PHILADELPHIA & LONDON

J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY

1912

COPYRIGHT, 1912, BY J. B. LIPPENCOTT COMPANY
PUBLISHED JULY 1912

PRINTED BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
AT THE WASHINGTON SQUARE PRESS
PHILADELPHIA, U.S.A.

CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
[Introduction]1
I.[What Is a Mine?]4
II.[What Is Mining?]12
III.[The Antiquity of Mining]22
IV.[Mining's Place in Commerce]28
V.[The Finding of Mines]39
VI.[Mining Claims]46
VII.[Placering]60
VIII.[Open Mining]72
IX.[Considerations Preceding the Opening of Mines]78
X.[Mine Openings]93
XI.[Types of Ore Bodies]107
XII.[The Questions of Depth and Grades of Ore]115
XIII.[Valuation of Mining Property]129
XIV.[The Mine Promoter]134
XV.[Incorporation and Capitalization]140
XVI.[Mining Investments]148
XVII.[Mine Equipments]154
XVIII.[Mine Management]162
XIX.[Prices of Metals]170
XX.[Mine Accounting]179
XXI.[Investment in Mining Stocks]185
XXII.[The Men of the Future in Mining]202
XXIII.[Miscellaneous Considerations]210
[Capitalization and Dividends of North
American Metal Mines]		216
[Index]220