The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1928-08-16

What is expected to be the larges
gathering in which the mining worI,
has ever participated solely fo
humanitarian purposes will take plac,
in Butte, on Aug. 20, q and %, OF
the occasion of the seventh interna
tional first-aid and mine rescue con.
test, to be held under the auspices oil
the United States bureau of mines
department of commerce. The usual
assemblage drawn by these interna-
tional meets will be greatly augment
ed this year by reason of the sinful
taneous holding of the annual Butte
Miners Field day, in which the many
thousands of miners employed in the
great Butte copper mines compete in
mine-safety and athletic events. Spe-
cial interest attaches also to this
years meet in that it is to be held in
Butte, known as "the greatest mining
camp on earth, sitting on top of the
richest hill in the world"
The international first-aid and mine
rescue contests are held each year
under the auspices of the bureau of
mines, with the cooperation of the
National Safety council, the American
Red Cross and various mine operators
associations and miners organizations. I
Expert first aid and mine rescue
teams from the important mining dis
tricts of the country compete at these
events for a large number of prizes
and trophies donated by different min
ing or safety organizations. Each
first aid team is required to perform
certain definite problems in first aid
practice, calling for the treatment of
injuries and proper handling of
patient The mine rescue teams, /
provided with oxygen breathing APP !
paratus and other necessary equip :
ment used by rescue crews in coal and |
metal mines, work out practical prob
lens such as are likely to be encoun- t
tered in underground rescue and fire t
fighting operations. /
Employees of coal and metal mines, Z
luarries and metallurgical plants and a
in the oil and gas industries c
are eligible to participate in the con- n
Test, SO that more than 100000 n
living in practically every h
state and territory, are interested. D
Since the creation Of the United
States bureau of mines in 1910, ap- t,
quarter of million /,
miners have been trained by the bu- Fl
eau in the technique of mine rescue n
work and in the art Of administering tt
irst aid to the injured. The tremen- O,
ous growth Of this humanitarian al
york is evidenced by the fact that IL
Turing the past fiscal year 1864 D;
miners were given this training, rep 81
esenting by far the largest number ia
eceiving the training within the pc in
iod of a year. An interesting devel- tr
pment of this great movement of tn
1ercy is the cooperation arranged be
nth many of the largest mining com M
anies in the United States, under co
'hich every employee of the company il
instructed in the methods of saving
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rvu vt7ier InuusUry IN any OF Jne ma re-
ons of the world has participated in tt
extensive campaign Of safety on
lucation as has the mining industry pr
the Ulited States under the leader COZ
Zip of the federal bureau of mines. er;
lining, as is well known, has its many
azards. The miner, who must per- VI;
ON his daily toll in confined spaces sic
r below ground in order that the tee
orld may have the annual produc- ski
on of many billions Of mineral me
ealth necessary to its very existence, cul
beset by the dangers of fire and ex- fire.
osion. He is threatened by suffocat- :
g gases, by cave-ins Of earth and pei
lis of rock and roof. He is obliged res
handle deadly explosives. He is ties
posed to the hazards 70 live electric val
res and to the dangers attendant prc
,on the operation of trains Of cars the