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Show I; MINING STUDENTS TO f INSPECT COAL MINES ' ' This morning twcnly-llvo seniors of the state school of mines will leave for an i examination nf the con! mines of Sunny- f side. In Carbon county This trip Is tho second of a large number scheduled for j IhlK year's miners, the flisl of the series having been made to Mercur gold camp j two weeks ago. Succeeding" trips will be made to Pari: City. Tlntlc. Bingham, and , a flnnl ono to Butte, Mont., and Cocur d'AIene, Ida. ! The state school of mines can boast of having the best location of aiiv mining school In the United States, and no one , i can deny that advantage Is being taken of these opportunities. There Is within ! . easy access of Snlt Lake City every typo i of mining activity. The great cyanide r plants of Mercur and Sunshine aro prac- tlcally unparalleled In the west. The i enormous deposits of copper at Bingham, ; with their methods of mining, stand al most alone, while the lend, silver and , copper deposits of Park City and Tlntlc ' are among the best of their type. , The conl deposltK of the stato offer ex- ; j cellont opportunities for tho study of that 1 . branch of mining. Almost on cverv hand, Utah presents superlntlve conditions In mining Industries, and what Is perhaps j best of all the Utah engineering students are made welcome wherever they go. Tho mining operators have universally co-operated with the school In making J the outside trips successful, 1 The seniors today go out under the dl- f ; rcctlon of Dr. Fred J. Pack of the de- ( I partment of geology; Dr. Robert II Brad- y ford of the department ' of metallurgy: J ' Prof. E. II. Beckstrand of the department of mechanical engineering, and Theodore ' P. Holt of the department of mining. J: Robert Forrester, geologldt for the Tltsih it Fuel company, will accunpuny :ln jiuly, and Is doing all possible to make ,e trip pleasant ni.d successful The min ers will return Knlunlny. r.fter Invlng made a cnmjvi.'c examination of tho fcun- nyslde property, Including the geoioglcnl. tho metallurgical, the mechanical, and f tho mining features of the camp. |