The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-03-15
MOSCOW STATION TO Be HEADQUARTERS
EXPERIMENTAL WORK IN ORE DRESSING
FEDERAL AND STATE MINING BUREAUS
sITY-WLL BE THE CENTER EXPERIMENTAL
NORTHWEST

Win lie nllne operators with REL
erence to the experimental work that
! Will he conducted at the university
! through the cooperation of the fed
eral and state bureaus of mines. In
cIdentally II may be stated here that
as a rule the large mining companies
of the Occur dAlene district have al
ways manifested great interest in the
work of the university, and are par
lcnlarly interested in the experiment.
al work that Is now to be perman-
ent feature Of the institution. They
gave loyal support to Moscow for the
location of an independent station,
and their direct assistance made it
possible to enter into a cocnev" "a
arrangement. with the federal bureau
OF mines which with the recognition
now given by the state in the crea-
ton of bureau of mines and geolo-
gy, will make the university the center
of mining research work of the north
west.
Professor Soper is greatly pleased
with the outlook for the mining de-
partment of the university. for the
prestige ii will receive through its
connection with the federal and state
bureaus will greatly enlarge its use
fulness in the state at large and will
greatly Increase its facilities in the
education and practical training OF
students taking the mining courses
Geologic Map of Pine Creek.
In conversation with Professor So
per he discussed many features OF
the work that now will be taken up
in the mining department of the uni
versity. In addition to securing the
experiment station OF the United
States bureau of mines, will also be
the location of the new state bureau
Of mines and geology, which has just
been created by the legislature. The
state and federal bureaus will work
in cooperation and the location OF
these research departments at the
state university enables them to take
advantage of the excellent laborator-
les and equipment already installed
in the mining department at the uni
versity. The geological work of the
state bureau of mines and geology will
be carried on in cooperation with the
United States geological survey and
it Is hoped among the first geoog-
ical problems to be undertaken will
ha hn inn ,p
report on the non metallic mineral
resources of the state and the con-
struction of a detailed geologic nap
of the region which lies to the west of
logical survey map of the Coeur
d'Alene district. This would includs
the Pine creek district and the sur
rounding region.
Under the cooperative agreement
between the university and the United
States bureau Of mines, the latter is
to appropriate funds equal in amount
to those appropriated by the state t.
finance the work.
Purpose of State Bureau.
The state bureau of mines and ge-
ology was created to provide the ne
cessary organization and funds to
carry on this cooperative work with
the federal bureau of mines and the
geological survey and to insure Its
permanency.
The work in metallurgcal research
t1 be conducted at the Moscow sta
ton Will be under the direct supervi-
sion of an expert in the milling OF
leadzinc and siver-lead ores. who
with his assistants will reach Mos
COW about March 22 to begin the
work. The metallurgists of the .eu-
eral bureau assigned to duty at Mos
COW will work in cooperation with
Drs Soper and Goodrich of the uni
versity, who have recently been ap-
pointed consulting metallurgists of
the bureau of mines The station will
be under the general supervision of
DR.. d. A. Lyon, now at the Seattle
station. 1t is the earnest desire of
Moscow station to conduct the ex-
periments in fun cooperation and har-
mony with the mine operators of the
state To this end it is hoped that
the mining men who believe they
have problems which might be pro-
perly taken up by the bureau will not
hesitate to make suggestions In this
respect it should be clear that 1t Is
not the function of such a state and
federal bureau to undertake to solve
the detailed problems of any one mine
or company, but to undertake the
study of new or improved treatment
methods which might be of advantage
to a whole district or group of mines.
Importance Of Moscow Station.
The Moscow station will be tho
headquarters of the United States bu-
reau of mines for all the experimental
work in ore dressing on ore from the
northwest states. In addition to the
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