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Show A WASHINGTON Research Institute Names Ten Best Managed Companies in United States Continued from Page 1 Development and exploration activity was strong in the producing districts of Northeastern Washington. Several old mining properties were reactivated by new management and worked part of the Red Top Mine ore) on Leadpomt Mountain, in the Northport district, was purchased and reopened by Pacific Northwest Milling. Company; the United Copper mine and the Copper King Mine, both ,on Eagle Mountain near the town of Chewelah, were reopened by the Chewelah Copper Company; and the Young America Mine lead-zinc-copp- er (lead-zinc-silv- er (lead-zinc-silv- er ore) in the Boss-bur- g district was reactivated by the partnership iof Gibbs and Hunley under a profit sharing agreement with the owners. The Spokane Mining Syndicate, Inc reponed the New Talisman Mining and Leasing', Company of property (copper - zinc silver Emil V. Hegyi, vice president of the American Institute ore) in the Orient district of of F. Management (right) presents Arthur Douglas, president certificate award Inc with gold Ferry County under an operatHotels SUtter Company, ten of one as companies. Statler ing agreement with the. New listing Talisman Company. the Institutes Manin Inclusion of The American Institute reexcellently-manageAmerican Zinc, Lead, and group a organizanonprofit agement, score at rea that company a made has quired public Smelting Company closed Its just tion, Comleast 7,500 points out of a posLead Hill Mine in the Metaline port naming Hotels Sutler sible 10,000 poinU under the district, Pend Oreille pany, Inc one of the ten County, A.I.M. evaluation system, accordthe in companies more favorable operatpending vice V. Emil presito Hegyi, ing United States.' conditions. The report lists a toUl of 830 dent of the InstituU. The top ten ingA Defense Electric Power Adover 9,000 scored each companies of the 3,000 audited by companies ministration order, effective NoA.I.M. as being excellently manpoints. : vember 17, 1952, required all innovations innumerable in considwhich ten By it aged," and of hotel management and planning," Pacific Northwest consumers of Besides Suters InstituU stated in its citation power using more than 8000 killer, the top ten include American thePresident Arthur F. Douglas of owatt hours per week to reduce to Du I. & E. Telegraph, Telephone Pont de Nemours, B. Y Goodrich, Statler, the company hasstandtheir consumption to 90 per cent levels of efficiency, Grand Union, Minnesota Mining corrrvl of what it was a year ago. This & Manufacturing, National Cash ardization and over-a- ll was necessitated by the lack of affe"i?d Register National City Bank of which have profoundly rain New York, Procter & Gamble and the (hotel) industry throughout The during the summer and fall. ' world. major mineral producers in tiie Time, Inc. Washington will probably be able to maintain their production during the power shortage Copper Sulphate by curtailing development work Production of copper sulfate and instituting measures to conContinued from Page 1 in December rose 4 per cent serve electrical power. above the. November tonnage, In November, American Total depth but was still low ih relation to Smelting and Refining Sec. 7, 7S 24E Company 5338 ft., plugged back from 5730 most earlier months of 1952, ac- began operating on a cording to the Bureau of Mines, three-shif- t basis, its new Van ft Drill stem test No. 22, thru United States Department of the Stone zincrlead concentrator, perforation 5885593 ft. open Interior. Shipments dropped 13 northeast of Colville, in Stevens 3 hours, recovered 510 ft fluid; per cent and except for August County. Field teams of the Defense 75 ft. mud; 435 ft water. Set were at the lowest monthly rose the Stocks rate Minerals year. ,of Administration, made bridge plug 560 ft.; refperforat-e- d 2 were sufficient up of engineers and geologists cent and per stem 6 at ft Drill or little more than a months of the Department of the Intest No, 23 thru perforation at needs at the December rate of terior, examined several Wash6 ft packed at 5526 ft., shipments. ington properties for eligibility under the federal government's open 6 hours, strong blow for program of assisting the devel2 hours; decreased to weak blow Drill stem test No. 14 thru per- opment and exploration of the at. end of test, recovered 3600 fi. foration ft. packer at strategic mineral resources of fluid; top 90 ft drilling mud 5420 ft, open 5 hours, strong the United States. Table 3 lists with approximately 1 pint of blow throughout test Gas to the number of Defense Mineroil on top and surface in 19 minutes, recovered als Exploration Administration high pour-poin3200 ft. fluid; 50 ft. drillapplications for financial assist3510 ft. slight gaacut water. Set mud; 3150 ft. oil. Laid down ance, approvals, DMEA loans ing bridge plug at 5338 ft. Perfor- pipe ran 2 inch tubing. active, Defense Minerals Producated 53185323 ft Drill stem Gloria No. 3 (Lo- tion Administration requests for test No. 24, thru perforations at cated SWHamburger NE Walker Hollow, investigation and DMPA access 3 ft. with packer 5287 Sec. 23 E Location drop- road requests. 12, 7S 2 hours, gas to surface LEADING COUNTIES ft, 6open minutes. Estimated 2700 ped. in Pend Oreille County ranked MCFGPD, recovered 4 ft. fluid; 3 ft. water. 