The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-05-25
SENATOR BRADY SAYS STATION
SHOULD Be IN COEUR O'ALENES

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experimental station will prove of
great benefit to the industry in which
they are engaged.
Director Mannine's Letter.
Bureau of Mines, Washington, d. c.,
May 8, 1916.
Hon. James H. Brady,
United States Senate,
Washington, d. C.
My Dear Senator Brady: Upon my
return today from a weeks trip in
getting the government safety first
train well started on it's tour, / find
your letter of May l in regard to the
location of the bureaus proposed new
mining experiment and safety sta
tions.
AS far as the specific safety and
rescue features of the program are
concerned, these will in all probability
be chiefly of the movable" type re-
ferred to in the bill; that is, rescue
cars which will be kept moving the
greater part of the time in educational
work.
! The bureau has already been reach
ing the Occur d'Alene region to some
fextent with this service; and, beside
giving training in first aid and rescue
methods to a large number of the
miners, has also taken part in the ac-
tual recovery of workings after fires
therein.
| The bureaus policy in regard to
state universities and mining schools
has been to cooperate with them as
fully as possible, so arranging the
work done by each as to avoid need
less duplication and encourage and
strengthen the work of each agency.
Our engineers, on their various visits
deavored, whenever practicable, to
visit also the mining and metallurgi-
cal departments both at Moscow and
Pullman and keep as closely as posi-
BILE in touch with the work there go
ing on and in return, inform the au-
thorities there regarding their own
studies and lines of work in that re-
gion.
At the recent Northwest Mining con-
vention, held at Spokane March 20
I25 1916, Messrs. d. A. Lyon and o. c.
Ralston explained to those in attend
ance the work of the bureau of mines
and its relation to the industry in that
section and the desire on the part of
the bureau, that, in the selection of
locations for the new mining expert
ment stations, the department should
have an expression of opinion, so far
as possible, from each Of the larger
mining regions as whole as to where
a station for it's purposes could best be
located, rather than to have such ex
pressions come in specifically from in
dividual cities, or even states, where
these might not represent entirely the
with related problems or common
transportation facilities The BILL Of
course, provides that the final deci-
sion for the location of each station
shall rest with the secretary of the in
terror.
| understand that it is the secre-
tary's intention to defer final consid
GRAFTON of the matter for this year
until it is definitely known what APP
preparations will be available; but If
the appropriation of $4,000 for the
first three stations becomes available,
as asked for in the estimates to con-
gress, l am inclined to think that one
station will be established in Alaska
and probably one each in the south.
ing to collect as much data and POSI-
tive information as possible concern
ing the relative advantages of differ
ent locations with regard to serving
fairly generally these two latter Sec
items Of the mining industry, In order
to have the same in the most compre-
hensive and available form for the
secretary's consideration, and | shall
be very thankful, indeed, for any sugz
gestions or data in this regard with
which you can furnish me.
Thanking you most cordially for
your own kindly expressions of inter-
est in the work, / remain,
Very truly yours,
VAN. II. MANNING,
Director.