The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-03-31
ALASKA MINERS
 SAFETY MINDED,
 MILLER STATES
Urge Toward Accident Prevention Greater
 Now Than Ever

Those engaged in the mining irl- dustry, both operators and labor, are becoming more and more safe- ty-minded, the Chamber of Com- fmerce was. told today by George H. Miller, Senior Foreman Miner, Unit ed States Bureau of Mines, and in structor in first aid training and mine rescue work in the Territory
 Since July l, last year, he said, he has given training to some h400 miners and mill workers. The. larg- est number ever trained before in any one year was about 500.
 Interest Is Widespread
 "The increase in thought and eff forts toward safety by all those engaged in the mining industry in Alaska has been marked during the past year" he declared. It was evidenced at the outset of the cur rent fiscal year which he began at Fairbanks, giving first aid train ing and mine rescue work to en- ployees of the Fairbanks Explora- ton Company.
 There was a large increase ill class enrolment over that of the previous year was noted. There were similar increases in the coal mining industry at Healy and Jones' vile, and at Willow Creek in the gold mines.
 At Kennecott the miners enroll ed 100 per cent strong, end 75 per cent of the employees in the mill took courses.
 Juneau Breaks Record j All records for the Territory were broken in the courses given here recently. More than 800 employees of the Alaska Juneau alone took training as compared to 100 year ago. In addition first aid training was given 37 Federal employees, 32 Boy Scouts and eight members of the Juneau Fire Department.
 To D. J. Williams at Hirst Chi chagof goes the honor of having the highest percentage of trained men. Every man in mine and mill this year for the second time completed | first aid training.
 At the Chichagof mine 30 out of 40, or 75 per cent, of employees were trained.
 Since returning here from Chi chagof, MT. Miller said he was in receipt of letter from the Fair banks Exploration Company sug- gesting an all Alaska Aid contest with all parts of the Territory rep resented by competing teams. Con- summation of the idea, he added, is far off, but he suggested that the Chamber lend it's support to I the project at the proper time.
 Describes Ore Body
 MT. Miller described the new ore body so far developed in the old Chichagof mine as being Il feet wide, 100 feet in length and 95 feet high. The ore is very high grade. 1t was uncovered by drift run on the 1,4O0-foot level Drifting is now in progress on the 1,500-foot level and indications are favorable for it's continuation at that depth, he said.
 Influx of Idle The renewed influx of persons , from the States seeking jobs here, adding to the local unemployed . ranks is undesirable and ought to be curbed, said the report of the Executive Board. It requested and was authorized to ask transporta- ton companies to erect notices in their Seattle offices and at the docks warning persons in search of employment that none was to be had here at this time, and advising them not to make the trip unless financed to support themselves or to purchase return tickets. Passenger lists of vessels leaving l Seattle for the past two weeks have contained unusually heavy steerage } bookings, many of whom, it is understood, are persons coming : north looking for work.
 New Advertising Campaign
 Three transportation companies } Alaska Railroad, Northern Pacific l and Alaska Steamship Company : have combined in limited na- l tional advertising campaign to draw tourists to the North, the Chamber 7 was advised by letter from L. w ? Baker, General Passenger Agent for t the Alaska Steamship Company This is the beginning of a more extensive drive for tourist traffic which, he said, it was hoped ? would be supported next season by . many other Western transportation Q companies.
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