The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-04-12
Union B. White, clerk.

Union B. White, clerk.
superintendent Lyon in outlnine
the work for this station, said: "A
the present time the majority of oul
metallurgical processes are carried
out I'm some form of a combustion
furnace, which means that carbon ir
some form has to be burned. There.
fore; the widening of the scope OF
those metallurgical processes in which
the electric current is used, either for
Its thermal effect or for the electro
deposition of metals means that our
coal and oil resources will be con-
served, for one of the greatest re-
sources of the country Is it's water
power. This water power is not de-
pleted by use, but may be used con-
tmuously as long as the mountains
stand. Therefore, one of the princi-
pal lines Of investigation which will
be taken up at the Pacific northwest
station will be study of electro
metallurgical processes, for the pur-
pose of determining to what extent it
may be possible to commercially APP
lply such processes, either electro
thermic or electrlytic, to the tfeat
ment of the major nonferrour metals.
1t may be that special problems will
also be taken up in connection with
the production of iron, steel and other
|alloys.
Prevent Coal Waste.
Another line of investigation that
will be taken up in connection with
the work of the station at Seattle will
be study of the methods used on
the Pacific coast for mining coal,
with the idea of devising ways and
means of preventing the waste of
coal, which may at present take place
in mining.
1T is hoped, with the help and CO.
operation Of the coal operators of the
state of Washington, to also install a
coal testing laboratory which will per-
NIT of the carrying on of investiga-
tions having for their object the bene-
ficiation of the low grade and at the
present practically valueless, Goals
which are found in the Pacific north
west states.
1T is also hoped that ways and
means may be found of taking up
cooperative work with the various
industrial concerns, as for example
the steamship companies, the railroad
companies, etc, and with the depart
ment of mechanical engineering of the
University of Washington, as regards
the proper utilization of low grade
Goals, and of those Goals which NAV
be beneficiated as result of wash
ing. etc.
Cooperative Work. With the Univer.
sity of Idaho.
AS part of its work on the min.
Ing and metallurgical problems of the
Pacific northwest, the bureau haA
entered into cooperative agreement
with the University of Idaho, where
by an ore dressing experiment station
Is to be located at Moscow, Idaho, and |
cooperative work carried on with the
mining and metallurgical departments
Of the University of Idaho. In this
work the problems met with in the
Ireating of lead, silver and zinc ores
Of the Occur d'Alene type will receive
special attention, as will the problems
On ore dressing which may be encoun-
tered in other mining districts of the
state Mr.. Thomas Marley, who for
several years has been in charge of
he ore testing work for the Federal
Mining company in various parts of
he United States and Mexico, and
Who has only recently entered the
employ Of the bureau, will have
charge of the bureaus work at Mos
COW, and will work in cooperation
With the departments of mining and
netallurgy of the University of Idaho.
"As part Of the cooperative work
which is to be undertaken in Idaho,
survey of the many mining districts
throughout the state of which there
49, wv d" HohuiCu, VIII Uc undertake
m during the coming spring and
summer, in order to determine what
netallurgical problems demand first
Cooperative Work With the Oreuon
Bureau Of Mines and Geology.
The bureau has entered into a
cooperative agreement with the Ore
ION bureau Of mines and geology,
Whereby 1t will assist that bureau In
ealing with the problems which pre-
ent themselves to the mining inter-
SITS of that state. Prof. Will III. Cog
Ill, professor of metallurgy at the
oregon state agricultural college, will {
epresent the bureau as consulting
netallurgist In this cooperative work.