The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-01

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ogy and an assistant professor for
general work and services as registrar.
etc. This will be sufficient to start the
school but when Ii Is full hedged IL
will need fully as many professors as
the Golden school. The year at the
Golden school begins Sept 16 and ends
June IL
The following report OF their trip to
the school of mines at Golden was pre-
sented to the board by Charles w.
Goodale and c. E. Paulsen:
ITO the Honorable Board of Trustees
and Building Commissioners. for the
Montana State School of Mines, to
be Erected in Butte City, Montana
+. e. Sargent, Chairman:
I'VE, your commission, appointed in
regular session to visit the school of
mines of the state of Colorado. at Gold
en-, on the 9th day of March, 1896, to
investigate the requirements for the
school OF mines to be located in Butte
City. Mont, beg to report as follows:
I'VE started for Colorado on April Is
and reached Denver on April Is in the
morning, and proceeded forthwith to
the school of mines at Golden. The
president being absent, Elbridge Graves
Moody, registrar and librarian, kindly
gave us all information we desired and
showed us around the premises to in
SPCIt Gil we uCNOttu bnAo
day to a preliminary survey of the
whole institution and requirements for
same, and made ourselves familiar
with the details.
after returning to Denver, we ar
ranged our information, and began to
study our requirements. On the 10th,
we again visited Golden and on this
visit had the pleasure and advantage
OF meeting the president, Prof. Regis
ChanVcnat Z Uhn pxfQnHa6
to us all possible kindness and assist
ance in studying the requirements for
our institution. 1t Is also proper to say
in this place. that we are very much
indebted to the members of the facul-
ty. Paul Meyer, professor of mathemat-
les; George Cyrus Tilden. professor of
analytical chemistry; Louis Clarence
Hill. professor Of physics and electrical
engineering; Howard van #. Furman,
professor of metallurgy and mining;
Horace Bushnell Patton, professor of
geology and mineralogy: Clinton
Brown Stewart, professor of civil engi-
neering; Arthur Ransley Curtis, pro-
fessor Of descriptive geometry and
draughting; Robert Summers Stockton.
assistant professor In mathematics and
surveying; Latimer ID. Gray, assistant
in physical laboratory for their assist
ance al advice for our requirements.
I'm returning to Denver, we proceed
ed in the evening with our calculations
and estimates. On April IL we visited
the manual training school, and are
particularly indebted to the architect
of the board of education, L. H.
Roeschlaub for valuable advice and
courteous attentions.
After fully considering the circum-
stances under which we are to begin
our institution, we are inclined to rec
ommend a two years course at the
start, and afterwards when proper ar
rangements can be made. an extension
to a four years course. Special courses
we do not consider advisable. Keeping
in mind the amount of funds availahle
for construction, we recommend the
erection of a building which will give
every adequate facility for the accom-
mediation of 100 students. The school
of mines in Golden, Colorado, gives ac-
commodation at present for 1875 stu
dents. 1t is particularly desirable to
give proper consideration to the matter
of the extension of the Institute. when
in the future ii may be necessary to
enlarge its facilities. We have there
fore made our calculations accordingly;
that is to say, we suggest that the
building to be first erected, or part of
a total, the other parts of which can
be easily added as required, or as the
funds are at your disposal The build
ing of the capacity alluded to above,
would comprise the following compart-
ments and accommodations:
"A chemical laboratory 4sx34-l, 632
square feet. This laboratory should be
particularly we'll ventilated, provision
being made to carry gases without
chance of annoyance or injury TO the
students of the laboratory, or In the
remaining parts of the buildings.
"A chemical lecture room, 32A32-
4 at 10
must be we'll lighted, well ventilated.
1t should be in close connection with
the private laboratory of the rrofes-
sor and connected with an enclosed
space for confinement of gases which
are to be carried off effectually and
constantly without causing annoyance
to students and other occupants of the
premises.
"A scale room, 16x32-512 squire feet
This room must be in easy access to
the room where the assaying is done,
and also to the laboratories. The
room must allow solid bases for scales
and be very well lighted.
Assay furnaces, 16x24-3s4 square
feet. This room must give opportunity
for about II assay furnaces, for which
sufficient chimney capacity Is to be
provided. The ventilation of this room
must be very good.
Two laboratories, 24x32-76S square
feet; 24x32-768 square feet, should be
provided for the private use of the
professors. These laboratories need the
same requirements as the chemical
laboratory.
"A professors office. 12x16s-192 square
feet, should be in close connection with
the chemical laboratory and demands
the same requirements.
"A store room, 16x1S-76S square feet,
must be in close proximity of the
chemical laboratory, as all chemicals.
retorts, etc, are to be kept and dis
tributed from this part. Sufficient
space for heating and ventilating plant
is to be provided, also general hall
ways to be in such manner that the
lecture rooms and laboratories can be
reached directly without interfering
with other rooms.
"A class room for geology and min
eralogy. 32x32-1. 024 square feet. should
be exceedingly well lighted and in close
connection with the lecture room,