The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-09-15

The state of Idaho is KNOW
throughout the world for its minera
wealth. In the Occur d'Alene distric
Idaho possesses the greatest silver
lead producing district so far discover
ed. South, in central Idaho, the fabul-
ouslv rich placer fields of Pierce, War
rens, Florence and others well known
in by-gone days, are coming back
both as dredging fields and as pro-
ducers of gold-bearing quartz. In
Lemhi county, in the Boise basin, in
the Seven Devils country and in Wood
river, to mention only a few, active
mining operations OF great promise
are being carried on and profitable re-
suits are being secured in many cases.
Robert N. Bell, state mine inspector,
recently called attention to the great
phosphate fields of southeastern Ida
no. He places this as most import
and mineral resources.
That the university of so rich a
mining state should have a great min
ing school is obvious for mining to-
day demands as highly specialized
training and as elaborate a technique
as does the practice of medicine or the
profession of law.
Demand for Mining Engineers
So rapidly is progress in the arts of
mining and ore treatment being made
that in one case a process which was
practically scoffed at five ago is today
treating over 100000 tons year.
This is flotation concentration. A
dozen technically trained men are en-
ployed today in the mining industry
where one was needed Is years ago.
To supply this demand and thus to
serve the great mining industry of the
state is the prime function of the
Idaho school of mines. Embracing as
it does the three cognate lines, of
mining geology--by the aid of which
the ore is found; of mining proper
by the aid of which the ore is brought
to the surface; and of metallurgy-
by which the metal is taken out of the
ore; the school of mines is well fitted
to give to the young man contemplating
any phase of the mining profession
most thorough foundation in the es-
sentials of his business.
In equipment the school of mines has :
not only the advantages of its own lab !
oratories, long recognized as the most |
elaborate in the northwest, for assay
ing, ore testing and large scale actual (
ore treatment, but it has also the still
greater advantage in being one of the
few points throughout the entire west
of mines for the carrying on of cooper
ative experimental work in ore treat
ment, metallurgical and mining prob
lens.
U. s. Bureau of Mines
Already the bureau of mines staff
under the general leadership of Thos.
Marley and the immediate supervision
of C. A. Wright, is at work fitting
up laboratories for the solution of
mineral problems.
Help for the Miner
The school of mines desires too to ,
De of the greatest service to the min
ing interests and industry of the
state, and to this end proffers the use t
If its laboratories and the services of
is experts in the solution of the s
problems encountered by those inter
,sted in mining. {
Training Given at IdahO's School of {
While the four-year course leading '
o the bachelors degree is recon- {
nended for all who have completed
four-year high school course or its
equivalent, special courses will be c
,iven to persons competent to under l
axe them, and an eight-weeks short |
curse for prospectors and other ma a
ure persons interested in mining is t
ffered Immediately after the Christ v