Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-12-09

( ton process for making a high saving
I Of the tungsten contents OF its gold
ores and at the same time. produce
I high grade tungsten concentrate.
/ THIS tungsten production Is running
/ al The rate Of about 1000 pounds per
DAY, and the Jardine management is
planning to increase this.
During this year there was set up
/ in Montana, Works Project Admins
7 tration project known as the Mineral
4 Resources Survey, sponsored by the
I Montana School of Mines, and which
/ is being supervised by DR. Francis A.
/ Thomson. Cecil r. Waldron and my
self This project is carrying on four
types of work Cd 1t is compiling and
Will print a new mining directory Of
Montana: 20 1t Is compiling a list of
all he patented claims in the mining
districts Of Montana, which list will
contain the names of claim owners
and the location Of the claim; 90 it is
compiling, and will publish a biblio-
graphy of all available articles on the
geology of Montana; "a it Is abstract
ing and correlating all articles written
on the 200 principal mining districts
OF Montana. The district abstracts will
be indexed according to districts, coun-
ties and metals. Where full information
on a district is not available through
library research. field parties will be
sent into the districts to obtain the
gap" information.
These field parties will be headed by
members of the staff of the Montana
School of Mines, and the Montana
Bureau of Mines and Geology. The
mineral resources survey also is plan
ming on compiling other details OF the
Montana mineral industry, and will
devote special effort to covering those
resources which can be produced, and
for which there will be demand dur
inc a national emergency.
The completed work of the mineral
resources survey will be of great value
to Montana, and to the entire United
States. Information on Montanas
metals and nonmetal minerals will be
easily and quickly available, and this
should stimulate mining and the en-
ployment of men in private industry.
It also should stimulate the consump-
ton of the products which the farmer
produces, and increase the sales OF
mining supplies, and machinery, most
of which are manufactured outside of
Montana. Naturally this also should in
crease the use of transportation ia
cilities, such as trucks and railroads.
The Mining Association of Montana
has been especially active this year
with matters pertaining to state and
national legislation. The association
now has four local chapters known as
the Last Chance Gulch Mining aSSo-
citation at Helena, the Madison County
Mining association at Virginia City, !
the Beaverhead County Mining aSso- |
citation at Dillon and the Mineral Min
ing association at Whitehall
The state association and its chap |
tiers are now advocating: ID that the
re-eStabliSh the United |
States mint assay office at Helena, !
which was discontinued in 1882. % !
That there be established in the ma
tional government a department OF !!
mines, with cabinet portfolio, to which |
we can take our mining problems. It |
is further advocated that the depart !
ment of mines take over the now highly
United States bureau of mines
and the United States geological sur
vey. 90 That there be established |
within the metal industry of the
United States, public relations unit,
and operated by the state
mining associations and Others. Such
a unit should make the investing pub
lie mining minded, and would stimu-
late the consumption of metals pro-
duced We believe that the proper kind
of publicity would eliminate most OF
the obstacles now confronting the fl
nancing of primary mining ventures.
The financing of such ventures would
mean much to Montana, and the other
western states, and certainly nothing
should be left undone to make new
mines to replace the older mines when
they become worked out If the state
and national legislative bodies will do
their part in eliminating those laws
which obstruct the mining industry,
and pass no new obstructive laws, and
If capital can again be made free for
mining ventures, the mining industry
of Montana will progress with leaps
and bounds, as the mineral resources
Of the state are very large. The same
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