The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-03-24

OrS. This use of the movie film for
promotion purposes has attained
some recognition. Movie films have
been taken of initial operations and
the geological formations in western
oil shale districts. 1t viii not be sur
prising TO hear that these films are
being used actively in promoting the
stock sales. No special objection Is
to be made TO the use of the movie
film in the promotion OF sound. legit-
innate enterprises but there is dan
ger that unsound and fraudulent pro-
jects may seek this persuasive ave
nue. to the pocketboolls of the UNI
wary
1t is not improbable that mining
engineers will make occasional use of
the movie film where important ex-
aminations are made in far distant
countries. Transportation and oper-
ating difficulties can be presented and
made accurately knodn to directors.
stockholders, and engineers. Topo-
graphical and surface obstacles that
have to be overcome in plant CON
struction can be made clear Machin-
cry manufacturers are also better
able to appreciate the conditions to
be met
DR.. c. =. Berkey, professor of geol- |
ogy of Columbia university, says:
MANY of the processes representing
the operation of a successful mine /
are not very readily made clear to the
ron technical board or unframed /
class. Nothing. of course can wholly /
bridge the gap between these compli- /
Gated operations on one hand and in
experience on the other. except ac-
tual contact with the work itself But
such contact is not always possible or
expedient whereas it often happens
that a better comprehension of
problem or proposed change or special
set of difficulties must in some way
he given.
1T is usual to depend upon careful
description and the Imagination Of
the hearer to make this connection.
but certainly with variable success.
Perhaps at this very point the motion
picture might be of special service in
bridging the gap for inexperience. The
imagination, unchecked by some bet
ter method than a description fur
nishes, sometimes pictures an impos-
sible or a quite inadequate operation. /
In either case the chief object of the
explanation may be lost. With a lit
le true to life help in the form of i
rowing picture of the essential factors 7
Of the operation however not only c
nay the case be made more clear but :
much time may be saved for all in y
'eaching an adequate understanding. t
Lieutenant William w Hosp, an .
lviator says: "Airscape views in G
stills and moving pictures are play s
ng a more important part every day Z
+ commercial and Industrial develop
rents by affOrding impressionable
violence of the association of objects
rivers. bridges and build
ngs upon the ground and registering I
he advancement of large improve
nents."
In the larger mining companies
here is a field for the moving picture I
r INSTRUMENTATION work that has for
IS major objective coordination and
increased efficiency. The interrela-
ion of the various departments of d
arge business organization, however o
ar apart they may be in a geograph- n
cal sense. can be presented to the 5
eparate groups by the movie Both "
he manager and his audience can II
isualize the business to increased 7
dvantage Il
Examples of Mining and Industrial 5
Stories. u
The New Jersey Zinc company is in S;
n exceptional position for a mining c'
ompany in that it not only mines
nd dresses it's ore, but it also smelts
nd prepares various market products
lerefrom \ sales organization has i
cen developed to dispose of its pro
ucts. One of the products is zinc OK
lie and to extend the use of this pro- N
uct among paint users a single reel
I'm has been prepared which shows q
le various steps in it's manufacture
he film has already been shown be-
IRE 40 organizations in different
arts of the country. These organiza- sC
ons consist largely of paint supern- m
,ndents. large users of paints and lie
Amt manufacturing materials. Re ~
uests for the use of the film have ne
zen numerous.
Bureau of Mines Petroleum Picture.
The L. $. bureau of mines at the a.
cent annual convention of the In A,
apendent Oil Mems association in Al
enver exhibited a four-reel moving Al
cture of the petroleum industry A.
he film had been prepared in coop Al
alton with the Sinclair Consolidated Al
il corporation. Prospecting, pro- 10
iction. refining, distribution and ul-
mate use of petroleum were shown b,
comprehensive view of the petrol 10
I'm industry was thus Obtainable -,
hch would have required several Cl
eeks of journeying and access to a q
lmber of plants. A moving picture 80
DRY of this kind apart from its spe- Q,
al interest to those in the petroleum CT