| Show im dit bolans nolans 4 DI sim suns TO in 13 nib M u ST 0 one no 0 of f the most striking fen features tures of the recent session of tho the american mining congress at chicago and one that la is emphasized more in all the reports of tho the busin e as transacted there Is 1 the neglect of the chicago paper papers aside from froin one or two afternoon papers the chicago press evidently did not know that the congress was mas in la session the western metal miner looke looks over the proceedings with disappointment for he fines finds only an occasional mention made of his branch of the industry in the maze of coal minin ins alaska and several other topics discussed the following report from the mining fining and engineering world of 0 chicago la Is of interest to the WA at the evening session thursday two addresses illustrated by a were mad madi ono one by lr dr joseph A holmes director of 0 the bureau of mines ori od Trob lemi of lie tao mining industry and the tho other by janies douglas on an I 1 sperl ence in coal mining alining I 1 holmes by statistic statistics the great and rapid crowth of the mining industry of 0 the united states and pointed out ou thuc while our accident death rate per thousand men employed la Is rather high the rate on the basis of tonnage production N 1 small iloise explained the work that Is being done and Is to planned to do at the bureau of mines experimental mine ut bruce ton pa on a call for In information format on enatt instituted by president dern ag as to the attitude of the federal bureau of min toward the metal miner miners J A holmes If olmes director direct r of the bureau burea tf stated that the west Is to entitled td 16 tar far more that it tt is ging in connection with the work of the bureau of mines for 1912 an initial appropriation of a hundred thousand dollar dollars for a metal mines division of the tho bureau would bo be included in the estimate teg to bo be submitted to congress con gresa dr holmes called upon the american kalning congress and its member members for suggestions as to the heat best ways in which to spend the appropriations for the tho metal division which might bo be granted by tho government |