1 ft. condensate inch tubing with perforated 2 anchor landed at 5333 ft. Displaced mud with oil MORT. -- best-manag- ed d" best-manage- best-manage- d" d." at-Uin- ed BASIN full-scal- e, 5537-554- -- 5537-554- 5451-548- 2 t DMEA Participated In 326 Mine Projects During " year on secondary recovery in the Appalachian and areas. Other important petroleum and natural gas research programs were advanced. The Bureau produced more than 130,000,000 cubic feet of helium, a 30 per cent increase over the previous year. At the same time, greater emphasis is being (placed on fining new sources of this inert gas. The Bureau of Mines is the only civilian Government agency studying explosives and hazards on industrial dusts and fumes. Fundamental research was continued on the hazards of short delay multo tiple blasting coaL Efforts exdust of hazards eliminate the plosion resulted in the testing of 80 different dusts. With the passage of the new e Safety Act, Federal assumed greater rethe Bureau year sponsibility for safety this outstandAn the past. than in of the ing achievement, as part health with concern Bureaus and safety in the mines, was thq increasing use of steel roof bolts in mines as a substitute for wooden timbers in roof support. The Bureau also made greater efforts during the year to improve health conditions in the mineral industries by evaluat- Continued from Page 1 Significant progress was made with new processes developed by the Bureau in synthesizing gas and oil from shale. for retorting oil The newly completed demonstration plant at Louisiana, Mo produced gasoline and Diesel fuel. Capable of producing 50 to 80 barrels daily, this plant demonstrates the technical feasibility of the Bureaus modified. Fischer-Tropscprocess of converting coal to oil. Tests on the conversion of coal by liquid fuel by hydrogenation indicated merit for economical application. Presently cooperating with industry, and under agreement with the Geololigcal Survey and the Petroleum Administration for Defense, the Bureau is completing six reports supply-lin- g data on petroleum availabilts in Texas. Eleven other ity were completed during the coal-derive- mid-contine-nt d gas-synthes- is h ex-iplosi- op Coal-Min- re-por- Relief For Uppers Sufferers of uppers that refuse to remain put may find some comfort in the recent announcement of a new method of keeping false teeth firmly in place. It has been demonstrated that tiny, powerful, platinum-coba- lt alloy magnets, embedded within the bones of the month cavity by oral surgery, act on similar magnets in the denture and hold dental plates securely, first among Washington counties in value of metals produced. Production in this county in 1952 amounted to 22,160 fine ounces of silver, 10 short tons of copper, 8970 short tons of lead and 14,200 short tons of zinc. These metals had a total value of about 87,581,300 or 53 per cent of the state total value. Chelan County- produced 34,550 fine ounces of gold, 100,800 fine ounces of silver, 4475 short tons of copper, and 850 short tons of zinc for a total production value of $3,755,830, or 26 per cent of the state total. Stevens County, third in rank, produced metals valued at $2,145,630, equivalent to 15 per cent of the state total. Stevens County, third in rank, produced metals valued at equivalent to 15 per cent - $2,-145,63- 0, of the state total Metal output Ferry County, fourth in rank, was valued at $769,780, (5 per cent of the total), and the output of Okanogan County was in $31,690. i ing atmospheric contaminants-anin fostering corrective ventilation in the pits and tunnels. Teaching workers and supervisors how to recognize and eliminate hazardous conditions remained' a major Bureau task, while 8693 regular mine 'inspections took place. The Bureau carried its activities outside the United States and Alaska by providing basic statistics and information on foreign mineral supplies. With the growing dependence of the nation on foreign sources, the Bureau assisted other defense servagencies with of raw sources ices on foreign its parand expanded materials; IV Point prothe ticipation in gram by sending a number of Bureau engineers abroad. During 1952 the Bureau continued to gather and publish economic and statistical in fors mation on all phases of the the from eral industry Bureaus free .loan library of motion educational pictures were viewed by more than 13 million people. fact-findin- g - oil-cu- t 5318-532- ' Gloria Hamburger No. 2 (Located SWNE Walker Hollow, Sec. 8, 7 S, 24 E Total depth 5500 ft., plugged back 5640. ft. Ran radio activity survey, Lane wells survey and McCullough electric survey. Perforated 4 holes ft Took drill stem test packer at 5472 ft, open 45 minutes, weak blow 11 minues, then died, recovered 20 ft. drilling mud. Perforated 8 ft. Took drill 4 holes 10 stem test No. packer at 5427 45 minutes, weak blow ft., open for minutes, then died, recovered 30 ft drilling mud. Drill stem test No. 11 tested perforation ft packed at 5422 2 ft., open hours, good blow initially to weak at end of test recovered 150 ft. drilling mud, in bottom. Drill slight oil-c12 No. test stem packer at 5422, open 2 hours, recovered at 5422, open 2 hour, recovered 130 ft. oil-cmud. Drill stem test No. 13 packer at 5422 ft., test failed. Man Taking Steps c. , Toward Deciding to Order an Extension 5485-848- 6 LET ELECTRIC POWER EXPERTS ASSIST YOU telephone 5447-544- 5551-558- 2 ut ut Its no fun rolling out of bed and trotting downstairs to answer your telephone in the wee small hours. Its much handier to have an extension telephone beside your bed. In the basement, in the kitchen too an extension will save you steps and inconvenience. And the cost is only a few cents a day. Call your telephone business office now. P.5. In spite of certain ahortagee, extension telephones can be provided since they do not roQnire additional outside wire or eentrel office equipment. THE MOUNTAIN STATES TELEPHONE A TELEGRAPH COMPANY 1058 February 20, The Western Mineral Survey, Salt Lake City, Utah Our electric power consultants will gladly give you sound advice, on electrical 'applications without cost. unaii aanna q man? asumivi min-Film- d |