The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-09-05
MINING SCHOOL
WIDE IN SCOPE
MACKAY INSTITUTION AT UNI
vERSITY GROWING IN IN
FLUENCE

An unusually large class In mining
engineering is anticipated this SEES
sion at the Mackay school of mines
at the University of Nevada, says
the Reno Journal. 9nirty-five stu
dents are already enrolled for this
course, and about fifteen more are
expected within the next few days,
their n%on-arrival being due to the
fact that many of them are still at
work in various mining camps, and
delaying their coming until the time
for getting down to solid business at
the university.
Prof. Francis Church Lincoln,
the new head of the school of mines,
yesterday expressed himself as great
ly pleased with the equipment of
the school and the opportunity af-
forded by the school and by the di-
versified mineral of the
state for tho advantageous study of
mining engineering, and predicted a
growing influence and usefulness for
this school.
"Our equipment here is certainly
of the finest" said Prof. Lincoln,
"and the mineral resources of the
state are so diversified as to present
unusual advantages t. the student
of mining engineering. While we
shall have a large class this year, we
have room and equipment running
to full capacity.
'That the influence of the school
is growing is shown by inquiries We
have received from prospective stu
dents from California, Idaho. Ore
gon and elsewhere, and we hope to
number some of these among the
students here within the near flu
ture."
In discussing the scope of the in
to the %prospector, who blazes the
trail and defes the dangers and
hardships of the mountains and the
desert in the search of new sources
of the precious metals, Prof. Lincoln
said:
Zone of the natural and import
ant provinces of this department is
assistance of the prospector and gen.
eral cooperation in aiding in the de-
velopment of the mineral
of the state, by determining, free of
charge, the values and mineral con-
tents of ores they may see fit to send
in, especially from new discoveries.
"While we do not wish to place
ourselves in a position of competing
with or interfering with the work of
commercial assayers, we know that
many times a prOspectOr discovers
something new, the value or compo-
sition of which he is unable to have
determined because of lack of funds.
If they will send samples to the
school of mines, we will gladly as
say or analyze them, and report free
of charge, for the general good OF
the mining industry.
"In ~assaying, however, we shall
make a general rule, based upon the
theory that IS gold ore is CONNER
cial, and to avoid competition with
established assayers. If a sample
runs more than IS per ton, we will
so report, without giving the exact
figures we have determined by Il
assays, but the %prospector can then
go on the assurance that his ore Is
practically Of commercial value, and
he can have another test made by
an established assayer to ascertain
the exact values. If we report that
it is less than IS per ton, there will
no need for further assaying OF
samples.
'There is a great deal Of interest
In the search for radium bearing
ores, and we are especially DESTROYS
of being helpful in this line. We
make such determination free of
charge, and in this connection there
is one phase which I wish to have
the public informed on.
'It has recently come to our
that certain parties have
brought samples to us for redium de-
termination, which W. make without
charge, and when they obtain the
they charge their clients a
high price for the analysis. This is
imposition on the prospector or
other person wishing the analysis,
and we wish the public to under
stand that we make no charge what
ever for these determinations.
Frequently samples come to us
for assay for gold, silver or other
ordinary metal, but in our tests we
discover something Of even greater
to the prospector or min
ing man. We are always on the
watch for new developments or met
ais, for it helps the schooI. the pros
and the state at large"