Show PLAN RESCUE STA STATION 1 ON FOR UTAH U aff COAL MINERS the rho national government has decided to establish in salt sall 1 I lake city a public rescue station to advance the efforts of the government in lessen lessening lug the appalling loss of life in coal mine disasters others are also niso to bo be established in various parts of tho the country as brances of the experiment tta bration tion at pittsburg salt lake city is selected as central to thu several fields in utah and acceus ble to the montana and washington 0 fields the stations arc are to be established by the t bo geological survey the salt lake city station will ivill bo be equipped with etli the latest life saving apparatus and in charge of government mining 0 en engineers 0 fincers trained in the use of f apparatus they wil respond tc to any tiny call for assistance stanco istance and go prepared for rescue work no matter what the hazard the parent station at pittsburg will take charge of the west virginia and pennsylvania districts other stations will bo be located as follows at urbana ills in connection with the university of illinois to take talce care of illinois indiana iowa northern missouri and western kentucky at raton N NI to take care of now mexico colorado and wyoming uhe largest coal output in now mexico and colorado comes conies from the trinidad field which is immediately accessible to raton at south mcalester okla lor for oklahoma ArI arkansas cansas and southwestern missouri several locations are suggested for the station which will cover alabama tennessee virginia E eastern astern kentucky georgia and Sou thein n west virginia ono one plan is to locate a station at knoxville tenn george B rico raining mining engineer will have bave general charge of all mining 0 inquiries at the stations and J W apaul paul former state mine inspector of west virginia will have supervision of all rescue work it is not the intention of the geological 0 survey to malnin maintain the stations permanently at the expense of the government the experts placed in temporary charge expect to instruct a sufficient number of minors miners in each cach locality to man the staton apparatus in the event of a a disaster and organize their own relief corps each station will bo be fitted up A with an airtight chamber where gas can bo be generated the minors miners will be taught to work in this room in their oxygen helmets until they become accustomed to their strange headgear the average minor fean the h helmet C imet will ruff suffocate acate ocate h him I 1 m and there have been instances where the men have removed them af after ter entering a gas filled mine in recent mine disasters rescuers have found groups of suffocated men some distance tance from the scene scone of the explosion it is believed by the government rescue exports experts that had trained men nien v ith proper apparatus entered tho the mine immediately af after corthe the explosion most of these men could have bave been saved the stations will bo be the headquarters for the engineers for the study of the waste of coal in mining one of the important problems before the creolo geological pe ical survey safety lamps lamp will bo be tested there for general safety and efficiency and experiments will wil bo be conducted cond acted in the use vos q tho stations are to bo be erected in connection with A ith the mine owners and state geological surveys |