Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-12-09
Hold Northwest Mine Meet
.L.AYLANDER
TRAUERM
SPEAK

SPOKANE-Ca J. Trauerman,
president, of the Mining Association
of Montana, and King G. Laylander,
manager of the Star Pointer Tx
ploratin Co. dredge at Bearmouth,
we're among the speakers at the
I SIND annual convention of the
Northwest Mining Association here
this weekend Several Montana
mining men attended the three day
meeting.
Both Mr. Trauerman and Mr..
Laylander spoke Friday afternoon,
Trauerman speaking on Recent
Mine Developments in Montana"
and Laylander on CONSTRUCTION
and Operation Of the Star Pointer
Dredge."
In speaking about the new dredge,
Mr.. Laylander pointed out that it
is among the most modern and larg-
est gold dredges built and is the
largest in operation in the North
west.
Built by the Yuba Mfg. Co. for
the Star Pointer Exploration Co.,
the dredge was christened by Dor
othy A. Laylander of San Francis
CO. he said.
Facts and figures on the opera
ton and the dredge given by Mr..
Laylander included:
1t has a capacity of more than
100000 yards of gravel a month.
equal to approximately 100000
tons of rock. 1t is equipped with a
modern steam heating plant and will
operate throughout the winter as
well as in the summer. This is i'm
portant in view of the winter tenn
perature which has been 40 degrees
below zero as long as 35 continuous
days. Hot water springs keep the
river open throughout the cold
weather.
The Yuba Manufacturing Co.
claims a record for construction in
he building of the dredge. 1t has
been completed and in operation
within a year of the discovery of
he field The builders also de-
'lare the boat will establish a rec
'rd for low operating cost. Auto |
matte controls govern all operations
If the six foot electrically driven
mechanism.
More than 800 feet long, the boat
will operate to Is feet below water
evel 1t has been built without
ron being entirely of hard metal
steel such as manganese and
,hrome.
Edwin F. Forbes, son of the late
'ol. E. F. Forbes, first counsel for {
md one of the originators of Yu- Z
"a Cons. Gold Fields. now the lar
rest gold dredging company in the
world. is president of the Star !
Pointer Exploration Co. Edward
. Bloom, former Spokane and Wal
ace. Idaho, mining attorney. is
and counsel for Star Pom
er. He is the only Northwest resi-
lent interested in the company c
which is controlled by San Francis S
o capitalists 1
Mr. Trauerman's speech appears .
II page 2 of this issue
other speakers on the program :
nd their subjects were Thomas B. )
I'LL, supervisor of the division Of
mines and mining. Olympia, Wash,
operation of the Mines-to-M Mar .
ct Road Law in the State of Wash
ngton in 1882; A. A. Gilmore '
'rospectors and Miners associa-
on Grand Coulee. aims and Ac-
ivities of the washington Pros v
ectors and Miners Association" l
ohm w Melrose, division of geolo- c
Y, Pullman. Tungsten in the
Lake District" {
Also. Leverett Davis, vice presi- ?
ent in charge of operations of the
ornucopia Gold Mines, Cornuco- q
ia, Ore, Mining Developments in
regon in 1889 with Particular t
eference to the 'Cornucopia -;
yellman Clark. Spokane, Legal
Obstacles Encountered in Mine FL
ancing;" Frank Lilly, mining
Spokane. "Pity the
DOR Prospector-or Practical Ad-