New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-03-09
SCHOOL OF MINES
GEOLOGIC SURVEY
IS NOW ESSENTIAL
SCHOOL OF MINES OFFERS
MACHINERY FOR THE DE-
vEL0PMENT OF THE
PRIME INDUSTRY IN NEW
MEXICO

Some OF the advantages to. be gait
cd through the state school O
mines have been commented upon b,
the President DR.. Fayette A. Jones
in a recent visit to the capitol. H,
has issued a bulletin in which h,
gives number of interesting point
crs. He says:
The development of the Natura
Resources of New Mexico is largel,
dependent on the scientific worl
conducted at the School of Mines
and College of Agriculture. Thes,
two institutions are basic in charact
er and fundamental to the indus
trial life of the commonwealth. The,
deserve to be more literally endow
ed. Every dollar contributed t.
their support will be returned to tn,
state one hundred fold
New Mexico mines had estimated
production for the year 1916 of golt
81 $4,000; silver $l,0O8,OOO; copper
$24 $4,000; lead $426,000; zinc S.,
E5,0O0 coal and coke $6,861 900
other mineral products $l3lO0OO OF
total of SAL 100000.
Dearth Of Mining Literature.
Any basic industry producing $40,
100000 annually is we'll worthy o.
more than passing notice by the le
gslature.
! The School of Mines vas struggled
for the past two years In trying to
cope with the ever increasing de.
mand made upon it for furnishing
information about the mineral re.
sources of the state. 1t is, indeed
quite embarrassing to the manage
ment Of the school to admit that the
state has no available literature de-
scriptive of its mines and minerals
for distribution. Other than two
bulletins issued by the school, one
on "The Mineral Resources of New
Mexico" 1915, and the other of the
icodification of "The Mining Sta
tutes of New Mexico and the Unit
ed States" 1916, there has been abb
solutely nothing 60 distribute about
Our mining and mineral resources
of an official character. There were
1000 copies of the first bulletin and
300 of the second bulletin issued
both of which were soon exhausted
after coming from the press.
The pressure for reliable literature
descriptive of the mineral resouces
of New Mexico is, indeed, vey great,
and it would now appear to be the
duty of the legislature to remedy
the evil by establishing a State Bu-
rcau of Geology and Mines, closely
correlated with the School of Mines
and with the U. S. Geological Sur
vey. Your president has partly pre-
pared two or three additional bu,le'
tins. mainly at his own expense, to
help tide over the difficulty, but the
School Of Mines has no funds to de-
fray the cost of printing. More
than a thousand enquiries were re-
ceived by the school, during 1916,
asking for literature about Our
mines, minerals and mining dis
tricts. To say the least, we are up
against it, and in behalf of our chief
industry, we respectfully appeal to
the good Judgment OF the legislature
for relief.
Something Must be Done.
There fore, in order to keep in pro-
ceSsion with the rapid strides made
by our sister states and to secure
a proportionate part of the capital
seeking mining investment, "a State
Bureau of Geology and Mines be.
comes a business necessity. Since
mining is a technical subject, it can
be dealt with only by technically
trained persons in a technical man
ner.
Establishing a State Bureau of
Geology and Mines is to be consi-
dered an investment. Every dollar
SO invested would shortly be re.
turned to the state from ten to one
hundred fold
No one doubts the benefits de-
rived from scientific farming, done
through the activities of the Agri-
cultural College. If the principle
holds good in agriculture and stock
raising, why not in mining? If it is
good business to expand the scope
of our agricultural horizon, is it not
good business to further develop the
mineral resources of the state? If
lot, why not? Is the legislature
yoing to discriminate against mining
n favor of agriculture We do not
believe that a deaf ear will be turn
ID to a $40,00O,000 industry.
Mining and Agriculture are basic
Industries. Upon these two indus
rial functions all wealth is either
lirectly or indirectly derived. They
orm the golden threads of the warp
md woof in the fabric of all tax
BILE wealth.
relationship of Mining and Agri-
culture /
Mining and agriculture go hand in
and. The College of Agriculture
" right is entitled to greater con-
liberation by the legislature than it
as heretofore received. The same
) true concerning the School of
fines. Both of these schools being
asic in character, it is through
heir activities that the development
{ the commonwealth lie. Therefore,
he development of New Mexico will
e retarded or accelerated directly
roportional to the support these
wo institutions receive from the
tate. They are the vanguards in
ur educational system that point
he way and open up avenues of hid
en- wealth, on which all the other
EDUCATIONAL and political institutions
lrive. Moreover, these two insti.
itions are fundamental and the