The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-06-19
MIME FIRST AID MEET
At TRINIDAD AUGUST 30

During the period of the wAr the
porarily diverted the major portion
of its work from that of safety and
efficiency in mining operations, to
the greater and moro pressing prob
lems of forwarding the interests OF
the United States towards the win
ming of the War. Under the auspi-
ces of the Bureau of Mines the in
vestigations into gases, explosives,
and like destructive agencies, were
carried to an extremely high degree
of efficiency and to such point, that
had the War continued until the pres
emit year, the supply of such materials
by the Allies would have been so
great as to have entirely over
whelmed the enemy armies. Since
the cessation of war, however, the
Bureau has gradually reverted to it's
prewar activities in safety and ef-
ficinncy, and at the present time is
devoting considerable time and at
tention towards promoting interest
in mine safety work in general and
in first-aid work and mine rescue in
particular.
AS preliminary to a nation wide
campaign, it is intended to dedicate
the handsome, we'll equipped, exper-
mental station Of the Bureau of
Mines, Pittsburgh, Pa. The exer-
cises in connection with the dedica-
ton of this building take place Sep
TENDER 1890 and October l of this
year and the major feature in con-
nection with the exercises will be
the holding of nation wide COM
petitive first-aid meet, at which it
is intended first-aid and mine res
cue teams shall be present from
practically all of the important min
ing centers of the United States.
In addition, mining men will be in
vited to attend and will be offered
an opportunity to inspect the test
ing laboratories, at which gas masks,
explosives, mine gases. etc. are
tested and analysed and a special
feature will be the staging of an ac-
tual explosion in coal mine, facil-
tiles for investigating the under
ground conditions previous to the
explosion, as we'll as the destruc-
tive effects after the explosion.
In order to stimulate interest in
tho first-aid meet and at the same
time to arouse interest in the send
ing of competitive teams to take
part in this nation wide meet at
Pittsburgh, the Federal Bureau OF
Mines is proposing to hold a series
of state wide first-aid meets in war;
ious parts of the country, with the
idea that the winners of those meets
shall participate in the nation wide
meet at Pittsburgh. In the West
meets will probably be held in the
states of Washington, California, Ne
vada, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah and
Montana.
On August 30 state wide first
aid meet will be held at Trinidad,
Colorado. to be participated IN by
the coal and metal mining interests
of the state, and it seems probable
at this time that at least thirty
teams from the various mining re-
gions of the state will participate
Through the generosity of the bus
mess men of Trinidad, arrangements
are being made for the donation OF
grounds at which the exercises will
be held and it is probable that the
entire cost of holding the meet will
be financed by these progressive peo-
Pile of Trinidad. As before stated,
it is intended that the winning
teams in mine rescue and first-aid
work will be sent to Pittsburgh, Pa.
to participate in the nation wide
meet the later part of September
and the mining companies Of the
state are being asked to defray the
expense of sending these teams to
represent the progressiveness Of the
mining interests of the state, and it
is confidently predicted that little or
no difficulty will be encountered in
obtaining the required funds.
In connection with the work Of
the Bureau of Mines in forwarding
of safety and care of mines, it will
be interesting to note that during
tho fiscal year ending June 30, 1913
the eight mine safety Cars and six
mine safety stations, operated by
the United States Bureau of Mines,
have given instruction in first-aid
methods to practically 5000 miners,
and in addition, have given instruc-
ton in the use of mine rescue APP
paratus to over 5000 miners. More
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