| Show AS 71 UIt MIL MINI T 1 As tha the result of a confer conference tace which was held w uw the auspices of the ual ted states bureau ot of mince mines laet last Septem september between men ha tho ore 0 re interested in the saving saying ot of the lives of miners ral ocre there has been forni form cd ed a society known athe amerle can mine safety association alth ith headquarters at pittsburg Pitta bore ila this association which ie IA now enrolling among its members mrm mc aber bers the coa coal I 1 and aud metal mine operators raining e engl angl and bacety engineer engineers of tho the country haa has for its purpose the coneen atlow ot of the lives and health of the latmer and a reduction reductio rk in property loaa lom duo due to explosions or fires in mines it will attempt to to place before the miners str atun dard me mahoda cods hods to be used in rescue work und and in 14 first old d to tt injured the work ot of the bureau of 0 f minea lintn in reducing the number of leathe in the mans has led to the adoption of man different types of amu 0 ap parater euch such as the agyon hel mete which the rescuers wear in a gaa gas failed mine and alo also to the use of 0 f many dIffer different eat methods of re s and first aid to the injured hundreds of mines within the lait last throe three or four yean years have bave been equipped with rescue apparatus rescue rew arps and kimt aid corps many of these men raen who are called upon in emergencies have developed their own way ways of doing things and jt it Is the LP ulon of the organizers zeris of thil this that the moet most et of firle flo lent int Ineth methods and best vest apparatus i should be found through actual use and recommended to abe mining in austry aa as a sacral standard atan dard 11 II at tho engineer in charge of the experiment station ot of the he bureau of mines at pittsburg has been selected as chairman of the executive committee 0 ot 1 the 0 a 0 and has been teea 1 Ina au trusted t to 0 carry on tho work of the organization |
