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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-06-22
THINK IT OVER !

The letter printed below first ap-
peared last month in the Arizona
Mining Journal. 1t speaks for itself
in arousing the ire of every min
ing man.
San Francisco, California
Dear Mr.. Willis:
Some time ago l addressed a
letter to the procurement division
of the Treasury Department, de-
handing that public announcement
be made as to the analysis of all
manganese ores of foreign origin
entering the United States and
being purchased for the emergency
stock-piles. l received a letter from
them today in which they refused
to make public the analysis on for
eign ores. l also had asked that
domestic mine owners be permitted
access to all stock-piles, so that
they might take check samples.
This also was denied.
What is back of all this? The
check sample to which they object
is accepted by all smelters and
sampling works as mere routine
and the only way in which the
value of a shipment of ore can
be determined. l would lie to say
something relative to al umpire
assay, but the procurement divi-
sion probably would think / was
writing about a ball game.
For the past two years. and for
several years previously. 80 per
cent of the 235 deposits of manga
nese located in SO states have been
IDLE and the eastern mines. in MANY
instances allowed to fill with wat
er. California has 95 deposits ali
idle; Arizona has &c, idle; Neva-
ia, 20, idle; and so it goes while
this county sits on volcano
which may erupt at any time.
The members of the procurement
division, by their open preference
Tor foreign ores and their dis
elimination against domestic ores.
nave earned for themselves the hos
tllity and contempt of the entire
mining industry. The same will be
true for the country at large when
the facts are known.
ANY person who at this critical
time retards or obstructs the de-
Yelopment of the domestic man
ganese mines is traitor TO this
government.
Respectfully yours,
w. T. WALSH.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-06-22
SCHOOL MAY BE
TRAINING UNIT
OF ARMY PLAN

BUTTE-The Montana School of
Mines may be one Of the selected
engineering colleges of the United
States to provide technical train
ing in connection with the national
defense program, 1t was learned
recently.
According to the proposal made
by the United States office Of edu-
cation the famed Butte college
would take 145 students and train
them at an average cost of $500
per year per student.
Dr. Francis A. Thomson, presi-
dent Of the College announced that
he had received a communication
from J. w. Studebaker, commits
sioner of the office of education.
outlining the plan Doctor Thomson
replied that the Montana School of
Mines is cognizant of tits obliga-
tion to aid with every facility at its
disposal in any educational program
which may be organized to assist
in national defense"
OF the 155 engineering schools in
the, country. it is estimated that 40
will be available to join in the
program of training for the various
technical services required by the
defense program. A total of 10000
students would be enrolled with the
estimated total cost of their educa-
tion per year placed at $4,000
900.
Two CategOries
The engineering schools would Of
fer training in two categories-one
in which men would be assigned
to receive extra training for leader
ship or supervisory functions and
the other in which young people
without industrial or trade school
experience can be quickly prepar-
ed. These men would be generally
men qualified for college work but
not necessarily.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-06-22
FIRST AID TEAMS
COMPETING TODAY

With more than 30 teams parti-
cipating, the annual first aid con-
test of the Anaconda Copper Min
ing Co. is being conducted today
at the Great Falls reduction works
clubhouse. Competition is expect
ed to be keener than usual.
judges are Matt Parock, Albert
Jorgenson, Mike Tetrault, Bill Ire
week, Ray Upton, Fred Kommers.
James Moniger, Rudy Parock, Sill
vo Tinella, Truman Hatfield, Wes-
ley Pearce, John Odegard, Joe
Wampol, Raymond Stanich, Rodger
Dunlop. William Graham and James
keenan,, with Peter McCullum as
extra.
Consulting judges are Walter
Kessler of Salt Lake City, United
States bureau of mines; Walter
Needham of Anaconda and Dave
Lawlor of Great Falls. Trainers are
Dave Lawlor, Patrick Egan, Fred
Erickson and Albert Milette.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-06-22
OVER THE COUNTER
SCIENCE GIVES
MARGIN OF PROFIT

