The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-05-25
EXPERIMENTAL STATION SHOULD
COME TO NORTH IDAHO

COME TO NORTH IDAHO
Although strong influences are beine
brought to bear to locate the mining
experimental station which will be
established in the northwest In other
states, we believe that the desirability
of placing 1t in Idaho will be recognized
by the government and that 1t will
come to north Idaho. The station will
be designed to especially serve the
mining interests of the states of Mon
tana, Idaho, Washington and oregon,
and for that reason it's accessibility to
the four states should be a matter of
first consideration in choosing its To-
cation. Eventually the government
will probably establish such stations in
all states in which 1t appears to be
justified by mineral resources, but UNI
til that is done the stations now to
be established must serve several
states. OF equal or even greater inn
portance is the location of the station
in the midst of active mining opera
tons, in district in which mining
has become an established industry,
in which the value of its mineral de-
posits has been proved and in which
there is a wide field for metallurgical
experiments in connection present
mining operation to the end that i'm
provements may be made in mineral
recovery, and which also affords an
unlimited field for research work with
the view to giving commercial value
to minerals now unknown or which
are worthless under present methods
of treatment. This idea is embodied
in a recent letter from the director
OF the bureau of mines, in which he
said;
Under the law three mining expert
ment stations can and should be estab-
lished during the current year, each
In an important mining center, where
under government SUI
tciD Will hn Of
metals now being mined or will result |
n the mining of deposits now I'M
The Occur dAlene district presents
lust such a location, and in addition |
I is a state which now ranks among
he great mining states of the west.
rhe station should be placed in close
ouch with actual mining, and not in
'ome ambitious center of q mythical
errltory, hundreds Of miles from act
Ial mining operations. u
The location of the experimental sta
ion in the northwest win probably be
determined upon these two points:
of the station to the
tates to be served and proximity to
ctive mining operations. on this basis
Wallace is the ideal location. 1t has
irect connection with the great min
1g territory of western Montana,
ihich with Idaho combines to form the
1ost extensive mining field in the
orthwest and the one that will natur-
lily receive the greatest attention :
rom a government experimental sta !
on. To place the station outside this /
Ich and vast mining field would be :
D ignore the purpose for which 1t is a
} be established. And while serving =
, the best advantage the mining in o
ustry of Idaho and Montana, the sta y
on at Wallace would be more easily +
to the states of Washington r
nd Oregon than any other point with
! the mining area.
A letter firm Senator Brady, which n
published in this issue, indicates o
lat the senator has a very clear idea n
the advantages possessed by Wal t,
ce for this station, and he is going p
ter 1t in his usual energetic manner. Il
e should have the active support OF is
le mining and business men of the o
strict in his efforts to secure the ii
alton for Idaho. The location of the Il
alton in Wallace is not Of great inn Il