Arizona republican., 1915-07-04
6be MINES of ARIZONA

training coupled with sound practical
 experience. The third class includes the men of scientific institutions being trained expressly for the administra- tive offices. The work designed by the
 Arizona College of Mines for the first
 class is for the man that is unable to attend school for any great length of time. It is a short course in mining,
 but applied in totally original man
 ner. There are to be Is tWO-week 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 Affiliated subjects will follow each other in re- gular order and the student may spend two, four, six, eight or any number Of weeks. each course being distinctly re- lated to the course before and after 1t. Instruction will be given in the follow ing order: Elementary mineralogy and bloWpipe analysis, elementary sur
 veying. elementary geology and petro- graphy, field geology, prospecting, as saying. cyanidation, concentration. mine blacksmithing. mine timbering, practical mining other than under ground, practical underground mining, use and care of rock drills electricity applied to mining. mechanics applied to mining. gas engines, cost accounting and management and copper -smelting practice.
 This system allows for more ef- ficient training for the men in class l. gviing them a method or more rapid advancement at pra cticaly no cost to them. The University of Arizona be- ing a state institution. can go ahead on these lines where a privately endowed institution cannot.
 The method for more efficient prep aration for the men of class ? offered more difficulties One cannot get far away from the present four-vear course of the majority of the mining schools. A too broad training only par tially fitted them for the niche they were to fill. while a too practical train ing was not suffici ent to fit them for the work they shor1ld be able to do Here the advantageous geographical position Of Tucson was utilized
 The need for class ? men is not so much an additional quantity of prac- tical framing as it is more practical training m succesSfuI mines and re- duction works. as 1t is the positions of practical men with theoretical knowl- edge that they have to fill During the senior year the classes will attend re- gular college work for the first half of the week. and the last half of the week will be taken up in the practical ap- plication of their theor. and taught at successful properties Cvaniding will be studied at Tombstone. Pearce and Wickenburg; smeltint; practice at Douglas. Hayden, Glo1be and Miami: mining methods at Bistee. Tombstone. Pearce. Ray and many other places Ore dressing will be observed at Hay den. Globe and Miami: Notation and copper teaching may be studied at Ray. Miam. and Ajo This work will give the student a more practical insight into the industry he is choosing as his profession and allow him to live in the of the mining industry The men represented by class need research and administration in a grad uate school. and to this end has been organized the Arizona Sts te Bureau of Mines. research bureau and a gradu- ate department in mining and en- gineering administration. The men represented in this group will have passed through the stages of the first and second groups. will have had their practical training and will be ready to specialize and train for the highest po F. Willis in Engineer Ing and Mining Journal. June 26. 1915.