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Show i H Victorious In First Aid and Mine I Rescue Contest Last Friday I At San Francisco. I EIGHT PRIZES TAKEN I Defeated Hiawatha Boys Guests of General Superintendent of I the Utah Fuel 8 SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 2J.--Utah has the champion mine rescue team of tho United Stuttw. The StinnyHide tenm of the . H Utah Fuel compnny finished first today in thu third national joint f ieltl meet, with it ttcore of ninety-six out of a po.ssiblo ouu hundred V'H K)ints. The Hoslyn Fuel company of Seattle, Wash., wns second H nnd tho Goldfleld Consolidated Minus team of (loldtteld, Nuv wns third. The Utah boys also won first prize in tho throe-man team ' 4H first aid contest, and sixth prize In tho five-team first nltl contest. H Utah's victory in the mine rescue contest wns conceded innne- ' IH tllnlely after tho contest closed this afternoon, hours before tho - ' ficlnl announcement at Festival Hall tonight. Tho day's success is k.'lH regarded as a great personnl triumph for II. II. Sanderson of Salt NIH Lnko City, trainer of tho team, as well as the participants. Forty- 1H one teams, containing the crack organizations of the country, com- ing from as far away as West Virginia nnd Alnska, competed in flH tho events, which were thu big feature of mining week. 'otH In addition to the coveted colliery engineer silver challenge cup, ill which will havu to bo defended annually, tho members of tho Sun- "IH nyside team each won a gold mednl offered by tho American Safe- Nil! ty association, a gold mednl offered by tho California Metal Pro- flfl duccrs' association, a silver medal offered by the Cnlifomia Metal '3H Producers' nsHocintion for tho state championship, and n watch H fob and cash prizes offered by the Drneger Oxygen Apparatus AH compnny, nil for thu mine rescue victories. a In the first aid competition Capt. M. H. Detwellcr, J. T. John- Jif son and J. W. Llttlcjohn, members of thu three-man team, each jM won cash prizes, and tho team won a stretcher and equipment nnd . ! n silver medal each. Tho members of tho Hiawatha team of tho " m United States Fuel company were nwnrded bronze medals for their (m excellent showing in tho state competitions yesterday. 11 Van II. Manning, director of the United Stales bureau of mines, flg nwarded thu prizes nnd wns assisted by Charles E. Van Darncvcld, W chief of the department of mines nt tho exposition, and Herbert M M. Wilson of Pittsburg, nnd L. R. Palmer, formerly of Salt Lake (X City. Tho Utah men have been busy prepnring for and competing ilMl in tho events which ended so satisfactorily today ever since they vK arrived here. Mti The Sunnyslde nnd Hiawatha teams will be guests of General Wm Superintendent Thompson of the Utah Fuel company nt n banquet EH to bo given tomorrow evening nt Old Faithful Inn, nnd various flV other forms of entertainment will be provided for them. H The Prizes Awarded In Detail. ! First The Colliery Engineer silver challenge cup, for scoring tS tho highest number of points in mine rescue. Contest, September mm 24, 1015. 'M Second Five beautiful gold medals, given by the California ill Metal Producers' association for same as above. Contest, Scptem- l9' I her 24, 1015. HDi I ThirdFive beautiful gold medals, given by the. American 19 I Mine Safety association for same as above. Contest, September IHi I 24,1015. IH I Fourth Twenty-fivo dollars in gold nnd a watch fob to each B 1 member of team from Draegcr Oxygen Apparatus company for' Hi team wearing their apparatus securing the greatest number of H points. Contest, September 24, 1015. fl Fifth Fifteen dollars in gold to best Bcoro mnde In three-man j 9 event, first aid contest, September 24, 1015, Panama-Pacific In- Hi ternationnl exposition. H Sixth One Williams Improved stretcher with rubber sheet, H for first aid stretcher drill, given by nbovo compnny of Wheeling, H 1 W. Va. Contest, September 24, 1015. ! Wt Seventh Six bcnuttrul silver medals for winning first nid '3H' stnte elimination contest, California Metal Producers' association. mm' Contest, September 23, 1015. HFjf Eighth Flvo beautiful bilver medals for winning mine rescue JsHS stato elimination contest, California Metal Producers' association. iaH Contest. September 23, 1015. HJ Tho Scores State Elimination Contests, September 23, 1015, Hfi Utah Fuel company, mine rescue, 02.G; Utah Fuel company, first Mmm nid, 02.3. 7 National Contest, September 24, 1015 Utah Fuel company, fmwl ' mine rescue, 0G.0; Utnh Fuel company, first nid, 04.8. mml An Honor to Utnh and to Carbon County. Hklf All honor Is due the Sunnysiilo boys for their painstaking enre tm' and constant training efforts, which have resulted in such n splcn- K did achievement. Their triumph is indeed nn honor to the state of H Utah, to Carbon county, mid particularly to the team itself, which H has by winning national honors in the San Francisco contest dem- HE onstrated its superiority over nil competitors in tho saving of HR human life about tho mines. During the past three years tho f (Concluded on page eight.) 