, 1890-10-31
MINING CONVENTION
1t Was Considered at a Mass Meet.
ing Last Night.
The Project Endorsed and Success
Predicted.
Resolutions Adopted and a Com.
mittee Appointed.

About seventy Eve leading citizens at.
tended the mine convention mass meeting
at the city hall last evening. II. G. Hay,
president of the board of trade. was char
man and j. K. Jeffrey secretary. Re
marks were made BY these gentleman
III. Glafcke. d. G. Bridges. Z. S. n.
Morgan. w NJ. Mast. Prof. +. j. Stan
ton, G. T. Couant. Theo. Menges, Judge
j. w. Fisher, Judge j, ]. Rowan, II. G.
Hay and ]. K. jeffrey.
1t was the sense of the meeting that a
success could be made of the project; that
every mining district in the state would
be represented, and that visitors would
come from neighboring states and terri
tories and from the mining exchanges of
the East. The prospector, operator and
capitalist would meet with benefit to all
and information OF great value would be
brought out. The district delegate would
arise and go into detail about his section,
telling of its location. nature, advantages,
veins, ore bodies, stage of development.
history and plans for the future.
Men who have lived among miners
were especially confident that success
would attend the convention. Said one:
The miner is a cross between a pauper
and millionaire. Today he is the first
and tomorrow he hopes to be the second.
Let your typical miner hear that he can
meet men of his class and men looking
for investment and he will appear at the
designated place on time il he has to snow
shoe it all the way. He is always happy
and no matter what the luck has some
6nal resource.
Another said; THE man who grub
stakes 1t will come to convention every
time. You can't keep. him away. He
may be at half rations on his last piese of
bacon and half hundred of -four, but he'll
make a raise and sweep into convention
hall with the air of the embryotic bonanza
king. de will sport a new suit and have
a jungle in his pocket"
Ii was pointed out that the convention
would be a tremendous advertisement.
Wyoming has a mining future. for as
Prof. Stanton remarked, the northern
line of Colorado cannot be a line between
a section rich in veins and one without
them. He said the Colorado people would
be beside themselves with this states
copper 1t took a quarter of a century
and over to open mining IN Colorado and
Wyoming is now ripe for an awakening
in this direction.
j. K. Jeffrey offered the following:
WHEREAS, The mining resources of
Wyoming are of great Importance aud
their extent and value are already being
recognized; and
WHEREAS, Unlimited and systematic
action is necessary for the dissemination
of information, and the development of
these resources, and
WHEREAS, In order to procure the de-
sired results it may be found necessary to
secure legislation for the better protection
and encouragement of mining indus
tries, therefore be it
Resotued, That it is the sense of this
meeting that the holding of a convention
for the purpose of considering and dis
cussing all matters and propositions that
may be presented in this connection will
prove beneficial.
Resotved, That a committee of seven
be selected by this meeting to prepare
such recommendations and suggestions as
may be deemed advisable and submit
them at a meeting to be held as soon as
the committee shall be prepared to re-
port.
j. K. jeffrey, Theo. Menges and f. s.
N. Morgan were elected as three mem.
bers of the committee and empowered to
choose their associates, with authority to
increase the number to nine. The com
mittee invites suggestions. A report,
recommending a plan of action and put
lining a programme will be rendered at
an adjourned meeting at the same place
next Wednesday.