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Show The Western Mineral Survey - non-governm- ent the bureaus health and safety programs and expert advice on increasing saftey in the mineral industries were in greater demand in the first peacetime year. Government operation of the nations coal mines brought added responsibilities to the bureaus coal mine inspectors with the issuance of a Federal Mine Safety Code for the industry. More than 19,000 persons were methods last trained in first-ai- d year and about 4000 received accident-preventiinstruction. In addition to inspecting about 2700 bituminous coal and anthracite mines last year, bureau Inspectors gave assistance at more- than 50 explosions and mine fires and devoted special attention to flood problems and subsidence in the anthracite industry. Explosives Although continuing its research on nonmilitary explosives with hundreds of galley and control tests and chemical examinations, the bureau in December 1945 concluded the administration of the Federal Explosives Act through the explosives control division. In four years the bureau issued or reissued more than 800,000 licenses in supervising the hanof dling of millions of pounds ry explosives in the United States and Alaska. To assist industry in converting from war to civilian production, the bureau's mineral statistics services were revised in many respects last year, incorporating the best features re-of wartime surveys. Numerous ports withheld during the war were returned to general Circulation and bureau statistical expreperts assisted in drafting administhe for liminary plans . on . - - long-establis- hed . non-milita- INDUSTRIAL PAiriTlNG - tration of Complete Equipment Insure the Life of , Your Equipment For a Nominal Cost II. DAVIS PHONE 7-45- legisla- g tion. Publish Data Demands for published tech nical information on - the bureaus work continued at a fairly high level during the year and a considerable number of reports heretofore restricted was released. During the year 541 publications were issued by the bureau and scores of. special articles were prepared by. bureau officials for the technical press. - Four new 16mm. sound films were added to the bureaus already extensive library last year as the motion picture program enjoyed one of its most successful years. Despite a decline in the number of showings to military personnel and to war training classes, the bureaus . audiences last year totaled nearly 8 million persons, a new all-tihigh. With the addition of 1500 new reels last year, the bureau now has in circulation nearly 11,000 reels of film covering more than 75 subjects. For Spray or Brush Jobs J. stock-pilin- 54 . SALT LAKE CITY me Kelly, Butte, recently of the Anaconda Copper Mining Co., in retired an able address before the ' Butte Exchange ..Club recently reiterated the optimism made by a number of engineers concerning Butte ore deposits. The Butte newspapers, in reporting Mr. Kellys account of present and future operations, stated in part: Mr. Kelly spoke of the prob lem of help and called attention billion pounds of copper, which to the fact that there has been in years gone by had to be left some Improvement in this re- in the ground because of ecospect. He pointed out that since nomical factors. He made the last July the working force on prediction that these problems the hill has increased 783 shifts would be solved and for that The North Butte mine reason mining men can safely Er day. increased between 80 and say that there is more known Mr. District Attorney' 170 shifts per day during the metal in the old Butte hill than same period, he said. He add- at any time since its discovery. ed that the production of copThe speaker mentioned wages wyj per and manganese had in- paid miners and those working Some people deny themselves creased proportionately. under contract He said the necessities until its too late to enMr. Kelly' stated that crews average pay of the miner is week joy them. Others enjoy luxuries are now engaged In development $10.32. That for a six-duntil it's too late to deny them. work in an effort to maintain a adds to $61.92. The average maximum production of copper contract earnings are $12.57 a At a recent dinner patty a from the manpower which is day,- which totals for the week friend and I asked ourselves why in excess of $75.. He said that now available. so few people sre successful conButte is normally an impor- there is no limit placed on conversationalists. We concluded: tant zinc production district, the tract earnings and that many vice-preside- nt - . -- . ay - because most of us are so busy thinking about what we want to . say next that were poor at listening to the other fellow. Good conversation is a 0 affair. It h Courtesy to others is mo fe than a duty its a necessity for our own well being and contentment 51-5- - . it Since 194 V, youngsters in our community have been urged to join boys' dubs, form sand!ot teams, organise musical groups and participate in all sorts o supervised games. Scores of boys and girls now arc too busy with these youth council activities to set into trouble. The town hasn't had ' a single case e juvenile delinquency in 're. A fast driver gets everywhere first including the cemetery. Big Horn Basin Center Of Interest The fabulous Big Horn basin! was easily the center of interest in Wyoming oil circles as the week ended. This huge basin, . along the rims of which approximately two dozen oil fields are in production, claimed fresh attention last year when the Pure Oil Company, in a daring venture, stepand ped out toward the center Wor-land, a near new field opened giving weight to the contention that the entire central portion of the basin may produce where structural conditions are favorable. There were these developments in the basin as the week ended: Pure lost its Worland (River Dome) discovery well, drilled at an estimated cost of : around $800,000. A leak developed, sup o posedly at1 the" junction Christmas tree and casing. About 4,000,000 feet of gas began escaping. Ordinarily, this would not have been cause for great alarm, but the gas from this field is highly poisonous, and has a tendency to lie close to the ground, not unlike poison gas of wartime use. Hence, residents within an area of three miles of the well-si- te were hastily evacuated and the escaping gas was fired with an incendiary bullet. The rig was soon melted by the intense heat and the twisted steel is now being removed from the site, with the gas fire of