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Show Their Work Is Military, Too '.. . S 1 tvw- - i s Paradoxically as it may seem the term mining in its earliest use was applied to military undertakings. It referred to undermining or sapping sap-ping operations. Later it came into its present industrial in-dustrial meaning the removal of the earth's crust. It is broadly applied ap-plied to extraction of ores, milling, smelting and refining. Today, mining is practically a military undertaking. Virtually all of its products are going into military mili-tary use in the nation's all-out ef- fort to win the war. For this reason mining has been given a high priority in regard to materials and manpower. Men who are engaged in the mining industry are patriotically doing their duty for their country. Workers In the industry have rightfully been called, "The First Soldiers of the Produc-tionFront." |