University of Nevada - Artemisia Yearbook (Reno, NV)

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m IIIIIINIIIIIillllilllllllllllllllllllllNllilllilNIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllllllllllllllllllinillllllllllllllllllllllllllllNilllilllllllllllllllllNIII MACKAY SCHOOL OF MINES lllil!llllll{!lllllllllliillllllllllNllllllllllllllllllllllllllll|[||||]l!mil1lli|lllllll![| THE attendance at the Mackay School of Mine ' s was more seriously affected by the war than that of any other department of the Univer- sity, f alHng from 43 in 1 9 1 7 to 1 1 in the fall semester of 1918, or about one-fourth of the normal figure. The outlook for the future, however, is most encouraging as not only did the registration for the second semester increase, but there is every indication that a much larger class will enter in the fall of 1919. The total number of mining graduates to date is 141, while 7 honorary degrees of Mining Engineering have been granted. Owing to war conditions just noted there have been no mining graduates during the past two years, but the honorary degree of Mining Engineering was conferred upon Robert E. Tally of the class of 1899 who is now superintendent of the United Verde mine at Jerome, Ariz. The mining laboratory has been greatly improved during the past year by the installation of a compressor of sufficient size to run a small piston drill. This makes it possible to operate the machine drills belonging to the laboratory which could not be done with the old compressor on account of its slow speed. The number of drills belonging to the laboratory has been increased by the gift of a small piston drill and a hammer drill by the Cochise Machine Com- pany so that the laboratory now has six machine drills. The Wyoming Shovel Works also kindly donated ten varieties of mining shovels which will give students a chance to experiment with a muck stick. A new departure during the past year was the opening of the School of Mines Laboratories to the public under certain necessary restrictions. Prior to the recent action of the Board of Regents, anyone who wished to use the laboratories must first register as a graduate student, but this is now unneces- sary. The change is of great benefit to the mining industry of Nevada, since the state possesses no public testing laboratories. The Mackay Museum has recently been rearranged for the first time since the Panama-Pacific exhibits were installed. The left hand side of the Museum is now given up to a classified collection of minerals and rocks which will be specially valuable for the use of students, while the right hand side 25

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. contains the exhibit of ores. The museum has received a number of valuable gifts including mine models from the Jim Butler Mining Company at Tono- pah, a framed picture of mining machinery from the Traylor Engineering and Manufacturing Company, a panoramic view of the Bingham Copper Com- pany from R. C. Gemmell, president of the Utah Copper Company, a col- lection of high grade gold and silver ores from the Estate of Allen Fisher and an assortment of large specimens of Butte ores from Mrs. W. A. Clark, Jr. In addition to the gifts mentioned, individuals have presented choice specimens so that the collections have been much enriched. The fifth session of the Prospectors ' Short Course was held at the School of Mines in January. The attendance was fifteen, and eleven of these com- pleted the work and received certificates. The registration in this course com- pares most favorably with that of the preceding years as it was thirteen in 1917 and seventeen in 1918 and with the present disturbed condition of the mining industry a smaller number than fifteen might well have been expected. It is interesting to note that during the five years this course has been held, 98 students have been registered in it. In the spring of 1918 Professor Walter S. Palmer wrote a bulletin on manganese which was published by the University and widely distributed throughout the State with a view to increasing the production of manganese in Nevada. During the summer Professors Palmer and J. Claude Jones gave their services to the Government and undertook to stimulate the produc- tion of war minerals in Nevada by inspecting and reporting upon properties capable of producing these substances. During the past fall Professor Pal- mer was active in the work of releasing men from military service and placing them in Nevada mines. This briefly summarizes activities of the Faculty in war work, while those of the students are best indicated by the great drop in enrollment already mentioned. Director Francis Church Lincoln -rS 27