Bisbee daily review., 1915-07-11
ARIZONA OFFERS ADVANTAGES IN MINING
 STUDY
University of ArizOna'S Mining Course Includes the Practical End of the Mining CurriCuIm, Often Neglected.

For many years it has been obs2rv- ed that there was something lacking in the methods of mining education, olly a few were being served ana men were not being trained for other than lead ership Even at that the training has been faulty for they lacked the dis tinct training in administration. They also lacked the practical training necessary for the positions in the mid de of an organization.
 Various schools in the country have foreseen a part of the faults and have corrected them Boston Tech put in the course in Engineering admin istration thus tending to correct the lack of training in administrative work. Columbia School of Mines then made mining solely a graduate subject with the same end in view, but at no place in the country have they en- deavored to train men for the middle of the organization or three quarters way up or down
 It has remained for the College of Mines of the University of Ariz Ila to put forward a plan which is the result of several years of observation on the needs of the mining indus.ry and it is believed that this plan is the solution of the problem which has be- come a vital question.
 Workers in the mines, mills and smelters may be divided into three dis tinct classes, first, the young man hav- ing only a common school education These are the men to ft for shift boss CT. for floor foremen in the mills, for furnace foremen and the many men on the third to the sixth rung of the ladder of progress.
 Second, the young men having an advanced grammar or high sch20l training. These are the men ttat should be trained for mine foremon, mill foremen and the many positions requiring a partial technical training coupled with sound practical expert l ence and finally, the 3rd class, the men of scientific institutions being trained expressly for the administrative off , ces
 The work designed by the Arizona ! College of Mines for the first-class is, | of course. for the man that is unable ito attend school for any great length O ftime for financial reasons or other. wise. IL is a short course in mining
 but applied totally different than here tofore given.
 Many schools of mines have given 1 short courses but these courses do lii. ! tie more than give a thirst for further | knowledge. which, of course, is a de- l sirable objective The usual two weeks to three months short-course er- deavors 10 cover inc whole field Of Imining within that time. lt is, there
 fore. a group of lectures covering bare out line of the whole industry
 with no complete knowledge of any one subject or any one branch of tho industry It is extensive training and lusualy given 10 men whose minds
 are prepared only for intensive train
 ing It is unusual 10 find men that are interested in an branches of min ing being interested possibly in pros Ipecting but caring nothing about the
 vagaries of rock drilling, being inter ested in underground work but not in
 milling practice.
 With he idea of correcting this ! fault there is to be given at the Ari-
 zoua College of Mines eighteen two
 weeks short courses. each subject to
 be given alone and intensively for two
 weeks with the theory and practice. lecture and laboratory and with work in the necessary affiliated subjects fol- low each other in regular order and
 the student may spend two four six, leicht or any number of weeks, each course being distinctly related to the course both before and after it ln- istruction will be given in the follow ing order Elementary mineraloey and Ihlowpine analysis, Elementary Survey ing. Elementary Geology and Petro- eraphy. Field Geology Prospecting, lAssaying. Cyanidation Concentration, , Mine blacksmithng Mine timbering,
 Practical mining other than under
 around. Practical underground mining, Use and care of rock drills, Electricity applied 10 Mining, Mechanics applied to mining, Gas engines, Cost account ! (Continued on Page Two)