Bisbee daily review., 1917-08-26
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tural resources, and will help him to avoid mistakes.
 The state bureau of mines in close to the people; it has no red tape, and when information is at hand which the people of the state should know, it may be speedily put before them. AS to the policy adopted regarding its bulletin service, it has been decided that frequent bulletins put out in a non-technical manner, small number printed so that reprints may be more frequent and up to date, and it is hoped that eventually there will be a bulletin at hand that will answer any inquiry in complete form that may come to the office. This means that in general way the bulletin work of the next three or four years is outlined. they being published in the order of their importance and demand.
 The bulletin service is divided into series, such as the mineral technology series, the economic, law metallurgi- cal and other series, any complete ser ies being an elementary textbook on their respective subjects. relating principally to Arizona.
 The wonderful productiveness of the Arizona mining fields in such varied | lines and it's natural spread over the production of newer minerals, have caused. during the past year, more de- mands upon the bureau than could pos sibly be financed. Not alone were the funds insufficient, but in order to give the people of Arizona the best infor- nation possible specialists were need ed. In generous recognition of the past work of the bureau, the state leg islature of 1917 increased its appro- priation from s5000 to S25,000 annual ly This virtually does not allow much expansion of its work beyond the de- mands already made upon it, but it al- lows for specialists in the various lines.
 Besides the director and the admin istrative force there will be on the staff of the bureau a metallurgist, whose duty will be to keep the people informed as to the true metallurgical conditions within the state, to assist men employed in the metallurgical plants of the state to gain the knowl- edge that will better them in their position, to inform the seller or small quantities of ore as to the metallur- gical treatment of the same, and to serve as the metallurgical engineer for the state of Arizona.
 The growing importance of the rare and non-metallic minerals as empha- sized the necessity of the mineral tech nologist on the staff of the bureau, who will be able to advise how to find the rare minerals and how to utilize them properly after they are found, to keep in touch with the markets and to see that the people of Arizona get the greatest value from their natura, resources in this line.
 More important than the conserva- ton of our mineral resources is the conservation of life. and this is to be the particular field of the safety en- gineer of the bureau. It has been defi- nitely proven that but a small percent age of the accidents and fatalities can be prevented by mechanical means, the larger percentage being in the hu- man factor, which can only be lessen ed by constant care and thought. The safety engineer will be the leader il safety movements throughout the state, the stimulator of interest in safe ty. the organizer of safety clubs. and will keep before the miners of the state the importance of the safety movement. He will also advise the