Show UNDERGROUND MAGAZINES The Explosion Raises the Question of a Special Inspector ISuroka July 20Sluice the recent ex luhlou ut the Daly West mine In Park Cit y which was attended I by such groat ions of llfo amid In fact for a great many Ilim pusl there I have been mlulnir men In the Tlnllc district acltatlng the etc llnir of an olllcc of State Inspector of metal mines and the appointment of a oniDclont lutpcutor to till thin olllcc A till for this purpose was prepared for jrcaontation al the last ecsnlon of tIme jCgluhilnri hut on account of thin vigor oun opposition the measure received at the lands of iho mlnoowncrs of the Slate he hill was withheld until a more fa orubta time It Is a rccosnlrcd fact hat In almost ovory Stale whore mining Is one of the principal Industries there is such an olllccr Even in Utah wo have in IiiHiiiotor of anal mines and barring ho ono great disaster cf recent years here arc iwo lives lost In the metal mines of Utah to where there Is one In the coalmines coal-mines and It Is needless lo say that In Taoist Insiances It Is through time careless mmen > of cither the mine operators or the inch employed In tins mines It ii l also a veilknown fact that many of the larger nlnlnp companion of Utah are constantly lolntlng vho State county and city laws and ordinances bv ytorlnff largo qiummntit len of PxplofllviH In the underground workings of their mines It Is also known that some minim companies hi Utah do not iropurly limber the underground workings of their propcrilcs making them ClimatiC 1 f a oomiolout mlnrj InBncotor were ap jiolntcd and inside to furnish u bond num Iclenlly largo to guaranteo the faithful performance of hut duty there la every reason to believe I hat time number of fa la lit less in Ulnh mines would be cut down materially Nol only could nuoh an olllcer letormlno whether or not those lu charge verc in the habit of storing more powder and cxploiivci under ground than waa eisenllal lo the Judicious management of the mine but he could nscerlaln by In pcotlon if various ilrifts litopcs tunnels etc wore tlmberod as they should be and if the holsiliig equipment were In such a jhiim as to ondaiiKCr the life or limb of employees Not only thonc but hundreds tiC f eLliot apparently InnlGiilllcatit thlnyK which often reault In loss of life could be nsycctcd regularly If I upon visiting a certain property lie found anything wrong it would be his duly to order the closing down of the mine or hat I part affected null the necessary repairs could have benit > completed rite ulllce of mlnlnir Inspector In an Important Im-portant ono to thoi > e people who live In Mining camps There arc dangers enough far the I minor to face at best when a mine In conducted along safo hues and there ihould he no oppoiltion to a bill xvhlch would wont no great hardship to mlno owncrs and at lit mime time make the occupation of mining less hazardous Utah needs an u2ector of metal mines and needs such an olllccr badly |