Address

President of the American Institute of Mining Engineers This is unquestionably the era of the engineer the world over, and especially is this true in respect of America. To the skill of her engineers in the exploitation of her unparalleled resources America owes her recognized preeminence in the industrial world. In the development of new fields for industry, the engineers has played a conspicuous part. First, comes the mining engineer, the pioneer of civilization, penetrating the dense jungles of the tropics and traversing the over-frozen North in the quest for gold. His indomitable pluck, his indefatigable energy and his professional skill have sometimes resulted in the discovery of a new territory for human activity and have sometimes, alas! availed naught to save the adding of his name to the already long list of victims of disease or of murderous savages.