Show CARBON COUNTY MINES FAR AHEAD OF MANY IN FIRST AID AND RESCUE WORK the bureau of mines has issued i lornz literature Itera ture milne rescue and first aid work ahn iiii la interesting to people of this b u on because it shows how far aher abend d of tho the average part of tho the country th the mines of carbon county arc are to read the pamphlet one would think that such work is generally au given scant attention and that what is done is done only in a crude cru deway way when the splendid work ork of the teams from the camps of the urah fuel company in price this year and the work of the teams of the united states fuel company at their practice is reflected upon aheu the elaborate is inspected and when the great interest of the officials is is noted one cannot help but feel proud that the local mines are so far ahead and so competent in this work nork just to show the criticisms of the bureau which do not apply heie the following bulletin is copied A plea for at coal and metal mines so that if it u disaster comes and imprisons many miners J f tho the officials may inny have a definite plan for action notion in saving saying life life is outlined in a just issued by the bureau of mines of the department of tho the interior and which is being sent to practically all of the mines in the united states the bureau of mines has aided in rescue work at many explosions and has been instrumental in saving the lives of many men but in almoas every instance in whore where there has been a great disaster the bureaus officials say they have found great confusion prevailing ailing with much valuable time wasted before a proper i escue organization could be effected there has also been a serious absence of the equipment necessary for the ic ie cover of the men entombed lack of such rie pi e pare duoss the bureau says no doubt has often resulted in an unnecessary loss of lifo life among the imprisoned men and fiso among the rescue force since the bureau began its rescue work it his ims endeavored to guide in the formation of competent rescue organizations at mine disasters but has been greatly hampered because of the diffrient methods in practice tica ia in different of the country based on its experience at niana man mine disasters the bureau has bas now formulated a code which it is felt should be in the hands of every ie spon official at a mine this code pr provides oides for an organization at e each ach mine that would become automatically mati cally active the moment there is a disaster dis astei it also gives a list of the necessary materials material to have haye on hand at all times and outlines LS the most importe nl duties for these organizations during such emergencies at times there has been some little misunderstanding as to juat just what part tho the bureau of mines is expected to tike in rescue work said van 11 II manning director of the bureau this manual is intended to define the duties of the rescuers and to bring about a better understanding between the men engaged in rescue work as to the functions of the bureau it has been a populate notion that the rescuers of the burean wearing heavy oxygen rescue apparatus should cany tho the dead from the mine and there has been some little disappointment at the refusal of thebes the ies cuers auers to take part in this work it lias been my policy that the rescuers should spek seek to save savo live men and give them assistance and should not bo be called upon except in special emergencies to carry bodies and then only for a short distance the entire strength of the men thus handicapped by the beaw app apparatus Vatus should be expended in saving life disasters do not come frequently to individual mines and has been a natural feeling that they will never nover come consequently verv ver little thought is given to what should be done when nhen such a atta catastrophe strophe does come the insult has been very little prop preparedness redness and considerable confusion especial esp when some of the best men in the employ of the corn pany pan are imprisoned or killed thu manual is intended to give gic the operators and superintendents and other officials of the mines some idea of character of organization that should bo be normally in force at a mine every e cry day it is working and explains how this organization may be turned into an effect effective ie rescue force when a disaster comes it is an effort on or the part of the bureau to save the maximum possible number of men imprisoned in a mine and at the same time to safeguard the liets cf of the rescuers many of whom have been sacrificed in the past the bureau does not like to think of disasters happening at the same time it believes in preparedness when they do come if the suggestions in this little book succeed in saving the life lif e of a single miner the bureau will be repaid for its efforts along this line y at |