The daily star-mirror., 1922-08-01
SCHOOL Mines men
DO RESEARCH WORK
MINING AND GEOLOGY PROFESS
ORS SPEND VACATION MAKING
INVESTIGATIONS

Practically all of the mining and
geology people at the university are
busy on state or federal research
work during the vacation period.
DR.. F. B. Laney, head of the depart
ment of geology, spent the first part
Of the vacation in geological field
work with some of next years senior
students, the party making an ex-
animation and geological map of the
tin mine close to the Idaho border,
about 20 miles southeast of Spokane
DR.. Laney expects to spend the re-
mainter of the summer in completing
scientific treatise for the United
States geological survey on the
Copper Deposits of the Seven Devils
Area
Virgil R. D. Kirkham, of the ge-
ology department, began the summer
with "a geological investigation of the
water supply possibilities for the city
of lewiston. This survey was made
at the special request Of the Lewiston
city council and commercial club, and
the report was very gratefully le-
ceived by those for whom it was made.
Part of Mr.. Kirkham's summer work
includes the completion of bulletin
VI d SCull-pOpuldI IlCIll Z Oh tllC
Phosphate Resources of the State"
which will be issued this winter by
the state bureau of mines and ge-
ology. Mr.. Kirkham is at present
spending a brief vacation which will
include tour of the vicinity of Las
sen peak, the most recent active vol
cano in North America. On his re-
turn from this trip Mr. Kirkham will
OhoI1 Ivy r1rSSt ~toI q VOC in
Bannock and Power counties from
investigation of possible
oil bearing areas.
A. M. Piper spent the first two or
three weeks of the field season COM
pleting the topographic map of the
Pend d'Oreille area for the use of the
United States geological survey party,
which in cooperation with the state
bureau Of mines and geology is con-
tinuing the geological survey of that
area begun last summer. This latter
party is in charge of Edward Samp
son, of Washington, D. c., assisted
by Joseph L. ellison of the Harvard
faculty Mr.. Piper is now engaged
in an Investigation of the artesian
water possibilities of the Bruneau
river area, in Owyhee county. He
has as his assistants H. l.. Powell
and r. D. Farmin, students of the
school of mines.
Wins Worldwide Attention
A. w. Fahrenwald, of the United
States bureau of mines staff, is en-
gagged in the preparation Of a series
If papers embodying the results of
he research under his direction dur
ng the last two or three years which,
when published, will make a most
significant contribution to knowledge
If the fundamentals of the flotation
process. Largely based upon his in
yention of new device for expedit-
ng surface tension measurements,
Ir. Fahrenwald's experiments are at
racting attention throughout the
1nglish-speaking world. Requests
or recent publications by him have
'een received from every continent
IN the globe.
r. B. Elder, of the metallurgy de-
,artment, appears to have completely
ecovered from his long illness and
S spending the summer in the Occur
PAlenes, carrying on cooperative in
-estigations in connection with hy-
Iraulic classification methods. At
resent his work is being done in the
Mill of the Bunker Hill & Sullivan
lining and Concentrating company at
Kellogg. Shortly after commence
nent, Mr. Elder and the university
we're honored by a request from the
esearch staff of the great Anaconda
ompany, for Mr.. Elder to go over
0 Anaconda and consult with them
4 connection with flotation research
rhich they are undertaking.
Prof. S. S. Bruce, who has been a
emporary member of the school of
lines faculty during the illness of
Ir. Elder, is leaving the university
} re-enter the professional field. Mr..
ruce has commended and endeared
imself to all those who have come
/ contact with him and it is with {
luch regret that the school of mines t
nds itself unable to keep him here1 $