Show MINE OPERATORS FAVOR NEW DEVICE a SALT LAKE Feb 4 Dy 4 By The Associated Scientists Press Press Scientists pm- pm employed em employed by the state of ot Utah after two years research have Invented a device which they claim will detect the slightest presence ot of methane gas deadly enemy of ot the bituminous coal miners The device de- de de device vice Ice was WIlS described and demon demon- demonstrated demonstrated demonstrated Thursday afternoon before a committee of ot coal mine oper oper- operators operators dors hero here by Professor E K IC Judd one of ot those who invented It it Following the Castlegate Utah In 1924 when a toll toli ot of lives was taken Charles R H Mabey then governOr g of ot Utah named a committee headed by Professor Judd to investigate and devIse some means of ot detecting the tho presence of methane gas In the demonstration here the device was as placed a glass case Into which gas was forced The results elicited enthusiastic praise from Irom the mine operators who pronounced the device another step ateI toward mine safety for lor the workmen |