Pamphlet. Condition: Good +. 14 p. 24 cm. Brown paper covers with black print. Slight soiling and roughened edges. Clean and neat pages inside. Address delivered before the Winnipeg Board of Trade on the occasion of the organization of a mining section. Author was one of Canada's foremost mining authorities and geologists according to foreword by Harvie, Smith & Co. Topics include: the part of minerals in civilization; minerals as the basis of progress; importance of clay belts; railways as agencies of discovery; wealth for centuries to come; building up the industry; providing new markets; etc.