Fabulous
Mining As
Of Old, Gone
WASHINGTON, Nov. —Unless i
present trends are misleading,
■ the fabulous days of the mining
^ mdustry when men grew rich al
most in the twinkling of an eye,:
are over.
So reports the WPA's national
research project on mineral tech i
oology. ,
The days when a miner with a
“nose for ore” would hit the grass i
roots Stake and found his fam- j
ily’s fortune have vanished, the!
report said, and in their place;
rises a mining technician who,
must produce profits out of low
grade ores if he is to remain in
the mining business.
The report points out the im
4 portance of ores that would have
been thrown away in the ’70s
and '80s, when mining towns were
booming.
Under the two-edged stimulus
of demand and the quest for pro
fits the modern mine operators
have been forced to develop a
skillful technology which brought
into production large tonnage,
low grade deposits.
The tendency toward a declin
ing grade of ore with increasing
quantity of production is one of
the principal features of the long
time mining process, the report
shows.
Mechanical apparatus, combin
ed with a better knowledge of
mining methods has overcome
handicaps of depth and distance,
^ has increased efficiency of opera
• tion and has permitted the ruining
of rock of lower tenor.
The hope of finding huge veins
of high gr ade ore is a forlorn one.
the report says. No great finds
have been made in the last quar- j
ter century and of the 33 leading
districts ^reducing gold, silver,
copper lead and zinc, only five
have been found since 1900 and
none since 1907. the report shows.
Rather now will come discus
sions of vertical ard horizontal i
expansion, protection against r'6ek>
falls, artificial ventilation, drain
age tunnels and other technical!
problems of getting low grade
ores, in large quantities, to the
surface.
Here briefly, is the situation:
Gold and silver—"Li appears;
that the burden of maintaining
future production will fall more
r and more on technology as the
» effective grade of ore worked .is
reduced.”
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Copper—“An upward trend of
copper prices does not seem
likely, barring the hazard of
war. If future demand is to be
met from domestic sources, the
burden of cambating further de
pletion falls heavily on the tech
nioian.”
Lead and Zinc—“In the west
there are many mines that could
produce zinc under more favor
able economic and techincal con
ditions. But the immediate and
short-time outlook is that yield
from lead and zinc ores wiill con
tinue to decline.”
ESKIMOS ABLE OUTBITE
SQUADS OF FOOTBALLERS
NEW YORK, Nov. </P) — The
New York Academy of Dentistry
was told that modern foods were
remodeling the American head
to the eventual shape of a pear
and that diminutive Eskimos can
“outbite” University of Minne
sota football players by an aver
age of 172 pounds.
On the first count, Dr. Leu
man Waugh, professor of Ortho
dontia at Columbia University
dental school said:
“If the present (food) trend
continues, several generations
hence will see a race oif Ameri
cans the shape of whose face
will resemble a pear. They will
have large broad foreheads, and
their chins will come together in
a point”
He then compared bite stren
gth tests conducted with a gym
athodynamometer by Professors
Brekhus and Armstrong at Min
nesota among 108 Gopher foot
ballers and by himself last sum
mer among 56 Eskimo men chos
en at random in Alaska, where
diets are favorable far healthy;
teeth and jaw development, he!
said:
The score:
Minnesota—'Average height, 6
feet; weight, 178; bite, 126
pounds; strongest bite, 18 0
pounds.
Eskimos—Average height, 5
fee1! 5; weight, 126; bite 298
pounds; strongest bite, 3 4 5
pounds. ;
NOTICE TO PUBLIC
Commencing Dec. 1, 1938, the
Nevada Grill Ls being conducted
under new management, the in
terests of Geo. Madsen and Gor
don Parlette having been taken
over by Tom Cloninger. Not re
sponsible lor any accounts owing
prior to Dec. 1, 1938.
Signed: Tom Cloninger.
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SOVIETS WILL LIMIT
RECORD LONG FLIGHTS
MOSCOW, — The Soviet gov
ernment, to safeguard pilots’ liv
es, will be “extremely severe”
henceforth towards permitting
record (light attempts.
At a reception for three Soviet
women flyers who set a woman’s
distance mark in September, Jos
eph Stalin said the lives of pi
lots “are more precious to us
than any records, no matter how
groat or renowned they may be.”
The words, published in news
papers aroused interest, in view
of the announcement Oct. 22 that
Alexander M. Bryandinsky, not
ed Soviet navigator, had been
killed in an airplane crash. No
d tails were given.
The women—Valentina Griz
odubova, Capt. Paulina Osipenko
and Lieut. Marina Raskova—flew
non-stop 4,031 miles. Their ach
ievement was hailed as of “im
mense defense significance,” and
they w ,re called models of the
free and adventurous life of So
viet womanhood.
POLICE SEEK YOUNG
MAN, EYED DUCHESS
HOVE. Sussex. England, —Po
lice in this seaside town were
searching for a mysterious dark
1 haired young man on the com
plaint of the pretty, and extreme
ly wealthy, Duchess of Norfolk,
the wife of England’s premier
Duke.
The blonde, peeress, who lives
with her husband and daughter
five months each year in Arundel
Castle, told authorities she was
followed around at “Autumn
: Fayre’’ Wednesday by the strang
er “who made grimances at me.”
Th:, police were alarmed at the
report because only Wednesday
i the body of Patricia Owens, four,
j was found near Hove. An ice
salesman was arrested and charg
ed with murder.
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son in New York with dramatization of “Treasure Island." Above
is a pause in rehearsals. I.ast year about 1,939,000 persons saw the
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ARREST OF NAZI SPY SUSPECTS by U. S. military authorities in Panama, where the four suspects were accused of
photographing Panama canal zone defenses, emphasizes the importance of above water link between two oceans. Here, the Cruiser Ches
ter is at the left, waiting until water in Miraflores Locks is lowered so that it can proceed to Balboa in the wake of destroyers leaving '
the lock at right. Rarely photographed, the canal is of great importance to peace-time traffic and of far greater potential importance in
| the event of war. The German espionage suspects were arrested while allegedly taking pictures of Galeta Point, first defense of tho
Atlantic approach to the canal.
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with JOHN WAYNE — JEAN ROGERS
A Demon to Dangerous Men! — A God to a Lad of Eleven!
also “HILL TILLIES” and "TOUGH EGG”
ONE SHOW SATURDAY 7:30 P.M. Adm. 55* A 25*
By Popular Request
“ONE IN A MILLION”
with SONJA HENIE, Worlds Champion Ice Skater
and "TABLE TENNIS”
TWO SHOWS: SUNDAY 7:15 & 9. Adm. 55* A 23*
“AND SO THEY WERE MARRIED”
with MELVYN DOUGLAS — MARY ASTOR
Jammed with Laughs! Roaring with Fun! A Riot of Rom-Antics!
and "HIT AND RUN DRIVER”—A ( rime Series Picture
“ S O U It I) 0 V G II ”
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Carrying an Assortment
of Fine Liquors. Win*
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December 14th
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p .•". '■ —
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Christmas gift items are ready for your selection
Beautiful merchandise reasonably priced
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