Salt Lake Tribune | 1913-09-02 | Page 5 | Simple Method to Warn the Miners

SIMPLE METHOD TO WARN THE MINERS Green and Black Arrow's Will Paint the Way to Safety or Danger in Iron Mines. DULUTH, Minn.. Sept. 1. Danger signs, without the word "danger" on them, will be adopted bv the United States government for use in the iron mines of the Mesaba, Vermilion, Cuy-una, Cuy-una, Menominee, Marquette and Gogebic Go-gebic ranges, according to Edward Hig-gins Hig-gins of the bureau of mines, engineer of that district, toda'. Words and lettering let-tering of all kinds have been discarded discard-ed because of the many nationalities of the miners. Groen and black arrows will point the way to safety and danger, respectively, respect-ively, so that all the laborers will be able to comprehend. The signs will be center. The arrows will be painted white, with a large red bval in the across the red surface with their heads in different directions. , "This will solve the problem of guarding the less intelligent class of laborers against blasting," said Mr. Higgins. "Often you see mines where notices of all kinds must bo printed in several languages, bnt we are trying to devise simpler methods of directing direct-ing the workmen."