The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-04-27
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Examination
STATE DEPARTMENT9sis Is CON.
4 s4DUcTiNGE SEARCHING TEST AT
1.-THE LOCAL 8 N oRMALfs /, SCHOOL
s FOR 8FoREMEN, ASSISTANT,
FoREMEN AN D. RI RE BOSSES.
SEVENTY -Four. applicants. VI
ERY'tNTEtLfGENT SET OF! MEN
I'm THE cLAsS-MiNE4 EiNSPEc.
TOR KARL E. scHoEW OF THIS
CITY IN CHARGE. y.

The slate mine board Is eoRductiHg
an examination In the 9Fairmont Nor
nal school building. The test is be
ing conducted by Mine Inspector Kari
+. schoew. oftith!s city. inspector 10,
the First district Of West Virginia. rs
sisted by Inspectors Vaughan and F.
E. Parsons. I, j
The test began yesterday and will
be finished this evening. Seventy.:3ui
intelligent looking mile men are now
wrestling with the set OF practical
questions that have been placed be
fore them by the representatives OF
the mining department. The test Is
thorough one and searches for the
knowledge that the applicant mus,
have in order to pass. Yet the qucs
tions are so plain that q man with the
experience in the mines that is re.
quired to pass should be able 10 make
a creditable showing and pass.
For a first grade certificate. that OF
mine foreman and the applicant must
have had five years experience III
mines Of which three years must have
been in gaseous mines He must also
pass the, eXaminntion required Of the
fire bosses, For assistant mine fore.
man the applicant must have had
three Years experience in mine not
necessarily gaseous mines for the as
sistantS mine foreman works directly
under the direction of the mine fore
blnan The sasFti flea tes5o firee besses
is given to those :thattare able ito4pass
thetests and who have had ithreeyears!
experience In gaseous miRes.3 Those
that PASS thenmine .foremeni examina.
tion may get a position in any yilpart
of the State. their scertificateren,lties
ethem 10 that.S. .tbG.sat' 81 a nal.Js
Is FThe hoard OF examiners are giving
theamcn a thorough test in gases and
the safety lamp. :TThisT part of the ex.
animation Is being conducted in the
laboratory Of the school. The exami.
ner has no difficulty in detecting the
deficiency of the applicant IN this test
by the advantage given for holding it
in the laboratory. The water gauge
and anomometer tests are thorough
and the examiner here also can get Il
clear conception Of what the applicant
knows.
The examiners give any reasonable
assistance to the applicants in the way
OF explaining the questions that are
not plain 10 the one being examined
BY these examinations the mining
department Is seeking to get the best
men In the State III charge OF the
mines. In this way the lives OF the
miners and the property OF the ope
rators are saved. Experienced men
that have knowledge OF the work
makes the somewhat hazardous occu
patton less dangerous to those that
are engaged In 1t and at the same time
there is property. saving.
Thus far 2,202 mining. men have
passed the examinations prepared by
the State department OF mines.
The grading of papers of the appli
cants that are being examined here
will be completed by the last.of the
week and the successful applicants
will be announced in the newspapers.