The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1914-11-23
CONFERENCE WAS HELD
WITH IDAHO MINING MEN
DINNER AND MEETING AT UNIVERSITY SATUR-
DAY NIGHT MAY BRING GREAT RESULTS
WOULD AID ENGINEERING WORK
Prominent Leaders in Idaho Mining Industry Were
Present and Pledged Cooperation for Bet
terment of the University

~ On Saturday night dinner was Civ
Zen at Ridenbaugh hall by President
Brannon and the university author
tiles interested, at which the following
prominent mining men were the guests
Mr.. James F. Mccarthy, manager of the
Hecla Mining company, and for many
years a regent of the University OF
Idaho; Mr. Harry L. Day, manager OF
the Federal Mining & Smelling COM
pany, and Mr. George H. Wyman, whose
fotation process for the recovery and
separation of lead and zinc in low
grade ores has resulted in large saving
of values in the Occur dAlenes. 9th
er prominent mine owners and man
ayers who had indicated their inten-
ton to attend such meeting were
unexpectedly unable to be present
The dinner was followed by con-
ference which had for its object to
consider the possibility of service OF
and geology to the mining industry OF
the state by means of scientific study
of research problems in metallurgy and
by plans for the beginning OF a geo
logical and mineral survey OF the
state under the leadership OF the uni
yersity. Covers were laid for thirty,
including out-of-town guests, members
Of the administration staff, professors
teaching engineering students, and en-
pineering students.
Opened by DR.. Brannon
President Brannon spoke of the pres
ent conference as a beginning of many
which he hoped would follow. with
representatives pf the various activ-
tiles throughout The state, whereby the
university should learn the needs OF
the people engaged in various occupa-
tions and the opportunities presented
for the university to be of service to
them. and by which mutual acquaint-
ance and cooperation between those
carrying on the important industry OF
the state and the university would be
secured.
H. L. Day Told of Wyman Process
Mr.. Day gave the history of the
Wyman f1otation for the recovery and
separation of lead from zinc. 1T had
its origin in a senior thesis IN the
mining department of the university
which attracted the attention Of Mr..
Mccarthy. The authors of the thesis,
Messrs. Wyman and frost, were in
vited to develop their thesis into a
commercial process at the Hercules
mine where zinc was becoming trouble
sNme. This line of research was aban-
dbned after a time for the reason
that the ore with zinc in combination
with the lead finally ran out. Later
ore of this nature was re-encountered
and Mr.. Wyman again went to work on
the separation process, finally work
ing out the method known as the Wy
man Process The Federal company at
one of it's mines this summer spent
500, 900 in experimenting on the con-
centration by fiotation process in COM
bination with roasting and magnetic ]
saving from $4,000 to l0,-
600 per month as result of the ex-
pertinent.
Mining is indispensable
Mr.. Day said that the mining indus i
try is the basic pioneer industry OF S
the state paving the way for the lum- 0
bermen, the farmer ETC. The sweep
ing statement may be made that pro- c
iciency in the art of extraction of S
metal is a measure of the nations
He said further that there Il
never was time in the history of the Il
mining industry of the United States 0
more critical than the present. The T
miners have lost the consideration OF Il
he public and of the legislature. Mi s.
ling is a very peculiar business in
hat it is about the only indispensi- f
lie business built on hope. The many .
osses that are encountered are borne
because of the hope for the great re- 81
ward that may come with success. The v
sndency at present is to diminish these r
ewards. Shoshone county furnishes te
ne-third Of the lead produced in the It