Bisbee daily review., 1915-10-09
EXPERIMENT STATION FOR MINE STUDY MAY
 COME TO ARIZONA
Director Manning on Recent Visit Investigated Conditions in Tucson as a Site for Proposed Institution.

TUCSON. Oct S-The visit to Tue son during the past week of Van H. Manning, director of the United States Bureau of Mines is significant in the fact that it is a step In the progress of the state bureau of mines The pur- pose of Mir. Manning's visit was 10 investigate the conditions of Tucson as site of one of the proposed min ing experiment stations to be estab- ushed by the federal bureau
 By an act of congress. passed in March, 1915, and known as the Kern Foster bill, it was provided that there should be established at places select ed by the secretary of the interior 10 mining experiment stations. of which
 three should be established the com 1 ing year. No appropriation was made
 at the time, this matter being left to
 the general budget of the federal bu- reau for the next year It was also provided in the same act that the fed 1 eral bureau Of mines might accept donations or contributions from states
 of cooperative work, buildings or | money.
 In the selection of the first three / stations it was understood at the
 time the bill was passed that Alaska
 was 10 have one As Utah already has
 a temporary station, this undoubted
 ly will be made permanent, leaving
 only one station to be sought for by the other state. Arizona claimed inn
 mediate attention. owing to the fact
 that it could offer cooperation witt
 the state bureau of mines and could provide for the housing of the eN pertinent station on the campus O the University of Arizona. As Tucsor is he geographical center of the cop per area of Arizona, it would be : | logical place for the establishment o station to handle copper problems problems connected with the investi gation Of sulphur smoke and iue dust the investigation of teaching method, for low grade copper ores, of method.
 of separating the many low grad,
 large deposits that are to be found . within the area of Arizona as well a. in the neighboring states
 The copper problems of Arizona ar, . distinctly different from the coppe ] problems of the two states nearest tD it in importance, Montana and Mich igan problems being largely problem dealing with arsenic combinations While the copper problems of Arzoni E are to be found in greater exten here than elsewhere, they are nation al in importance, for the solution o s them would provide methods of work q ing many deposits in other states
 As it is understood the plan of cC s operation between the Federal Burea q of Mines and the state bureau is tha 9 the former will handle the larger prot q lems, the solution of which will b q felt in other states, as well as in Ar q zona, and the state bureau handlin problems of local importance, eac M acting as a consulting bureau for th N other The funds will be handled sep; 2 rately, the $25,O0O which is to be al 5 prOpriated annually for the suppol K of the federal station being spent d x roctly from the Washington office. q This move is of immense impor
 ance 10 the mining industry of Arizon
 as we'll as to the state bureau
 mines. lt means the official regnito H of Arizona as a great mining stat Y land it means many thousands of do