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Show WILL SURVEY LIGNITE AREA3 Doctor Zimmerman of Millikin University Uni-versity Appqinted by' United States Government. Washington. Dr. Erich W. Zimmerman, Zim-merman, professor of commerce of the James Millikin university, Decatur, Deca-tur, III., has been detailed by the United Uni-ted States bureau of mines to make an Investigation regarding the fuel situation In the Dakotas, Minnesota and near-by states with a view to determining de-termining the extent to which carbonized car-bonized lignite might find a market m that general region. Doctor Zimmerman will make a close study of the fuel supplies available avail-able In the Northwest, the characteristics character-istics of these fuels and the prices obtained. Detailing of Doctor Zimmerman to tills work marks a further advance In the Investigation regarding the possibilities pos-sibilities of increased utilization of the northwestern lignite, for which the sum of $100,000 was appropriated appropri-ated by the Sixty-fifth congress. |