Beaver county, Utah.
Nathan Lawton. general superintendent
Newfoundland Exploration Syndicate, Pill
leys Island, Newfoundland.
Nathan Haas, superintendent Rogue
river gold mines. Gold Hill, Ore.
William F. Brown, consulting engineer
London Exploitation and Explorati ton
Company of London.
Mather H. Burnham, assistant govern
ment inspector of mines, Johannesburg,
Transvaal
Milton A. Game, assistant superintend-
ent Duckton Sulphur Copper and Iron
Company Isabella, Tenn.
William Nee. Cameron, general man
ager May Consolidated Gold Mining Com
pany, limited, Germiston, Transvaal.
Importance of the Diamond Drill.
The diamond drill. which is so i'm
portant an accessory in mining" said Mr. |
Stevens. was invented about thirty years
ago by an Irish Yankee named Sullivan
in New Hampshire, and has developed |
an enormous business with It's headquar-
tiers in charge of Tom Dee. an Ishpe ming
boy, In the Railway Exchange building in
Chicago. The diamond drill was first
utilized in Marquette county, Mich, and
1t was necessary to break in raw men to
handle 1t. Hence the first experts hailed !
from lShpeming and. as a consequence |
that has been the unofficial training school |
for diamond drill operators for the whole |
world Tor the past quarter of a century |
The use of the drill has been extended |
until 1t is now world wide, and the cost |
of black diamonds. used for drilling. has |
increased from the original price of sd |
per carat. to the present price of $50 to |
$50 per carat, according to grade. Black |
diamonds look like small fragments of |
underdone coke. but the statesmen who |
carry around these goods to the different |
mining camps often surprise people by |
drawing from their hip pockets cIoth-lined |
envelopes filled with rusty-looking stones |
of almost fabulous value. Not long ago
Mr.. c. w. Kennedy of New York. while
In Houghton showed me SO, 900 worth of
black diamonds which he carried around
In an envelope similar to that used for
business correspondence. The diamond
drill runners and setters-the latter being
experts who set the diamonds in a circle
Of soft steel used for the cutting face
have overrun the globe and are usually
well and accurately in formed concern
ing the value and condition of mining
properties Many of them have develope
into successful mine managers and opera
tors. and few of them have accumulated
great wealth because of their knowledge
and eYuarianca