course continuing. Effort is now under way to extinguish the plaze, in the hope it may be possible to install new connections and save the well. CASPER, Wyoming SURVEY I I EAST 1ST SOUTH TEL Entered ae second clan matter at Salt Lake City, Utah under Act cl March 3, 1879. Rate 32.50 per year; Subicription 22-2- 4 Be ready to make Li those changes you've . $1.50 for plant. OTAII POWER & LIGHT CO. I six month. Mineral-SurveWestern Please mention when writing to advertisers, Advertising rates on application. , been contemplating to improve the lighting in your office or. L M. HILL Business Manager All the newe of the development of the Intermountain Section, published by . speaker said. The company is preparing to resume zinc production, which was discontinued during the war. Men have been hired at the Anselmo mine to reopen the zinc area, but it will take a few months before the mine will be up to full production, at which time some 500 men will be employed. If the demand for metal persists, other mines will be reopened, such is" the Lexington, the Orphan Girl and the Badger, as rapidly as manpower is available. Mr. Kelly added that the copper mines, the Steward, the Bel-be mont and the Anselmo. will reopened and. that these operations will require at least 2,500 additional men. Mention was made of the mangaworking of low-granese ore. He said that prior to the war a method of concentratmanganese ore ing 'low-grawas developed which made available many million pounds of low-gramanganese ore in areas of this dis? southwest the now trict He stated that it ofis mansource by far the largest low-gra- de ganese in this country. This considwas ore heretofore ered worthless. These operations now employ approximately 500 men, he stated. Zinc production in the local district should continue as long as there is a demand for this metal. He stated that improvements in metallurgical and mining methods will permit the company as time goes on to. increase its production of zinc ore probably 100ar per cent as comproduction. pared to pre-wIn speaking of the reclaiming of dumps and tailing piles, Mr. Kelly pointed- out that during the war approximately nine million dry tons of and one-ha- lf copper mine dumps and tailing piles containing from 0.7 per cent to. 1.5 per cent copper were reclaimed and treated at the companys smelter at Anaconda, and approximately 5 million ounces of silver and 17 thousand ounces of gold were produced from these sources. The speaker pointed out that the Anaconda company is now reclaiming old zinc dumps. At the present time it is shipping 1,500 tons a day from the old Alice dump north of Walker-vil- le to Anaconda. Mr. Kelly stated that at present the engineers and production men of the company are working out methods for the mining and treatment of low-gra- de copper ore pillars which may contain approximately two de de WESTERN MINERAL I Jonuory 24, 1947 Butte Will Produce Ore For Many Years is Claim administrative consultant and D. M. Mineral Outlook Has Favorable Aspects U. S. (Continued from Page 1) credited with saving approximately 5 million tona of coal annually. Helium Advances An increasing pea c e t im e commercial market for the fcureaua large quantities of helium has been indicated by the rising sales of heliusers and um to the development of new uses for the gas Industry and for scientific and medical purposes. Production figures, carefully guarded during the war, showed that the bureaus plants produced 434,190,000 cubic feet of helium in the last six fiscal years and turned back more than half of last years production of 03,403,345 cubic feet to the huge underground - reservoir in the Cl iffside field near Amarillo, Texas. The Cunningham, Kans., plant, built as a wartime expedient to insure an uninterrupted supply of the gas for military purposes, was closed last year and the Otis, Kans., plant was placed in temporary standby status. Safety Program Credited with the saving of countless lives during the war, ' Solt- Loke City, UtoK The Western Mineral Survey. All news appearing In the Western Mineral is obtained tram Survey sources believed to be reliable but no responsibility is assumed ioc accuracy of statements de - . - . contract miners make from $15 to $20 per day. Good Demand, Prices Seen For Metals The minwill have a brisk ing industry demand for metals during 1947 and at a fair price, J. B. Haff-ne- r, general manager of the Bunker 'Hill Ac Sullivan .Mining Concentrating Co. at Kellogg, believes. However, he pointed .out, the metal market is dependent upon activities in the consumer industries. The industry is faced with possible reductions or eliminations of tariff protections through reciprocal' trade agreeWALLACE, Ida. - - ments,7 he said. The Bunker Hill manager said the company has hired an increasingly - larger number of men during the last few months and especially during December when the Coeur dAlene district mines returned to a six-dwork week, but is still far below what may be considered a normal crew. He looks for improvement in the labor situation during the year. "The Bunker Hill and other ay mines of Shoshone County produce . one-thi- rd of the nations th of its 'silver, a gold, substantial portion of its ' zinc, besides many other essential ores. one-four- Kennecott Asked For Extra Wages Kennecott Copper Corp. was named defendant in a portal-to-port- al suit filed in federal district court at Carson City by 76 workers asking $229,-25- 7, it was announced this week. The workers, attorneys said that additional suits asking accumulated back pay on behalf of other Kennecott employes would be filed later. A judgment in favor of the workers would give each copper pit and smelter worker in the . area Ely-Ruth-Mc- back pay.- $3017 in - . Two little girls were busily discussing their families. Why does your grandmother read the Bible so much? I think, said the other little irl that shes cramming for er finals. ' START YOUR OYJfl BUSIRESS $30,000 MILLING PROPERTY, located at 6th West and South Temple, 165x171 feet of ground. Mill building with approximately 1800 square feet of floor space. Slugger mill, capable of grinding to d minus 325 mesh, con be adopted for grinding rock for artificial fertilizer. Tube mill with Raymond separator. 3000 square feet covered warehouse spocie. 'Adjoins 3 railroad lines and has o railroad spur. Caretaker's home and garage; (House and garage ore reserved.) . f . RENO, Nev. MR. NELSON, Bennett Gloss & Point Company, 61 West First. South SEE SALT LAKE CITY |