Show SEATTLE GETS STATION washington dec 5 secretary of the interior lane has announced that seattle washington has been selected as the site for the new mining experiment station in the pacific northwest under the jurisdiction of the united states bureau of mines the selection was made as a result of a recommendation men dation by van H manning director of the bureau of mines this is the last of the three mining experiment stations appropriated for by the present congress the other two being at tucson arizona and tion of the lower grade ores have emeha sized the necessity for such research aid only the federal as government can give with the development of metallurgical pro mo besses many of which are now under way I 1 expect in the near future to see a much greater industry enjoying greater prosperity and employing more men with the utilization of the low grade mineral deposits to their highest extent already there are signs that this is coming old mines are being reclaimed abandoned dumps which contained supposedly worthless material are being worked over and many prospects that heretofore were not considered workable are being turned into substantial mines fairbanks alaska the sum of was appropriated by congress for the establishment of each of the three stations the establishment of these metallurgical experiment stations constitutes one of the most constructive steps that have been taken by congress in the building up of our mineral industry said director manning in commenting upon Secre lanes announcement no it is a most deserved recognition of an industry which now has a yearly output of probably two and one half billion dollars and which is next to agriculture in its importance to the welfare of the country the experiment stations come to the west at a time when they are peculiarly needed the great impetus which has been given the industry gli 11 the european war and the coincident development de of the so called oil flotation process in the utilize |