Chapter XXI: The Training, Opportunities and

ETHICS OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGIST 420

PURE VERSUS APPLIED SCIENCE 420

COURSE OF STUDY SUGGESTED 422
Field work 425
Specialization in studies 426
A degree of Economic Geology 427

THE OPPORTUNITIES OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGIST 428

ETHICS OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGIST 430

ILLUSTRATIONS

FIGURE PAGE

1. Graphic representation of volume change in weathering
of a Georgia granite 21

2. Commercial (financial) control of the mineral
resources of the world 64

3. Political (territorial) control of the mineral
resources of the world 64

4. The fertilizer situation in the United States 100

5. Diagram showing the chemical composition and heat
efficiency of the several ranks of coal 122

6. Origin and development of coal 123

7. Chart showing the present tendency of the United
States in respect to its unmined reserve of petroleum 134

8. The annual output of the principal oil fields of the
United States for the last twenty years 135

9. Curve showing the usual decline in oil field
production after the period of maximum output is
reached 136

10. Chart showing the relative values of the principal
petroleum products manufactured in the United States
from 1899 to 1914 138

11. Alteration of Lake Superior iron formation to iron
ore by the leaching of silica 168

12. Representing in terms of weight the mineralogical
changes in the katamorphism of serpentine rocks to
iron ore, eastern Cuba 172

13. Diagram showing gradation from syenite to bauxite in
terms of volume 245