1M ! SUNNYSIDE TEAMJRRST IN AMERICA (Continued from page one.) bureau of mines has devoted great energy to instill into the minds of mining opcrntora n recognition of the benefits to be derived through the medium of well equipped nnd efficient mine rescue teams, ready nt nil times to respond in case of mine nccidents. The contests were witnessed by thousnnds of mining men from various parts of the country, who nt nil times evinced the keenest interest. The fnct that forty-one teams were in competition evidences evi-dences the disposition of the grent mining companies of the Uimcd States to encourage the development of the highest degree or efficiency effi-ciency on the part of the first aid and mine rescue teams in their efforts to protect nnd safeguard the life nnd health of the mine1 The officials of tho UlflKTucl company were quick to grasp tin-iden, tin-iden, nnd has lent every possible encourngement to such efforts nmong its employes. In fnct, such a pride has been felt in the endeavors en-deavors of the employes in its various camps thnt nothing has been permitted to interfere with their drill work or their competitive contests which hnvc been held from time to time. Those officer mny therefore feel justly proud of the victory of their employes in the nationwide contests. Team Making Visit to Southern California. As such contests nre held each year it is ccrtnin that the Sun-nyside Sun-nyside victors will train in the futuro, with ever incronsed vigilance, vigil-ance, in nn offort to hold tho much coveted distinction. The boys nre now en route homo by way of Los Angeles and San Diogo, nnd when the time of their arrival nt Sunnyside is definitely known plans will be formulated for nn appropriate reception. A routing demonstration is certain to greet their arrival, ns tho Sunnyside people have nt nil times displayed ardent enthusiasm in behalf of that team in the various coal contests in which they have jmrtici-pated, jmrtici-pated, nnd highly appreciate tho groat achievement won for their camp nnd compnny. Sanderson's Father Is Much K la ted. No one in Salt Lake City is more pleased ns n result of the victory vic-tory at San Francisco Friday of the Sunnyside mine rescue team of the Utah Fuel company than Rev. Horace Sanderson, pastor of the Westminster Presbyterian church, says Sunday's Tribune. Hev. Sanderson is the father of II. II. Sanderson, captain of the team, and tnkos great pride in the work of his son in bringing his team to a point of efficiency that made it champion of the United States. Captain Sanderson wns born in Plillllpslon, Mass., and was educated at Colorado college, Colorado Springs. After he hntl completed his course he was employed as oiigineer by the Northern iConl and Coko compnny of Denver, Colo. For six years he engaged in the general engineering business in Trinidad and consequently had the opiiortunity to visit nil the coal mines in Colorado and neighboring states. He wns superintendent of the Consolidated Fuel company at Hiawatha for quite awhile. About six years ago, when the first rescue apparatus was brought to this section, Sanderson engnged in training at Coko-dalc, Coko-dalc, Colo., nnd since thnt time he has represented the Draeger Oxygen Apparatus company of Pittsburg, Pa., having installed practically all of the apparatus that has been placed west of Colorado. Colo-rado. Sanderson holds U. S. B. of M. Combined Certificate No. 791IIA for first aid and helmet work. He lias boon active at practical! prac-tical! all the mine disasters of the Wusl. Mohrland Team At State Fair. Mohrland's "King Konl" first nid and mine roscuo tenm was in Price last Monday on Its way to the state fair at Salt Like City, leaving here in tho morning for Zlon. Tuesday's Salt Ijike Tribune Trib-une has this mention of the tenm nnd those accompanying it, nftor their nrrivnl there In the afternoon of Monday. The Tribune, which publishes n picture of the team, among other things says: "Seven veterans of the big fire in the Black Hawk mine last spring form ono of the feature attractions nt the fair. For the flttlt llllll, itvlltllttlmiil In lilt tin rnitnnn nnl flt.u4 .il.l ...l, .. -., 1- l. !-....- ....... .. ..u.,.. v, . wwmv ..., ,av cm, ,,UII 4IIU kU UU given nt the stnto exposition nnd seven of the men most experienced experi-enced in thnt line of work in Utah have boon solccted to give the demonstrations. i "They compose team No. 1 of tho Mohrland property of the United Stntcs Fuel company. Tho members of the tenm aro A. J. Stirratt, captain; F. S. ttrundvig, Oscnr Wallnuer, C. L. Lcavltt, F. Jones, I). C. Leavitt, A. D. MncLcan, conch and utility mnn. Dr. F. H. Itnloy, who has instructed the tenm in n great deal of its work, will arrive tomorrow and will appear dally during the demon3tnt-tions demon3tnt-tions of the team at the mineral building. "Special equipment for tho demonstration hns been provided in tho rear of the building nnd tho team will show the methods of rescuing men from fires nnd explosions underground ns well as the , methods of reviving persons suffering from electric shocks nnd suffocation by gases. "Tho team is classed by Dr. Roberts of tho United States bureau bu-reau of mines us one of the best in tho United Stntes. Every mnn is n veteran in the service nnd nil nre nntivo Utnhns. Conch Mac-Lean Mac-Lean has been in the mine rescue work for more than fifteen years and is said to bo one of the oldest if not the oldest, in the work in point of service, In the United States'. "Every member of tho team served fully stxtv