The Arizona copper camp., 1918-01-26
.FANSETT TELLS
INTERESTINGLY
Of MINERALS

| Mr.. George R. Fansett, rock analyst
of the State Bureau Of Mines, gave an
interesting and instructive lecture
on "Mineralogy for the Prospector,"
and an impromptu talk on Peru, at
the Ray Con clubhouse, Thursday,
Friday and Saturday evenings Of last
week
An appreciative audience attended
the talks, which are of a series given
under the direction of the bureau. Mr..
| Fansett's lecture on mineralogy is de-
signed to aid the prospector in the
hills to determine the nature of his
find, through the medium of simple
reagents
Heretofore, the prospector has found
it necessary to carry his ore samples
to an assay office, and the results
have sometimes not justified the ex-
Dense and loss of time incurred. Mr..
Fansett illustrated this point from an
incident which recently came to his
notice:
"a prospector arrived at the Bureau
of Mines offices some time ago, car
rying sixty-lb. bag of rock, which,
to judge from the way he handled it,
contained the combined Vanastorbilt
millions. He had come all the way
from Mexico, and his expenses to
reach Tucson amounted to about $500.
Tenderly depositing his wealth upon
one of the tables in the assay office,
he asked for confirmation OF his
convictions-and the assayers gently
broke the news to him.
When he came to-but it is unneces-
sary to dwell on this painful subject
Suffice it to say that, had he known
the few basic tests, great deal of
trouble would have been averted."
The audience was shown in detail
how to obtain typical reactions Tests
for copper, iron, manganese, molyde-
mum, silver. tungsten, zinc and lead
were illustrated by Mr.. Fansett. A
simple equipment, such as may be pur-
chased at any drug store, will serve
to eliminate doubt in the prospector's
mind; incidentally, he may be saved
from the disastrous effects of having
his castles in the air tumble to the
ground.
In explaining the object of the State
Bureaus talks, Mr. Fansett spoke as
follows:
"The prospector, who is responsible
for the development of this section OF
the country into land of mines, pro-
ducing it's share Of our mineral wealth
the man who discovers the minerals
may be the man who is in need OF
such services as the bureau is render
ing. While the slogan of our state
bureau is SERVICE, and while we
are doing everything possible to fur
ther mining interests in general, we
wish to aid the prospector as well.
The bureau is devoting every effort to
help him surmount such difficulties as
he may encounter, through lack OF
technical training. This lecture is not
an attempt to make any prospector
an expert assayer: If he applies the
simple tests that l have described, and
obtains typical results, he should COM
municate with some authority or with
the bureau of mines, whose resources
are at the disposal of all VINO may
be interested in mining
Bulletin II, Mineral Technology Ser
les 49,, and Bulletin rs, Economic Ser
les No. IA, may be obtained from the
state bureau of mines, Tucson, by
those who may have found it impossl-
BILE to attend the lecture, and who
would be interested in the tests. The
bureau issues other literature, which
it shall be pleased to send upon re-
quest.
| Mr.. Fansett's lecture on Peru served