| Show mines roscue car no 1 now stationed in eureka I lues rescue car no 1 ta Is in eu ra will be kept here until september ath the object in sending the car here being to give instructions in mine rescue fire fighting and first aid work every miner in should avail himself of this opportunity to become familiar with rescue and first aid training which Is offered entire ly free of charge those taking corn com courses in the work will be gly en bureau of mines certificates the rescue training Is being given at the car and the first aid training at the elka elks Pa pavilion Nillon thia this week a course in first aid work is being given for the benell of tte tle ladies and aery one who as interested ed Is invited to visit the car which will be open for that purpose from 9 a m until 5 p in Poll following omIng la Is an interesting history of mine rescue cars since 1914 the bureau of mines has been operating nine mine rescue cars each car cai having headquarters in some one of the more important mining districts of the united states the majority of these cars operated in coal mining districts only one car in tact fact operated in a metal min ing district exclusively these old cars were old pullmans remodeled to meet the requirements of a mine rescue car in july of 1916 1111 congress congre finally authorized the construction of new all steel cars for the services of the bureau of mines three cars ears were to be built each year tor for three sue sul years or nine cars in all the type of car required for the work was designed in the office of the calt t mining engineer and mine safety engineer the first cars were build last may 1917 they have been designated sureau bureau of minee cars 1 2 and 5 car I 1 Is the first car completed on may 1st and has its headquarters at reno ne vada and will operate in utah nevada and california car r no awill 2 will have its headquarters at raton new mexico and will oper ate in the southwestern states car no awill 6 will have its headquarters at butte montana and will III operate in the northwestern states it Is to be espe cape noted tha thit t the first thre cars have been sent to the tar far west and this marks the tile beginning of more extensive activities in metal mining milling districts As above noted new cars will not be called mine rescue cars as here tolore but bureau of mines cars no 1 2 etc each of the three cars are didenti cal in construction the floor plan con consists slats of demonstration room in which Is stored all of the oxygen n mine rescue apparatus first aid ma serials and accessories a corridor leading along one side of the car flom the demonstration room to the rear end the tile first compartment oft off continued on page 5 0 mines rescue car no 1 now stationed in eureka floi coi tinned from page 1 tl e corridor I 1 is the foreman s state room wl ich hasI haberthy ha berths tind and lockers for jour our men tt e second compart coin part n ei t is 1 the bath room pi provide ovide I 1 v ith t ilet and bathing facilities include jig I 1 f gi 1 ower I 1 ath a third compart coro part n put ent is tl 0 e ei ez gileel a office 1 in which aie two logics bookcases ook cases abid 1 s and copher facilities for three men a fourth compartment compart meAt consists of a dining room provided with linen closet center table and chairs etc in one corner of the dining room there is a typewriter desk which the staff clerk will make his office A fifth compartment consists of the cook cooks s stateroom and separate toilet the sixth compartment is fitted up as an up to date car kitchen with range ice fee chest lockers etc and the regulation funnel arrangements and andi legalist ehaust fan for ventilation pur poses A double coil baker heater system is located in the kitchen end of the car the car Is of all steel construction and each compartment and the dem on room are fitted with elec elee tile tana fans A generating set la Is lo 10 bated in the demonstration room for generating the electric power in other words the cat provides its own light and heat A redeeming teat ure 1 Is the jact that a place has been provided in the car for every piece of 0 apparatus nothing remains in the open the car was so designed for the sake of neatness and sanitation the rescue apparatus consists of ten sets of cluess proto oxygen mine rescue apparatus fleess proto preto oxy pen p an pump and I 1 inde oxygen storage cly inder mine rescue lamps lifeline etc the arst all equipment consists of first aid cabinets band age splints burgeons surgeons emergency chest stretchers etc ete the engineers equipment consists of I 1 eiers v feasible device for elamin atlon of mines from a standpoint of sanitation efficiency and safety in eluding apparatus for analyze ing lug mine gases cases vacuum air sample tubes barometer sling anemometer anam ometer surveying compass hal ifal dane dace air tester ore and coal hampl ing outfits camera etc the care cars are expect el to operate ten months out of each year the duty of tl ti e engineer in chargo ie Is to arrange tentative itineraries of training through operation cooperation of the differs nt ut parties concerned to super alae the general operations of the car lie ire may in accordance with the wishes of the he operators study he the different safety sanitary and efficiency features of their mines and he ma act as a medium of trane trans mission of new ideas pertaining to those textures Tea tures from one mine to an other from one camp to another and from one state to another the fore man Is to instruct classes ot of miners in the use us of the oxygen mine minell rescue apparatus and mine rescue and fire fighting work in general the first aid miner te to to teach classes of miners in methods of first aid to the injured and methods of removing men injured in the minet 4 to surface gin race the clerk will take care of all the clerical and stenographic rachle work on the car tie tl cook will caie tor for the living quarters and obviously act as chef |
