The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-05
"THE COPPER HANDBOOK"
This Years Edition Contains Over
1000 PAGES.

Volume VII of the new edition of 1.-The
Copper Handbook has just been issued
by the author. Horace j. Stevens of
Houghton. Mich. The book has 1.22S
pages, octave, BREWER type, being ma
terially larger than before. The author
apologies for his inability to revise the
book throughout, explaining that fire,
sickness and loss of five months time
prevented, but the now volume contains
about 10000 words of new matter, equal
in length 20 three ordinary works OF
fiction. IN addition to the matter remain
ing unchanged from the preceding is
sue.
The new edition of 1.-THE Copper Hand
book contains twenty-five chapters, an
increase of nine. treating of copper, under
the headings of History, Geology, Chem
istTy, MineTalogy, Mining. Milling. Con-
| centration. Hydrometailurgy, PyrometaI-
lurgy, Electrometallurgy. Alloys. Brands.
Grades, Uses, Substitutes. Technology.
Geography, Copper Deposits. Copper
Mines and Statistics. The treatment Civ
en- the subject in l,22S pages is encyclo-
paedic in scope. but the logical and or
derby arrangement of the great mass of
facts presented. coupled with a table of
contents. full index and alphabetical ar
Iangement of districts, countries. mines.
| minerals and glossary render it possible
to ascertain any given fact with almost
as much ease as word is found in a
dictionary. This is point of much value
to readers that has been overlooked in
many otherwise excellent works of ref
erence.
THE Copper Handbook is not intended
to replace other works for the use of
technical men. but it does supplement
all other technical books on copper. while
for the average reader its hundreds of
pages devoted to the scientific and tech
meal features of the subject Will be found
| to cover every point of interest. The
| language is plain throughout. and the Law
man, whether miner or investor. will find
| the clear and easily understandable ex-
position of scientific facts great aid.
as the highly technical language used in
many of the best scientific works is a
| serious stumbling block in the path OF
| the man not technically trained. who is
| forced TO read such books with a die
tionary at his elbow.
In whatever light "The Copper Hand
| book is viewed whether in describing
the thousands of different copper mines.
| in all parts of the world. in the plain
| descriptions of intricate processes of min
ing, milling. smelling and refining. or in
/ the forty pages of statistics covering the
| copper industry of the globe in its va
rious commercial and financial aspects.
| the book must stand as a monument OF
patience and labor. IL being the unaided
| work of a single man.
! The book viii be found of deep inter
est and practical value TO every man In
terested in the subject of copper from
whatever standpoint whether he be en-
| gagged in the production or use of the
/ metal or is an investor in copper shares.
The descriptions of the mines are writ
ten without fear or favor. and several
prominent. are handled without gloves.
| and in a manner which would Justify
4 no end of libel suits were the author not
sure of his facts. In view of the ex-
ceedingly plain speaking in this book. in
which scores OF companies are termed