The march of science in the min
ing industry is we'll portrayed in
the recent Bulletin No. 100 issued
by Hardinge company and just re-
ceived by the Journal. The stream
line mill equipment of today is as
greatly advanced over the old as
is the streamline train. The "elec-
trio ear" is an example. This de-
ice automatically regulates the feed
rates of mill to keep it operating
at maximum efficiency by listen
ing' to the sound. 1t compensates
in grindability due to variation in
hardness, size of feed, etc. In con-
juction with the ear" is a "dens-
ity stabiIizer'' which controls the
density in wet grinding mills. Con-
slant weight feeders, disc feeders
and new type grinding units made
of high quality steel are other fac
tors that result in increased eff
cheney.
Miners who have taken over old
stamp mills and tried to make mon
ey from properties where the old
timers failed have likewise failed,
in many instances. The secret of
success today is in the utilization of
modern equipment of high effici-
ency that will make a profit from
mill heads that were not CONNER
cial under old methods.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-06-22
SHELLY TAKES
HUGHES CREEK
PLACER LANDS

The J. L. Shelly Co. of st. Paul,
northwest contracting concern, pur-
chased the Hughes Greek Dredg-
ing Co. property 38 miles south
west of Darby, announces ]. l..
Shelly, president.
The property is on fork of the
Bitter Root river six miles from
the Montana-Idaho line.
Moving equipment by truck from
Darby will begin soon and gold,
dredging will begin as soon as in
stallation is completed. The com
pany also has dredging interests
near Helena.
G. E. Stein, superintendent of
the company's plant at Cole, which
supplied the huge quantities of
sand and gravel required for the
Fort Peck dam, will be in charge
of dredging, said Shelly.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-06-22
CARBON BLACK
SALES GROW AS
RESULT OF WAR

The Carbon black industry reach
ed new peaks of production and
consumption in 1889, due to the de-
mands of the warning nations and
to the recovery in rubber produc-
ton, according to the Bureau OF
Mines.
Production was 525.166.OOO lbs.
10 per cent more than in 1888;
total sales were $50, 900 lbs.
an increase of SO percent over 1888.
Exports of carbon black passed the
2OO-million-pound mark for the
first time; domestic sales increased
Al percent over those in 1898 and
were IA percent above the previous
peak recorded in 1886.
The position of stocks improved
considerably, but prices remained
low. Stocks on hand December 81,
1899 were 13O,792,OOO pounds COM
pared with 166,159, 900 pounds on
January /. The domestic price rail-
lied slightly to 2.45 cents per
pound compared with 2.41 cents in
downward, being ABS cents per
pound compared with 4.51 cents
in 1898.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-06-22
NICKEL--COPPER
STEELS PROVE
SUPERIORITY

Results of corrosion tests on low
alloy sheet metal containing nickel
and copper show that the bene-
ficial effects of nickel upon the
weathering resistance of steel in
crease with increasing nickel con-
tent and are enhanced by the ad-
dition of optimum amounts of cop
per. N. B. Pilling and DR.. w. A.
Wesley, Director and Assistant Di-
rector, respectively, of the BayOnne,
N. J. Research Laboratory of The
International Nickel Company, Inc,
will so state in their paper on
Atmospheric Durability of Steels
Containing Nickel and Copper" to
be presented at the Corrosion Ses-
sion at -Haddon Hall, At
lantic City, N. J., on Wednesday
evening, June 26, during the for
ty-third annual meeting. of the Am
erican Society for Testing Mater
ials.
The Superiority of nickel-copper
steels is particularly pronounced in
a marine atmosphere, tests here
showing that nickel-copper steels
containing more than percent al
10y outlasted copper steels 200 to
800 percent at the end of six years
weathering, the authors will con-
tend. Results of tests on open
hearth steels used on the troopers
and bottoms of 50-ton railroad coal
cars engaged in transporting blum
mus coal showed a two to one SUI
periority for nickel-copper steels ov-
er unalloyed and copper steels af-
ter six years in service.
The effects of manganese, silicon,
and carbon contents do not appear
to be important, but the presence
of a moderate amount of phosphor-
GUS seems to be beneficial in nickel
copper steels.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-06-22
LIBBY PLANT
IS OPERATING
SUCCESSFULLY

