Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-22
STATE SEEKS DATA ON
MINERAL PRODUCTION

The California State Mining bureau
! is now engaged in the collection of
statistics of the mineral production of
the state for 1909, and in that impor-
tant matter, that justice may be done
to every county and producer, State
Mineralogist Lewis Il. Aubury is send
ing out circulars calling for data. The
mining bureau is an agency for MAX
| ing known, all over the world, the
mineral resources of California,
through a series of statistical bulletins
published annually, and by books and
pamphlets, all of which have "a large
circulation. The statistical returns
supplied by the producers are indis-
pensable to make these publications
give full credit to the counties and the
state.
The text of the circular, signed by
Lewis E. Aubury is as follows:
1.-THE law makes it a part of the
duty Of the state mineralogist to as
certain annually the amount and value
of each of the mineral productions of
California, and in order to do this 1t
is necessary to have a complete and
correct list of all persons and compa-
nies owning or operating mines, quar-
ries, oil wells, etc. The object of this
is to send out inquiries in order to
ascertain from the replies the amount
and value of the product of the re-
spective properties each year.
"These replies are never published,
exhibited to any one, or made public
in any way. The figures submitted are
used only in making up totals of the
different substances in the various
counties of the state
Will Keep Confidence
"The bureau realizes perfectly that
,.fi 10
have any one in their line of business,
or any other, know exactly what their
output or it's value may be. For this
reason every care is taken that such
matters will be kept entirely secret.
1t is necessary. however to OBTAIN
separate individual returns in order
to make up the totals, For this rea-
son, every one receiving one OF lne
blanks of inquiry is earnestly urged to
fill it out and return it at once to this
bureau, giving amount and value OF
product for the year, and any change
of address.
"The annual statistical tables of
mineral production by the state min
ing bureau have long been recognized
as being the most complete and cor
rect of those published in any state
in the union. They are useful to the
general public, but even more SO to
the producers OF mineral substances.
who may thus learn exactly the con-
dition of their special branch each
year, the total amount produced and
its value. If each producer will as
sist the state mineralogist by promptly
replying to inquiries, much labor and
time may be saved. The matter is
really one of mutual benefit, the OBJ
ject of, the mining bureau being to
promote the mining industry of the
state in every way. One of the ways
is to keep a correct account of what
the miners are doing and how much
wealth they are adding to the world
each year. Without some showing of
this kind, from official sources, the
press and general public win have only
a vague idea of what the miners of
the state are accomplishing. If the
miners themselves will furnish the de-
tails of their own operations, the state
mining bureau will do the work of pre-
narinG and publishing the matter in