The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-06-09
MINES BUREAU
MEN TEACH
WAR AID
FORTY-FIVE MEMBERS OF RED
CROSS WITNESS DEMON
STRATIONS


attended the class in first-aid work
taught last night in Elks' hall by
members of the bureau of mines car
now in Goldfield. The first lesson
proved intensity interesting and
much was learned regarding first
aid work, the art of bandging and
the tying of the knots
used in first-aid work.
Thirty-four women signed to
take a complete course.
The lessons will be continued
each night this week and on Satur-
day morning, and at the end of the
course of Is hours work each wo-
man who has attended all the
classes will be given a certificate.
The car will leave here on Sunday
morning.
Many people have inspected Car
No. l since it has been stationed
here and visitors are assured a
cordial reception any time they
call between the hours of 9 a. m.
and 5 p. m. The crew of the car
is composed Of Edward Steidle,
mining engineer in CHARGE; John v.
Berry, foreman miner; Walter F.
Pyne, first-aid miner; Donald w.
Cooke, clerk; Jack Ward, cook. 1t
was first proposed that a surgeon be
a part of the car crew, but for the
present this part of the personnel
has been omitted.
Car No. l was completed on May
1 and is the first of the rescue
cars to be placed in operation. The
construction of the cars, nine in
all, vas authorized by congress in
July, 1915. The act authorized the
construction of new all-steel cars
for the bureau of mines, three cars
to be built each year for three sue
cessive years. The type of car re-
in the office of the chief mining
engineer and mine safety engineer.
The first three cars were completed
during May of this year. They have
been designated Bureau of Mines
Cars /, 2 and s.. Car /, now in
Goldfield, has headquarters at Reno
and will operate in Nevada, Utah
and California. Car 2 will be sta
toned at Ration, New Mexico, and
will operate in the southwestern
states. Car 5 will be stationed at
Butte, Mont, and will operate in
the northwestern states. 1t will be
noted hat the first cars construct
ed are for the far west and this
marks the beginning of greater ac-
tivity by the bureau of mines in
metal mining districts.
1t will be noted that the new
cars are not called mine rescue
cars, but bureau. of mines cars,
designated by number.
Since 1910 the bureau has been
operating mine rescue cars, each
car being stationed in one of the
more important mining districts.
Only one car was operated in a
metal mining district. These cars
were old Pullmans, remodeled to
meet the requirements of a rescue
car.
The new cars are identical in
construction. The floor plan con-
sists of a demonstration room in
which is stored all the oxygen mine
rescue apparatus, first-aid materials
and accessories; a corridor leading
a1nn0 nnn eide nf tho nar from, fhn
demonstration room to the e a of
the car; the first compartment off
the corridor is the foreman's state
room, which has berths and lockers
for four men; the second compart-
ment is a bath room, provided with
toilet and bathing facilities, includ-
ing a shower bath; a third COM
partment is the engineers office, in
which are two decks, bookcases and
berths and locker facilities for three
men; a fourth compartment is a
dining room provided with linen
closet, center table and chairs. In
one corner of the dining room is a
typewriter desk which the staff
tlCih Will undho Ills OhiCC
A fifth compartment consists of
the cooks stateroom and separate
toilet. The sixth compartment is
fitted as an up-to-date a kitchen
with range, ice chest and lockers,
and the regulation funnel arrange
ment and exhaust fan for ventilation
purposes. A double-coil heater sys-
ten is in the kitchen end of the
car.
Each compartment and the
demonstration room are fitted with
electric fans. A generating set is
in the demonstration room for
generating electric power. In other
words, the a provides it's own
light and heat. A place in the a
has been provided for every piece
of a~DDaratuS and nothing remains