| Show mining engineers are to meet soon at st louis plans for the meeting of 1 l the american institute ol 01 mining engineers which include an fustec alon of the coal resources resource a of illinois t the he zinc and other mining operations of missouri and the oil fields of ok lahoma were made public today the meeting will bo be held during the week of ot october ath to on account of the war the meet ing will something of a pa character methods will ba be discussed for conserving the present t f supply P an ani I 1 in increasing creasing the output of t the 0 country countr ys mineral which hie will prova prove of tremendous value la in win q ning the war it had been thought at one time that the meeting of tho the institute might be postponed in the national emergency but the leading engineers are of the opinion that a conference of the mining men at this time on subjects related to the war will be of extraordinary value he re cent conventions of the elster sister tech west societies have been of great importance and have attracted record attendances the american institute of mining engineers now numbers more mor ethan than 6 members Is every part of the country and in many parts of the world and representatives will be t pres breant rit from all the principal ameri amerl can mining centera centers the program calls tor for several day a s sessions in and around st louts and an all inspection tour to the rich mineral joplin miami district aad and the oil fields of tulsa oklahoma |