LIBBY-The Universal ZonOlite
Insulation company has continued
to mine and clean raw vermiculite
for shipment to its own and other
expanding plants.
Much vermiculite is sold to
building-material dealers in bags,
some small sizes are offered Tor
use in lightweight concrete for roof
decks and other construction, and
one company has developed a VEN
tilated block for outside walls ana
load-bearing partitions, made from
graded vermiculite with Portland
cement as binder. These blocks VIII
almost float on water and are claim
ed to have good insulating proper
ties. They are laid staggered, but
the ventilating ducts are designed
to avoid accumulation of condensed
moisture even in freezing weather.
A new vermiculite product is an
extender for aluminium paints which,
it is claimed, makes them work bet
ter than straight aluminium paint
and increases coverage by S5 per-
cent.
other uses of fine powdered YER
miculite are as a cOOlant and luD-
ricating agent in automobile en-
gines. increasing compression, and
reducing oil consumption by filling
the pores of metallic surfaces with
in the cylinders This material
is obtained from Wyoming.
Properties being developed in
1889 included those of the Black
Hills Mining & Industrial Asso-
citation near Glenrock. Wyoming. A
plant is planned near Douglas, Wy
oming and the Vermiculite company
of America operates in Colorado.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-06-22
SILVER PURCHASE
REPEAL QUASHED
BY u. S. SENATE

WASHINGTON-The senate vot-
ed down a proposal by Senator
Townsend, republican, Delaware to
end the administrators authority
to purchase foreign silver.
The decision, which reversed
stand taken by the senate on two
previous occasions, was by a vote
of 46 to 35.
The Townsend proposal was of
fered as an amendment to the pend
ing 100000 defense tax
bill.
Last year and earlier this session
the senate voted to end the foreign
silver buying program. On the lat
ter occasion the house refused to
consider the issue on the ground
1t involved revenue legislation
which must originate in the house
under the constitution.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-06-22
ONTANAhS O.
new PROGRAM OF
Mine CONGRESS

Montana will have at least four
speakers on the program of the huge
convention of the American Min
ing Congress to be held at Colorado
Springs during the week starting
September 16, according to Carl
J. Trauerman, President of the
Mining Association of Montana.
Mr.. Trauenman returned yes
terday after attending a meeting
of the Program Committee in DEN
yer on June 10. Twenty-Five were
present at the meeting. A great
many of the subjects for the
speeches will have to do with the
National Defense Program. ]. C..
Kinnear, manager OF the Nevada
Consolidated Copper company, is
head of the Program Committee
and D. M. Kelly. Vice-President
in charge of western operations of
the Anaconda Copper Mining COM
pany, is Montana Chairman.
Mr.. Trauerman also visited Chi
CdBO anu otHeE poihls III Inc MIuuie
West to ascertain the possibilities
for Montana's strategic metals such
as manganese, chromium and tung-
stem.
He was granted a special privi-
lege by the Burlington Railroad to
ride the cab of the famous Zephyr
train for substantial distance be-
tween Denver and Chicago. This
train is said to be the fastest long
distance train in the world, and
Mr.. Trauerman states that it made
the first sventy-eight miles in six
ty-three minutes, attaining max
imum speed of ninety miles per
hour. The train is equipped with
Diesel engines manufactured by the
General Motors Corporation.
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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-06-22
COOKE CITY WILL
TRY TO OPERATE ON
I2-MONTH BASIS

COOKE CITY-Cooke City, which
until a few years ago had no real
" improved road at all, is now
seeking to maintain all-year open
roads on all federal highways
leading into this revived mining
and tourist center.
For the last two years the road
through Yellowstone park from
Gardiner to Cooke City has been
kept open thru the winter months
but one of the main planks of a
platform just drawn by the Cooke
City Commercial club calls for a
campaign for clearance of the high
ways both to Cody and Red Lodge
each winter.
The Commercial club is headed
by William S. Thayer, for more
than Is years with the state bu-
reau of mines of California, and
now active in revival Of the gold
mining business in this area.
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Here and There.

Of &
Exchange commission in San Francisco to give legal and accounting
public
nncing is welcomed in the west and It hoped that the commission
similar Legitimate afraid
undertake public financing and has rored to bootleg methods
could
wrong jail;
WE'LL
of
police firms likely
investing bootleg financing
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-06-22
State Mining Meet
At Helena Aug. 90

HELENA-AnnuaI Of Mining Association OF
will be held in Helena Aug 10 Anthony sojan
where
he with officers of the organization.
at president;
August secretary first vice
president o Gable.
The the session,
President composed Mr.
Stroian IA w. Smith, {. II.
Smith, president Chance Guch Mining
appointed Joseph Roy W. O. BardOn and Hugh A.
special committee the local
preparation the
will al an early
chamber
meeting is
expected o "A attendance of than 200.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-06-22
MONTANA HAS $40
MILES ON WHICH
u. S. LAYS CLAIM

