University of Nevada - Artemisia Yearbook (Reno, NV)

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. contains the exhibit of ores. The museum has received a number of valuable gifts including mine models from the Jim Butler Mining Company at Tono- pah, a framed picture of mining machinery from the Traylor Engineering and Manufacturing Company, a panoramic view of the Bingham Copper Com- pany from R. C. Gemmell, president of the Utah Copper Company, a col- lection of high grade gold and silver ores from the Estate of Allen Fisher and an assortment of large specimens of Butte ores from Mrs. W. A. Clark, Jr. In addition to the gifts mentioned, individuals have presented choice specimens so that the collections have been much enriched. The fifth session of the Prospectors ' Short Course was held at the School of Mines in January. The attendance was fifteen, and eleven of these com- pleted the work and received certificates. The registration in this course com- pares most favorably with that of the preceding years as it was thirteen in 1917 and seventeen in 1918 and with the present disturbed condition of the mining industry a smaller number than fifteen might well have been expected. It is interesting to note that during the five years this course has been held, 98 students have been registered in it. In the spring of 1918 Professor Walter S. Palmer wrote a bulletin on manganese which was published by the University and widely distributed throughout the State with a view to increasing the production of manganese in Nevada. During the summer Professors Palmer and J. Claude Jones gave their services to the Government and undertook to stimulate the produc- tion of war minerals in Nevada by inspecting and reporting upon properties capable of producing these substances. During the past fall Professor Pal- mer was active in the work of releasing men from military service and placing them in Nevada mines. This briefly summarizes activities of the Faculty in war work, while those of the students are best indicated by the great drop in enrollment already mentioned. Director Francis Church Lincoln -rS 27

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