Download or read book The Mineral Resources and Mineral Industry of Oregon for 1903, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) written by Orin Fletcher Stafford and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-20 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Mineral Resources and Mineral Industry of Oregon for 1903, Vol. 1 In presenting herewith an account of the mineral industry of Oregon the author, in justice to the subject and himself. Feels the necessity of explaining the exact nature and scope of the work undertaken. An ideal discussion of the mineral resources of a country would involve, perhaps, an historical account of the mining industry in the several districts; a study of geological features; details descriptive of development, equipment, mining and metal lurgical practice; statistics of production and labor; as well as whatever other matters there might be which would have either an economic or scientific bearing upon the industry in question. The complete attainment of such an ideal, however, would be the task of a thoroughly organized geological survey, adequately equipped, liberally supplied with funds, and properly invested with the authority necessary for carrying out its purposes. Even under such advantageous circumstances, in a state as large as Oregon, there would be some dificulty in making a complete statement of condi tions before several years of work were done. It became an absolute necessity for the author, therefore, in taking up this work single-handed, to set a limit within which it might be possible to accomplish something in the time at his disposal. With the means at hand the possibilities resolved themselves into a consideration of the places of occurrence of the various mineral deposits as far as knowledge could be obtained of them; their mineral ogical character; ownership; development; and equipment. Nor has it always been possible to get all of this information with respect to a given property, in such cases there has been given simply a state ment of the facts obtainable. It is thought that all of the more important, known mineral deposits of the state have received men tion. In case any have been omitted it is because through the channels of information available for this work nothing has been heard from them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.