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Show Life Savers TEACHES MINERS RESCUE WORK Government First Aid Car Crew Gives Course in Milford The Bureau of Mines Car No. 1 arrived in Milford last Mon- day "morning. It has been open for inspection and service here this week and will leave for Eu- reka Saturday morning. There would have been a much larger attendance and consequent larger good accomplished had the public been notified of the coming of the car. However, this is the first visit of the car to Milford and the growing im- portance of this mining district has put us on the regular sched- ule for future visits-. The car is manned by a corps of capable, gentlemanly experts in their special work and they are pleased to show the car and its usefulness to any who may be interested. The personnel of the specialists in charge of the car is as follows: Edward Steidle, Mining Engineer in charge J. F. Worley, Mine Surgeon and U. S. Public Health Service John V. Berry, Foreman Miner Walter F. Pyne, First Aid Miner Donald W. Cooke, Clerk.- The car is open for inspection from 9 a. m. until 4 p. m. daily. ' Dr. Worley's special work in each community visited is to make a special spe-cial study of the sanitary conditions, while Mr. Steidle studies the underground under-ground mining conditions. Milford Men Instructed The following mining men of Milford Mil-ford are taking advantage of the free instruction in mine rescue and first aid work: August Thiessen, Majestic Mining Company, John Peardon, Moscow Mining Co. Robert Sherwood, Moscow Mining Co. James A. Ingols, Mining Engineer Aquila Nebeker, Leonora Mining Co. John P. James, King Mining Co. Roy White, Milford Copper "Mining "Min-ing Co. Supt. Carlson of the Majestic is taking the first aid training only. The mine employes who are taking tak-ing the training are given full time of their respective shifts by their employers em-ployers while taking the course, which requires about one week. Mr. Ingols has donated the use of his office for the first aid demonstrations demonstra-tions and J. W. McAllister has given the use of his iron warehouse back of the old laundry building for the work in the poisonous gas demonstrations. demon-strations. Ladies May Take Training In some places clashes of ladii'H have been formed, especially among the Red Cross societies, and training in first aid and relief work given. Description of Car From the Tonopah Daily Bonanza of recent date, we take the following interesting account of the history of mine rescue cars: Since 1914 the bureau of mines has been operating nine mine rescue cars, each car 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 fact operated in a metal mining min-ing district exclusively. These old cars were old Pullmans remodeled to meet the requirements of a mine rescue car. In July of 1915 congress finally authorized the construction of new all-steel cars for the service of the bureau of mines. Three cars were to be built each year for three successive suc-cessive years, or nine cars In all. The type of car required for the work was designed iu the office of the chief mining engineer and mine safety engineer. The first cars were built last May, 1917. They have been designated Bureau of Mines Curs 1. 2 and 5. Car 1 Is the first car completed, com-pleted, on May 1, and has Its headquarters head-quarters at Reno, Nevada, and will operate in Utah, Nevada and Call- |
