Show SCHOOL OF MINES WORK BROADENED new contract signed ad with government officials of great importance I 1 to mining men of the west the announcement ot of dean joseph P F of the school ot of mines lit in the university ot of utah that a now contract has boon bee signed with officials ot of tile the united states bureau ot of mines is id ot of more importance than appears on the tha surface it means that tho the metallurgical work in the university can be carried on more extensively than ever before and what Is this metallurgical work just this utah contains vast quantities of low grade zinc and lead ores which have not been developed because no commercial processes have haie been found tor for extracting tho the mi minerals eraas the whole purpose ot of tile tho bureau ot of mines here at tho the present time Is the discovering of such pro casses research work of an intensive character Is being carried on in the varsity laboratories with this objective ti veWin alm four big companies aro are maintaining men there besides these ther p are a number ot of graduate students doing special work in metallurgy any stude student nt graduated from the mining or chemical courses can enar I 1 this department for his masters dei decree ice and there are various fellowships to aid such students nothing which Is discovered or developed in these laboratories can be patented by individuals it belongs to the public having been done at public expense tile the university af pf 0 utah la Is now one of the best places in the united states for such research work salt lake city Is the greatest smelting smelling sm elting center in the country so the nearness of mines and smelters shelters sm elters offers fine opportunity for or actual contact the bureau of mines here receives an annual appropriation atlon from arora the national government of about while the unar aul ver Erity department with which it will work in the closest operation cooperation co receives from the state about per year such mining work as this Is logically the special field of the utah engineering school |