Clarence King — Geologist 



the public demand for a direct appli- 

 cation of the results of government 

 geological work, King pushed first to 

 completion a scientific study of the 

 ore deposits of the region surveyed ; 

 more particularly of the great Corn- 

 stock Lode, whose enormous silver 

 product was then disturbing the 

 monetary system of the country. 

 This work, written conjointly by 

 himself and James D. Hague, ap- 

 peared late in 1870 under the title 

 of Mining Industry. It was de- 

 scribed by one of its most capa- 

 ble critics as " by itself a scientific 

 manual of American precious metal 

 mining and metallurgy." It is con- 

 sidered classic among the works in 

 its line and has served as a model for 

 similar monographs which have since 

 been published under Government au- 

 spices and done so much to raise the 

 mining industry of America to its 

 present high position. 

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