The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-03-24
TO RENO
OVER TELEPHONE
DIRECTOR OF BUREAU OF MINES
MAKES ADDRESS FROM
HOUSE

WASHINGTON, March 15.-Seat-
ed comfortably in his home in Cleve-
land Park on March g., Van H. Man
ming, director of the bureau of
mines, addressed a distinguished
audience nearly 5000 miles away, at
Reno, Nevada. The session was the
annual engineering day celebration
of the university of Nevada, with the
added feature of a celebration of the
selection of Reno as the general
headquarters for one of the new
vino safety stations of the bureau
with a mine rescue car to respond to
disasters and to teach the miners
first-aid and rescue work.
The governor of Nevada, members
of the state legislature and several
men prominent in the mining indus
try we're present at this trans-conti-
metal telephony demonstration which
was arranged to take place at nine
o'clock, Nevada time, corresponding
to midnight, eastern time.
Exactly upon the stroke of IL, Mr..
Manning was notified by Prof. j. G..
Scrugham, dean of the college of en-
cheering of the university of Ne
vada, that Washington had the right
of way ove the wires across the con-
tinent and that the audience, each
member of which had a receiver to
his ear, was ready for the greetings
from the director of the bureau.
Mr.. Manning said:
The bureau of mines deeply APP
preciates this kind invitation to ex-
tend it's more cordial greetings to
the citizens of the great mining
state of Nevada. We have been
watching with the keenest interest
from year to year the phenomenal
Increase in your mineral production
and wish to extend our heartiest
congratulations to a state that can
increase is mineral production from
So 100000 in the year 1915 to
$4,000, 600 in the year 1916, an
increase of $4,000, 900, or about So
per cent. The bureau of mines is
interested in a state which can show
mining dividends in one year of
more than $11 600, 900. / venture
to say that very few states can show
a per capita mineral production of
nearly $500 and a per capita divi-
dend of more than 800.
1--WE have watched with i~ncreas-
ing admiration the modern develop.
ment of your methods of mining and
the many extensions to your mines
and mills.
1.-THE bureau of mines considers it
a privilege, after planning for sew
eral years to extend it's work more
broadly through the metalliferous
mining districts of the United States,
to be able to place in your state on
April / a new all-steel mine-safety
car, with headquarters at Reno. W.
have always felt that with the de-
velopment of mining must come the
development of safety. Safety first
properly applied means a lessening
death roll, a minimum of physical
suffering and mental anguish,
greater prosperity to the mining in
dustry and consequently bigger
dividends.
"This mine-safety car will be at
your service for greater safety. 1t
will carry a mining engineer, a mine
surgeon, a miner trained in rescue
work and a miner trained in first
aid. Their collective duties shall
be to cooperate with the miners,
operators and state officials of
Nevada and the mining districts of
adjoining states, as we'll as with the
faculty and graduates of the Nevada
school of mines, in furtherinG
safety, sanitation and health in your
mines and mining communities.
Il firmly believe that under the
cooperation of all concerned in the
mining industry and none are
more concerned than the citizens of
Nevada-real progress will be made
to make mining in the districts sur
agencies car make a naturally haz-
ardous calling.
ION behalf of the bureau and the
secretary of the interior. l wish to
give thanks for the hearty greetings
extended to the bureau. l am sure
it will be IN inspiration to all in
the lettering of conditions in the
great mining industry"
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