The submerged lands controversy
that has been exciting the State of
California has dropped in on Mon
tana as well with discovery that
Montana has $40 square miles of
Submerged lands under territor-
iaI waters" A map received by the
Journal shows these submerged
lands to be along the Missouri
river to a point southwest of NAL
ia, a smaller strip near Helena
and at Flathead lake, in northwest
Montana, also on three lakes near
Yellowstone park. The U. s. gov
eminent lays claim to possession
of such submerged lands, together
with the mineral rights.
There are no known oil deposits
below these lands in Montana but
in California and in the Gulf Coast,
many oil properties are involved.
Gold placer rights on the Missouri
river are possibly involved.
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Evening star., 1940-12-11
Underseo, Not Air Warfare,
Greatest Threat to Britain,
Small, Fast Cargo Ships Are Needed
More Than Planes, Minister Says

workers in the factory may con-
tinue at their posts until the last
minute when safety demands they
leave their work and go to the
shelters. Good spoilers have i'm
proved the morale in factories.
Industrial production is we'll dis
persed. Total destruction of no
single factory could stop the produc-
tion of vital part of the war
machine.
While many people criticize the
effectiveness of the balloon bar
rage over London. there has never
been successful dive bombing
operation against factory protected
by tight balloon barrage.
Bombers Ambushed.
One factory I was told about
makes airplane motors and is guard
ed by local SouadronS. One after
noon in September large flight of
enemy bombers was reported ap-
preaching it. The fighters took to
the air. The bombers arrived, passed
the factory and were chased across
country by the fighters. AS soon as
the fighters were out of sight, a
second German squadron appeared
and let 60 on the factory. Damage
would have been greater had not
the bomber squadron been attacked
by lone English fighter, who dove
into it with such abandon that he
partially broke the formation. Eye
witnesses described this to me- But
the factory was hit and was out of
production for some weeks.
The second half of the story:
A short time after this same fac
tory was in production again, the
Germans played the same trick. The
fighter squadrons again went after
the first flight. They was a low
ceiling of clouds four or five thou
sand feet up. The second flight of
bombers came on schedule just un-
der the clouds. But as they ap-
preached the plant the defending
pursuit ships came down out of the
clouds in a solid formation. They
had pretended to be lured into the
trap and now took their vengeance
The bombers were cut to bits, never
reached their target. The factory
is in full production and has not
been hit since.
No Shortage of Fighters.
gathered much evidence around
various airports, including expert
mental ones, confirming the fact
that there was no shortage of Spit
fires or Hurricans in England. There
are enough, for instance, so that
many squadrons are being re-
equipped with equipment that in
creases the range and maximum al
titude at which they can fight. And
new squadrons of newly trained men
are going into action. There was
similar evidence that there is no
shortage of pilot material. The only
complaint I heard was from fighter
pilots who felt they were being
forced to take too much rest.
There are 1900 Polish pilots in
England and four or five thousand
other Polish soldiers. The Polish
pilots are the talk of London. They
are all veterans and they are the
Evening star., 1940-12-11

most experienced fighter pilots ir
the British air force. Almost every
squadron has Pole or two attached
to it and the Poles also have q
SQUADRON of their own.
There was a funny story on the
censorship around London when ]
was there. The censorship refused
to pass the true statement that the
Polish squadron had the finest rec
ord for destroying German planes
in the R. A. F. English commanders
in the r. A. F. were outraged. They
were back of the Poles and they
wanted them to get credit for their
record. So they appealed to the
censorship. After Some debate the
following statement was passed:
THE Polish command of the Polish
squadron says its record is the best
in the R. A. F."
Scots Learn Polish.
The Poles wear regular r. A. F.
uniforms with little labels on the
arms just below the shoulders:
Few of them speak any English
At the beginning of the war they
were very nervous about the pos
sibility of having to bail out over
England and come down in their
parachutes. They were afraid that
because they did not speak English
people would shoot them for Ger
mans. So every Pole was taught to
parrot these sentences: 81 am a
Pole I am a member of the Royal
Air Force I am a Pole. l am a
member of the Royal Air Force
People say now that when Poles
who are shot down reappear at
headquarters they always have a
girl on each arm. They say the
girls cannot resist the Poles, nor
the Poles the girls
Their squadron is in Scotland and
they say that instead of the Poles
learning English the storekeepers
are learning Polish.
THE END.
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Inc. in the United States, Canada and all
the countries in the International Copy
right Union. Reproduction in whole or
In part Strlctly fOrbidden)
Evening star., 1940-12-11

