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'• ¿If o^e were to take a trade-catalogue of laboratory, suppligs^and
eliminate the-duplicates, it w ould\give. a fair ideas^f the-need§?-of
the M ining D epartm ent in the m atter o f equipment ;-npt to speak
of commodious quarters in-w hich to .place it. F uel darnentally,.. the
need/^alls for' a sep arate'b u ild in g w i t h a n d , machinery- for.
Sampling, crushing,. concentrating and cyaniding.
The m achinery should include; a oné-stamp milli„b^i^Qr m<4re,
half size concentrating tables,-Pa few „small h y d ra u li^ -^ e .is, f a n
ner, .-'screens;'riffles, and a crúsjaíng- o u tfit adequate for handling
ore. in 100 pound lof^.pr more.
In this 'connection f t is interesting to nóte th at the U niversity
of Idaho recently set apart a building for th e i t m ining departm ent,
and. upon investigating the- pricesUon the m ach'^ry;.h£ce«sary to
equip it, were agreeably surprised to find^tbat mo§t of; the .manu
facturing ^Companies were quite w illing, to- furnish the machines,
w ithout cost for the advertising it ?gav£ th e m ., -.While in o th e r s :- ^
priceiquoted w.a-s merely nominal. F ro m .th is it/w p u ld *í>eém that,
about the Only-expense required for a good; plant is provision for
building a n d 'flo o r spaeeU A b o y é-alb quarters should be provided
for assaying, th a t are large enough and furnished with .such degree
of completeness th a t assaying need not be done on a kindergarten
scale.'"■•They should be such, too,?that more than one student could
w ork w ithout interruptions-and delays.. The bargain counter rusfi^S
for the u s # of furnace and balance which characterize the ,present
condition of affairs is no t conducive -to thorough ^ q r k ; The i ex
perience, of those of us who have labored'-under the handicap, im
posed, by insufficient equipm ent and suffered- the disappointm ent