The Arizona copper camp., 1920-11-13
BUREAU Of Mines CAR COMING
To ORAY NEXT WEEK; RESCUE And
FIRST AID WORK TO BE GIVEN
--latest Devices For Use In Fighting Mine Disasters
Be Exhibited Here; Lectures On First Aid By Burea
Of Mines Workers

in the interests of safety and first aid .
work Of course whenever there is a
mine fire or disaster of any sort, the
car is rushed to the scene as fast as
possible
The latest fire to occur in the dis
trict was in a copper mine at Copper
'opolis, Cal., in which two men lost
their lives. Fire destroyed surface
buildings at the mine, the head frame \
of the mine burned, and burning tim
bers falling down the shaft set fire to
the shaft timbers. An employee of
the mine, gifted with more courage
than technical information, put on a \
gas mask such as was used in the
army, and climbed down into the
smoke filled mine Army gas masks
are of no value for fighting carbon
such as are generated ty burning
wood. In consequence this man lost
his life, and of two other men, who
started down to rescue him, only one
returned alive.
The entire force of the bureau of
mines in the southern Pacific coast
district was called to this fire, and
not only recovered the bodies OF the
two victims, but also succeeded in ex-
lin o1,ichino tho Aro nhioh had II non.
tinued, would have caused the wreck
ing of the mine by flooding. However,
the function of the bureau of mines
is the rescuing of entombed men and
administering of first aid; the saving
of property and recovery Of bodies is
incidental to the main object, which
is the prevention of accidents, and
the rescuing of men who may be en-
tombed underground.
With the car there is an exhibit of
the latest devices for use in rescue
work. There will be on display the
three principal types of oxygen appa-
ratus, the Paul, Gibbs and Fleuss, all
of them designed to permit the wearer
to work for two hours in smoke or gas
without coming to the surface. Then
there is also Stokes navy stretcher,
used in carrying injured men out of
mines. An injured man placed in this
stretcher may be carried sideways, or
upside down without fear of his fall
ing out, once the straps of the
stretcher are adjusted.
The display includes canary bird
cage, used to take feathered detectors
into places which may be filled with
deadly gases. But apparently mine
rescue workers need not depend on
the canaries alone, for there are in
struments for detecting and measur-
ing the amount of carbon dioxide and
carbon monoxide in the air. These
are the Haldane carbon dioxide de-
tector and the carbon monoxide detec-
tor.
A geophone, with which entombed
men can be located, even at depth
of 5000 feet underground is one Of
the many interesting devices on dis
play Another is an thermometer, used
to measure the velocity of air cur
rents in mine passages. The geophone
is one of the most recent inventions,
having been brought out by the bureau
Of mines during the war.
A row of PROSTATE figures, each
bandaged for some particular injury,
holds the attention 1t is a collection
Of ten big "kewpie dolls" used by the
bureaus staff of workers to train in
first aid work, and needless to say,
whether the doll is suffering from a
broken back or severe burns, the in
jury is scientifically dressed.
B. o. Pickard, district mining engi-
neer in charge of the district, with
headquarters at Berkeley, will accom-
pany the <car to Ray. The car is in
charge of E. d. Gardner, mining en-
gineer and the crew is composed of
r. e. Donovan, foreman miner; j. H.
Mclaughlin, first aid miner; Paul w.
Sharp, clerk, and a chef