Clay, Army Corps of Engineers,
secretary to the Civil Aeronautics
Administration Board of Airport
Approval, to represent the admin
istration on the Interdepartmental
Engineering Commission, was an
nounced yesterday.
Maj. Clay replaces 1t. Col. Sump-
ter Smith, who resigned last week
to go into active service as air
officer Of the 31st Division, Alabama
National Guard. Col. Smith was
chairman of the commission. Fred
E. Schnepfe, representative of the
Public Works Administration on the
commission, has been named acting
chairman pending the election by
the commission of a permanent
head to succeed Col. Smith.
Evening star., 1940-12-11
PC. A. Officials Inspect
New National Airport

Washington National Airport, at
Gravelly Point, was inspected yester-
day by officials Of Pennsylvania Gen.
trail Airlines in preparation for
transfer to the new airport next
year OF operations now conducted
at Washington Airport and main
tenance and overhaul operations
now carried on at the company's
headquarters in Pittsburgh.
Appointment of Maj. Lucian w.
Evening star., 1940-12-11

This is the last in q series OF
ancensored articles by the editor
OF the newspaper PM, tDho re-
Gently returned from London.
Evening star., 1940-11-28
Pre-MaritaI Test Law
Backed by Southwest
Citizens Association
Unit Meets First Time
In New Jefferson
Junior High School

Support Of the proposed pre-
marital test law was voted by the
Southwest Citizens Association last
night at its first meeting In the
new Jefferson Junior High School.
Action on the proposal followed
talk by DR.. Everett J. Gordon of the
Army Medical Corps, now stationed
at Walter Reed Hospital.
Acting on the motion of the Rev.
Harry v. Porter, chairman of the
Recreation Committee, the group
renewed its request for retention of
the playground adjoining the old
Jefferson High School. According
to Harry S. Wender, president Of
the body, there is proposal before
the Board of Education to convert
the playground into a parking lot
when the school is torn down.
r. r. Keith of the Washington
Gas Light Co. explained the gas
company's views on the proposed in
PRODUCTION of 100 per cent natural
gas into this city. He declared the
company would favor the introduc-
ton only If it would mean lower
rates to the consumer and If an
adequate supply could be assured.
The association voted a $25 con-
tribution to the Community Chest
after seeing the Chest movie, Door
ways of Washington" and hearing
Donald Thomas of the Chest staff.
Mr.. Wender introduced DR.. John
E. Briggs, pastor of the Fifth Bap-
tist Church; Raymond r. Smith,
commander of the Agriculture De-
partment Post of the American
Legion, and Miss Virginia T. Nc
Laughlin, librarian of the new
Southwest Branch Library, all of
whom offered their services to the
association.
New committee chairmen ap-
pointed include Francis Hart, Boys
Club Committee; Robert D. Mar
shall, commercial development; the
Rev. Mr.. Porter, education; Mrs.
Lillian Fraser, hospitality; Miss
Margaret Bell Merrill, housing; Mr..
Wender law and legislation; Mrs.
Bessie Parrish, library; Joseph H.
Schneider, membership: Raymond
E. Robinson, police and fire; Capt.
Sidney Marks of No. Police Pre-
cinct, public celebration; Dr.. Cor
don, public health; William Brody,
public welfare; Hugh Stewart Smith,
recreation; Morris Fradin, public
utilities, and S. Bird CantWell,
streets and lights.
Evening star., 1940-11-28
Dr.. A. E. Brown, Retired
School Head, Dies
B, the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
HARRISBURG, Pa, Nov. 2S.-
DR.. Arthur E. Brown, "a, headmas-
ter of the Harrisburg Academy for
2s years until his retirement because
Of Ill health last spring, died last
night. DR.. Brown was stricken more
than q year ago with a rare form
of paralysis.
Born at Union Station clicking
County,, Ohio, he was a grad
uate of Ohio Wesleyan Univer-
sity. He taught In private schools
in Ohio, Cambridge, Mass, and Phil
adelphia before he became head
master at the Harrisburg Academy
in 1912. He had served as national
president of the Sigma Alpha Ep-
silon fraternity.