The following article ran in the March 16, 1922 issue of the M.C.M. Lode.
The U. S. Bureau of Mines Safety Service Car No. 10 has just finished training in the Wisconsin Quarries. During the past two months about 200 men received training in first aid to the injured. The car is going to the Mesabi range to remain there until the ninth of June.
The car will be at M. C. M. from June 12th to 24th during which time they will give first aid instruction to the Q-1, and mine rescue training to the members of the summer metallurgy classes, similar to the arrangements made last year.
The value and necessity of first aid and mine rescue training, and the appreciation in which it is held by the mining public at large, is well exemplified by the new mining and quarrying codes adopted by the Wisconsin Industrial Commission. Both of the codes state very explicitly that at least five per cent of all men working underground in any mine must have had first aid training and be proficient in their work, and also that no matter how small the quarry or gravel pit the company must train and maintain a first aid corps of not less than two men.
While the training to be given here this summer is primarily for freshmen and seniors, still all sophomores who can arrange their schedules to take either of these courses will be allowed to do so.
