Show MEETING OF COLUMBIA SECTION special correspondence spokane wash dec 8 the fourth annual meeting and banquet of the columbia section american institute of mining engineers gi the membership of which comprises experts in all branches of mining in the northwest was held on november 20 in the moorish room at the spokane hotel with forty members in attendance professor francis A thomson of pullman head of the department of mines at washington state college retiring president was toastmaster ma ster and L K armstrong secretary treasurer was master of ceremonies the principal address was made by professor F M handy of pullman associate professor of geology at the college on the economic geology of eastern washington other speakers were loren A campbell of rossland B C managing owner of the west kootenay power and light company oscar lachmund greenwood B C managing director of the british columbia copper company frederic keffer greenwood B C consulting engineer for the british columbia copper company G H wyman jr wallace idaho flotation and concentration expert experts for the federal and hercules mining companies sam 11 richardson mining engineer republic and professor D C livingston moscow head of the mining department at the university of idaho the report of the secretary treasurer for the year showed that the membership had increased from to and that the section was in good financial condition F P A ross of spokane was elected president rush J white of wallace idaho chief engineer for the federal mining company vice president and L K armstrong of spokane s secretary cretaro e tre treasurer a surer mr armstrong has been secretary treasurer of the section since it was organized four years ago and unanimously chosen to continue in the office |