The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1912-06-27

There many able and intelligent citizens who do not
fly appreciate, do not appreciate at ALL the value of
state mining and geological bureau Too often THEN
idea of such bureau is that the Office holders drawing
down fat salaries for snecure work and writing reports which
nobody understand Or else they beeve that Is
the chief purpose of such bureau to discover mineral
and they rdcule the idea of honest doing such
work for the government instead of for themselves.
Apart from scientific work in the urtlerance of educa
tona purposes, geological and mining surveys do have de
cdedy merorious value and are fact indispensable ad
unct in the uptodate state In date Japan there
official geological for several of the counties
and lesser districts.
The purpose of geological survey not to discover min
era deposits although this has oftne been done by
MEMBERS accidentally otherwise. Rather the raison
of such survey to investigate known mineral occur
Fences and this for two purposes First to inform those
Grating the properties the geology mode OF occurrence
and possible extension of their mineral values Secondly and
this Of most Importance the affords the public both
within and outside of the state unbiased and honest de-
scrpton and discussion of the properties This gives the pos
sbe investor the most reliable authority exan both as to the
properties in which be reasonably safe to invest ana as
to properties toward which counes cautious approach
The greatest monetary to the state lies in this function
of the geological survey publicity mediums and if the sur
vey be conducted with sufficient dignity and with freedom
from the habit of undue booming its uterances are bouhd
to earn and obtain an and the sound respect OF the
vesting public
New York Louisiana and Oregon present three striking
examples of the value of efficient geological survey ana ~
effect of the absence OF such bureau Inc New YORK st
survey has been unnterrruptedy in operation since 1850 III
has been nesmabe value in helping develop among 9th
e practica things the cement gypsum salt and quarry
industries the Up to the early 4Os before the sur
vey proved that workable coal absent in the state OF New
York thousands of dollars squandered annually III 1ru
less behring's in barren rock 1t has been estimated hat he
entire Of the survey since 1886 has been nearly not quite
renad TO the state by such expenditures and
saving to successive generations OF citizens sums OF money
which if spent searching for coal could have no other return
than to be sunk irrevocaby into the earth
Even more wildly Illuminating is the record OF louisiana
To
Gus mineral development especially in oil and gas salt and
sulphur Not that Harris state geological survey when was
in existence during these years actually thee MN
eral resources But by ably reporting upon he anu a
swerng INQUIRIES of possible investors the state survey per
med and encouraged the investment OF financial resources
without which the mineral could never nave pee
then employed on state survey work actually did discover a
nredct oil and gas near Caddo With the dscontnuance OF
the Louisiana state geological survey IN l91o dscoh
which has proved very sighted indeed the sae a
suffered severe setback in it's mineral development 1t is De
coming more and more difficult to arouse the attention OF the
investing public toward Louisiana properties
Let US look at Oregon Altogether she has spent to date
$1,000 through her so,caed state ourea" Oh Mines
mineral production is about 100000 annually Ter neigh
bor on the SOUTH California spends each year $oooo on te
state bureau of mnes the annual production IS close TO So
100000 Washington, Oregons northern nelghoor spehU
year her state geological survey ana PRODUCES aP
nrox;matelv $17 100000 year in mineral products.
Is it illogical asks Director Parks OF the 1eepy suPpoie
Oregon service think that some relation exists between m
mineral production of state and the uns sPen Ill a
ton Of the same possible that Mother Nature dlscrm
d oa;ns the state Of Oregon by cutting off the mineral re
sources at political boundary line :. ,.
We think not And we think it behooves the w'aeawaNe
citizens Oregon of Idaho OF LOUISIANA OF o aEu m
mining states to organize and organize at once ee' s
logical surveys and to set them up on permanent OASIS e
from interruption by disgrunted promoters ana 'ne ] m
friends Honesty and honest dgnfed publicity pay ana ar
honestly conducted state geological survey pays very "'
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