The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-10-01
GOVERNMENT EXHIBIT
MINING At EXPOSITION
INTERESTING TO GENERAL PUB.
Lie AND THOSE ENcAc.
Ed IN MINING.

The United States bureau of mine.
Is planning comprehensive exhibit al
the Panama Pacific International ex-
hibition. In arranging the exhibit, the
bureau has had in mind, not only the
value of interesting those engaged In
the various mining and metallurgical
industries, but also the education OF
the general public to better knowl-
edge of the magnitude of these indus
tries, and to the efforts which are
honestly being made by miners and
mine operators, with the assistance OF
the bureau, looking toward a more
safe conduct Of mining, and a more
efficient utilization of the products of
the mines after they are won FROM the
earth.
! The exhibit is situated in the palace
of mines and metallurgy. An auto
matte duplex projecting machine will
continuously show lantern slides IL
Illustrative Of the activities of the bur-
eau, and simultaneously give descrip-
lions of the lantern slides. Nearby
will be shown the. layout of model
hospital, including a receiving room,
ward room and operating room, fully
equipped for demonstration by the U.
s. marine hospital service; also a
model of change and wash house,
another welfare feature which is be-
ing installed at modern mining and
metallurgical operations. A plan of an
ideal mining town will be shown.
First Aid Exhibit.
First aid demonstrations will be Civ
en- frequently An air of reality will
be lent to the demonstration by the
removal of apparently injured men
from the exhibition mine beneath the
building by helmet and rescue crews.
A complete display of rescue appar-
atus and safety lamps will be given IN
glass smoke room. Tests of safety
lamps will be made showing their ten
dency, under unfavorable conditions,
to ignite explosive gas, and also show
ing methods of testing for explosive
gas by means Of their caps. An ex-
hibit of the physical and chemical
characteristics and constituents OF ex-
plosives Is being arranged.
Visitors going through the exhibit
ton mine will regain the surface
through the radium booth, in which
actual radium emanations will be-
shown. Surrounding this booth there
will be complete exhibits of various
radium bearing ores and Of radium
products. The metallurgy of various
products will be shown by a compre-
hensive exhibit.
The opportunity for increased eff
cheney in the use Of fuels will be DEM
onstrated by device shown G the pro-
portionate amounts Of fuels which 90
to make up the various losses incident
to consumption, in comparison with
that which ultimately goes to useful
Typical analyses of coal
from the various fields will be shown
by models and samples, as will also
the yield of coke and by-products OBJ
tained by various coking processes. It
is expected to show smoke-p preventing
and smoked producing methods of
stocking by means Of an ingenious mo-
ton picture device.
An officer of the bureau will give
his whole attention to visitors Copies
Of the bureaus publications will be
available for free distribution to visit
ors who may be particularly interested
This exhibit, in connection with the
mine Immediately beneath
the bureaus space should be interest
ing and instructive to those engaged
eral public.