dnvs iinrimr . Black Hawk fire last Bpring. They worked under every difficulty known to mining explosive gnses nnd dust nnd everything in the calendar of underground fire fighting-nnd performed services of tho highest order throughout. "Everj' mnn holds n combination certificate for mine rescue nnd first nid work from the government nnd each has seen active service in from fivo to thirty underground explosions nnd fires." Miner's Life Is Saved. Although both the Utah Fuel nnd the United Stntes Fuel com-panics com-panics linve been instructing their employes in first nid and mino rescue work for moro than two years, the United Stntos Fuol com-pnny com-pnny has held but one nnnual contest, while tho Utnh Fuol com pnny has. held two such events. The contests have demonstrated clearly to tho managements of tho two companies the groat vnluo of tho work in furthering tho "safety first" movement, both with respect to lives nnd property. '" An instance of tho great value of the training is givon in nn nc cident which happened August 14th at the Sunnysido mine of the Utah I-uel company. Nick Chlmnkns, n Greek miner, when lonv ing the mine, walked along an electric motor rond in violation of tho compnny's instructions nnd enmo in contnet with n live trollov wire. When found by other workmen Chimnkas wns lying on thn track bndly burned nbout tho face nnd head .nnd was apparently Notification of Ills death was telephoned to the mine officp which in turn notified tho state coal mine inspector by tolocmnh In the meantime John Patterson, S. McClure nnd M. C. Bjarnson who were nearby nnd highly trained in first nid work, wont to thn assistance of Chimnkns. After performing artificial rosnirntl m for twenty minutes Chimnkns revived, little tho worse for the ac cident other than that ho sustained more or loss serious burns. Reward For Life Savers. i If there had been no ono nvnilnble who understood tho motlm.i of reviving n man suffering from nn electric shock an hour or moro would have been required to liavtFobtaiiled .h doctor In which timo tho injured man unquestionably would have died. The men who performed the first aid work in this emergencvuiw suitably rewarded by the company. v "t. SLAK . It is n fixed policy of both the Utah Fuel and the UnlUt , iMtrur CI Fuel companies, and of other companies in Utah as wein lm W il men who arc trained in first nid work scattered thrnm .a t mine nnd nbout tho surface plant, so that at least twX?lWL' ' can be reached quickly in case of accident at any point ViSj i to further facilitate first aid work the Utah Fuel com htr "V hospitals at various points underground, where patient. W'ur tr taken nnd properly nnd comfortably cared for until tnl J,toiNO m condition to be removed from the mine. It Is planned iiMVit hW "m the near future hospitals so equipped thot, when necess Brfc operations can be performed underground with every fT,n-',B-' """ first-clnss hospital. y 'Mzr: Equipment Is Modern. JMilelliPl Part of the equipment maintained in both companies I. Nri I H equipped mine rescue car, which is available not only fori!?. jB ', the owning companies, but will bo sent to any other comJjBLinlsl II case of accident. Each cor is in charge of a mnn thorouvSH. IIUU H ed in mine rescue nnd first nid work nnd who co-onnmi "ftMw 1 1 II U United Stntes bureau of mines. The enr is fully equiprW apparatus and tools needed to enter n mine nfter nn exnIokS fire nnd contains n complete stock of nil kinds of first nid mifBrv not' The training Is not compulsory nmong the employes w2B nnS the movement wns first instituted they quickly realized iuISH nnd took up the work voluntarily. The study of the work um confined to the men nnd many teams of women nnd boyshaniAw. '"i0'" organized in almost every camp. At the properties of thiuMw11" u ' Fuel compnny meetings nre held nt rogulnr intervals arid tn..uMU ' ',n, cians nt the different camps give instruction in mine Mtt,!Bl'rM,1'l first nid work. Tiie United States Fuel compnn , in addto.MW ,,,c A the physicians, hns a safety superintendent, Arthur rw?M whose sole dut Is to visit the different enmps and instradtB omploycs nnd look after all safety, mine rescue and fw'i,i .,( of mont and see that it is kept in perfect working order nt nil UrtaS hich won Knowledge Is General. 1C1,J,'I Realizing that their safoty largely depends upon knowdM "Mother i mine roscuo null first nid work, the employes hae taken nwMr?tVon Uia more interest in the movement until thero nre rrv fewls-M"1 dur,nif camp who do not hnve nt lenst some knowledge of what 8wJr w,r thV done In case of accident. To stimulntc further interest tht Xwcdt panies hnve inaugurated nnnual contests, which take the foraMv nd '" outings. Tho contests ontail n considerable expense on theptlM ta lw0 u' the companies, but the ndditlonnl interest nroused and thertfAic.pu obtained have more than justified the expense Hjltoon. o The problems offered for solution at the annunl evcnti tiM "d J' w the form of nccidents nnd nil problems nt the recent ontcsUw, Tv Kl arranged to comply strictly with the rules which KcradfoMlSwd" is", terimtionnl meet nt Snn Francisco, nnd, with the fxcoptlonoftW ivnHu ' problem In roscuo work, were selected from the problems lurnB ed by the United Stntes bureau of mines and the American SaftM1, n'wm Hssocintion. tiRr cf |