THE 
GHOLOGICAL MAGAZINE 
VOLUME LVIII. 
No. VII.—JULY, 1921. 
EDITORIAL NOTES. 
HE Mines Department announces the formation of an Advisory 
Committee to assist the Secretary for Mines in matters relating 
to the Metalliferous Mining Industry. Never was the mining ot 
metalliferous ores in this country in a more parlous condition, 
for, with the exception of iron ore and ironstone mining and 
quarrying, practically all the metal mines of the country are shut 
down, for the very good reason that the cost of production of the 
dressed minerals is higher than the price at which they can be sold. 
The high price of production is to be ascribed partly to the increased 
cost of labour, partly to the high price of materials ; while the low 
price offered for the products is due partly to the low level at which 
the metals stand in the markets of the world (they are down in some 
cases nearly to pre-war level), and partly to the high returning 
charges of the smelters, whose costs have been heavily increased 
both by the high price of labour and the excessive cost of fuel. 
Mr. Bridgeman is to be congratulated on being able to get together 
such a representative body to advise the Mines Department. 
Its constitution is as follows :— 
Sir Cecil Lindsay Budd, K.B.E. Chairman. 
Brig.-Gen. G. M, Jackson | 
Mr. Myles Kennedy, J.P. | Representatives of owners of Tron 
Mr. 8. J. Lloyd, J.P. Ore Mines and Quarries. 
Mr. Claud Edward Pease, J.P. 
aes a eat Dae | Representatives of workers in or 
Mr. William Lewney, J.P. Lee nee i lene 
Mr. Will Sherwood ania 
Mr. R. Arthur Thomas (Re proenne Owners of Tin 
Mr. Joseph Harris { eee workers in or about 
Mr. Anthony Wilson, J.P. { Beer ae Summers ot eadiand 
Mr. James Wignall, M.P. 1 Pe eae ones a or about 
Mr. Thomas Falcom 
Mr. Frederick H. Hatch, one, | At ! 
Ph.D. Mining Engineers. 
Mr. Frank Merricks, C.B.E. | 
Mr. Frank William MHarbord,) , 
C.B.E. ii Metallurgist. 
Mr. T. C. F. Hall | 
Professor Henry Louis, D.Sc. 
Dr. James Malcolm Maclaren 
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