Mohave County miner., 1893-04-22
TO Obtain Good Mining Laws.

mining congress viii he held ia Sal
Lake City. Utah on sept. lIth. Itis de
signei 10 have all kinds Of mining dis
en--ed by this body, and all matters re.
latins to any kind OF mines read and
printed for use all over the United States
IL Is proposed TO have papers read by
eminent mining engineers. bnt this j.
done every year by the American lnsii.
tnte VI American 4 ,sin.ers A more
practical iita, 10 our mind, wolId be for
inning congress 10 TAX, up the snhje.
OF the mining IaSs, suiugs OF tue d-par,.
'nen', e'r, tai appnrf god strong
Working committee from the yariou.
States 10 formulate some plan hy which
the i,x~ could be inieili.antlv overh ,uIed
and pm in shape Al present the rulings
oi the Secretary Of the Interior ani the
Land ON SEEM 10 have taken the pl are
OF The genslai laws or To have per,rrted
them The laws themselves are crude, II,
ior'n and contradictory or Obscure The
whole thing is very nns ,risi 4ctory 10 the
entire mining eon'nunity all over me
| United States.
| The senators and members Oi congress
who have "tinkarel' with the mim q
laws since 1872, have worked IN The d,rk
with ins fficient knowledse OF the 81 ~,
None OF lh-m have dpne any yopd f1r Va
mining irinstry SENATE Stew .rt sepn-
10 be looked npon az ,he only one wuIr
any knowledge oi VIII, miugrs nj. aud
his hill. winch has been pendi " several
seasons, is very unsatisfactory. indeed
doing greet injustice 10 sever Il branches
OF mining
! is provisions, az far as they relate 10
drift gravel mines and III p-ir,!pun -
du-,ry, ii carried ont, would pr rtic ,Iiy
annihila's 10th these bran.h..s
The objections haze n-en brought Ia
h = attention. hni he has upt seen fl ,o
make the desired ch ,nges Altossth.r
his attempt TO formulate mining law 20
take the place OF the Act of Nav 10 a.
1872 is pminently unsatisfactory,
The miners themselves hav" never or
ganiz-d to hring to the attention % Cor.
gress wha' they want 4 Miuius Con.
greas would he in The position to ask fuI
wh II miners nee and d, il ln'pllig"ntiv
This could M fe done IN two days. .bu'
carefully selected committee could form
nj to general Irw yhis'1 Congress
sould p'ss This is mnr more ,mr,r'
ant than the reading OF papers by ninins
rugin.cIs or the passage Of 70 DIN inr,
/, ahom free coinage This latter aup-iihr
has occupied almost the entire time o
previous mining congresses II has 90
into politics ROW and ont Of the hands "
the nii ers. Let The miners confinr tit ~
selves 10 questions affecting the snrir'
mining community, and their d.mtnd
/, will he heeded. They 'ould call fnrcihl.
attention io The absurd department rIl
, iuys and judge-msde Law which injrr'
their industry and Congress will gir'
them some fe'iti. ih"g WIZ HSNfF GT' )
until they ask fnr il and individual pe'i
'ions conn, for nothing. II fakes organi
xttion 20 accomplish anything in the-
= DAYS. Witness The result of the work u
the California State Miners Arso'istiot
: on the hydraulic miniug subj .rt tn
companies hai heeu fighting TOR 'i'"i
: rights for years with Dn result. Whs"
however, they all combined and ier'ecie'
y an nrganzafiou oi some i01J or..5G0 mer
both Congress and the State passed la~
= .tforaing them rsli"t The same thin
can he done with the general mtn'n
J. Laws II the miners band together ats
u tell Congress what they want.