The Arizona copper camp., 1917-01-20
MINE BUREAU
PLANNING MANY
NEW BULLETINS

During the past year and half the
Arizona State Bureau of Mines has is
sued fifty bulletins on various subjects
of interest to the people of the state
1t is the aim of the Bureau to have
eventually bulletin that will cover
practically every inquiry that comes to
the office, although it will be some
time, of course, before this is realized.
The bureau has recognized the diff
Guilty of giving in individual letters, as
complete information as is often de-
sired, and believes that bulletin, even
a short one, will prove much more
satisfactory. Almost 100000 bulletins
have been sent from the office during
the past year and a half, so the demand
for this information is evident. The
bulletins are published in series as
follows:
Mineral Technology Series: Probably
the branch of mining receiving the
least attention in the past is that of
non metallics, although there is a
wealth of them in the state. The
Mineral Technology Series was pub
lished to call attention to these min
erals, their methods of Identification,
uses, values and locations.
Economic Series: This series deals
with the ecomic questions of the state,
civic problems and the problems with
out classification that are constantly
coming up. and includes Mineralogy of
Arizona Minerals, photography of Lit
erature Regarding Arizona Mining and
Geology, and a directory of operating
mines in Arizona.
Law Series: Little of mining law
is known to the usual miner and pros
published, calling attention to various
points of law that would be of interest
to all engaged in mining. These bulle-
tins cannot be as complete as a book
on mining law, but are particularly in
tended to demonstrate when a lawyer
should be consulted
Safety Series: This series is more
in line with monthly magazine, pub
lished in the interests of safety and
welfare work in the mines of the
state. 1t is published in both English
and Spanish.
Metallurgical Series: The objects of
this series is to give a clearer under
standing of metallurgical problems,
smelter operations, mill operations, and
in general, contains much useful in
formation that is not available to the
ordinary reader.
County Resource Series: 1t is hoped
that this series will eventually be
complete resume of the resources of
every county, some counties having
several bulletins covering the various
branches of their activities.
Mining Series: This series will in
clude the methods of mining and pros
pecting, and the various problems en-
countered the opening and operation
Of new mines.
Labor Series: This series will cover
the problems regarding labor that are
constantly coming up, and will aim to-
wards a better understanding of these
problems. 1t will include such subjects
as hospital systems, bonus systems of
wage payments, the company store, etc.
Machinery Series This is intended
to inform those opening new proper
ties the factors governing the selection
of new machinery, and the merits of
the various types.
1t is hoped that all of these series
will be published by another year, and
to them will be added, from time to
time as necessity demands, other series
and it will be seen that they will con-
tain a fund of information heretofore
unavailable to the people of the state.