The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-04-09
MINES BUREAU HAS
PROGRAM OUTLINED
AT MEETING OF BOARD OF CON-
TR0L, PLANS FOR COMING
BIENNIUM MAPPED OUT.

present biennium was the salient ac-
complishment of meeting of the state
bureau of mines and geology board
of control held in Boise recently.
The board consists of Governor G. G.
Moore, ex-officio chairman; c.. w.
Newton, president of the Idaho Min
ing association Stewart Campbell,
state mine Inspector; DR.. F. B. Laney,
head of the geology department of
the University of Idaho school of
mines, and Francis A. Thomson, dean
of the school, ex-officio secretary.
All members were present.
After the secretary presented a re-
port of the activities of the bureau
during the biennium of 1921-22, the
substance of which has already been
made public through the press, the
board turned it's attention to the con-
sideration of requests for geological
and metallurgical work during the
present biennium. Based upon these
requests and the plan of proposals
put forth by the secretary the pro-
gram for the next two years was de-
cided upon. The following parts of
the program will be in cooperation
with the United States Geological sur
vey:
COOPERATIVE Program
Completion of the work in the
Seven Devils area; completion of the
geological survey already begun in
the Pen d'Oreille area, and also of
the work partially completed in the
Cuddy mountain district.
1t was also decided to request the
geological survey to make available
at once the unpublished material on
the Haley area and to undertake such
further work as may be necessary
for the final completion of the report
on this very active district
"It was also tentatively agreed, If
the funds will permit, that geologi-
cal survey of the copper mining area
in the vicinity of Salmon City should
be made.
No Money Available
:" The question of a re-survey of the
Occur d'Alene area and of the bring
ing up to date of Professional Paper
81 by Ransome and Calkins was
brought up for consideration, and it
was decided that no state money
should be expended on this project
during the present biennium, but that
the bureau should request the geo
logical survey to include this in its
field program for the present year.
AMONG lie Observation-Disclosures LII
vestigations the board authorized
survey of the oil possibilities OF the
area lying east of Blackfoot and lda-
no Falls, and a reconnaissance Oh
those portions of Oneida and Power
counties which offer petroleum posi-
bilities,"
Publish Reports 3
The board authorized the publishing
of the reports on the artesian water
resources of Goose creek, Pahsimeroi
valley, and Bruneau river valley. A
fund of $4,000 was set aside to be used
in furthering the artesian water re-
sources and investigations, the areas
to be covered being left to the secre-
tary, the commissioner of reclama-
ton, and water resouces branch OF
the geological survey.
1t was also decided that in view
of the small appropriation available
and the attitude of the federal govern
fnent in declining to undertake co..
operative typographical work unless
a minimum of $4,000 for each project
is guaranteed by the cooperating
state, to undertake no Typographical
work during the biennium but to con-
fine attention exclusively to investi-
cation of the mineral resources OF
the state. !
With Government Bureau
The following phases of the pro-
gram were agreed upon for co-opera-
ton with the United States bureau of
mines:
Continuation of the work already
being done in f1otation and classifica-
ton and a general investigation of
the possible treatment for dry silver
ores and oxidized lead and copper
ores of the state. The board decided
IN this connection to make a careful
of the merits of a pro-
cess being put forth by the Eureka
company of Salt Lake
City.
+" Further work in the development
If the clay resources of the state was
and proposed investi-
cation of the best methods for utiliza-
ion of the Teton coal was discussed
ind in general approved"
Continue Mineral Work
Among the non-co-operative investi-
cations planned will come the follow
ng:
Continuation of the work of mineral
was authorized and
of the Investigations al
eady under way as to the geology and
,old resources of the Boise basin was
rdered pushed through as rapidly as
possible.
Other projects under this heading
which will receive attention are in
'estigations of the ore deposits of
entra1 Idaho, including Elk City,
Buffalo Hump, and other districts,
nd completion of the general in
estigation of the phosphate resources
7as also authorized.