Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 271, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 November 1911 — EXHIBITS SEEN AT MINING CONGRESS. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

EXHIBITS SEEN AT MINING CONGRESS.

WHEN the American Mining Congress opened in Chicago on October 24 there was on view an interesting lot of exhibits connected with the mining industry. Among these were the devices used by the government rescue corps, which has done such good work in recent disasters. Our photograph shows a member of the corps equipped with the oxygen helmet

EQUIPPED WITH OXYGEN HELMET