Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-07-07
MINING MEN MOVE.
D Meeting Called for This Evening at
The Chamber Of Commerce.
THE COPPER PLANT COMMITTEE
Is Called TOgelher-Monipelior Cop
per Fields Notes Of the
Mining Situation.

day for meeting TO be helu ~ '"o
Chamber OF Commerce building Ato
O'Clock this evening, when m'ho
owners anu operators, and nli intefeat.
Ell In the mining Industry are ueslieu
to be In attendance II possible. The
purpono OF the meeting Is TO give ex-
preston to views 90 the silver question,
and to select delegates to attend the
silver congress to be held In 81 Louis
on the 18th.
AT ogden last night move Ia the
same general direction was taken,
committee Of three being appointed to
confer with the chamber Of commerce
and bushes. mems association there,
with view Of securing silver con-
venlion for Weber county, AMI also a
Territorial convention at an early date.
COPPER PLANT Committee.
The ci,izsns' committee on the cop.
ror plant has been called to meet at 4
O'clock this afternoon, at tho rooms OF
the Business Mems association. Judge
L3ofoourow, president Of the CITY
Council and chairman OF the com.
miltce, Issued the call, which was
placed IN the hands Of the secretary,
Mr. Pearson, that all tho members
might receive notice.
tits intimated that the reason for
converting tho committee IL Mayor
Biskin's action in regard to the S25, 900
appropriated by the CITY Council to.
wards the copper plant bonus. The
mayor wants the copper plant commit
tee TO return the money for tho pres.
vnt TO relieve the city's financial dis.
tess, the promise being made that II
will be refunded when the taxes come
ia and before the committee need 10
turn the money over 10 tue copper
liant company. The committee Will
consider the proposition, aud possibly
may inform tue mayor whether or not
tuvy have tutned tue money over nj.
ready, and what they can do In the
premises.
FIGHTING FOR SILVER.
Al the big mass meeting held Ia
Denver on July 4th there were ringing
speeches made In favor OF free coinage
OF silver and resolutions passed de.
manding that the ratio M 10 gold be
hAed nj 10 ~ /.
a meeting was held at Helena,
Montana, last evening, Mt which n
committee was appointed TO proceed 30
Washington and work with COngte
for the passage OF "A free coinage law.
Al Butte, on the evening OF this ith,
ctizens' macs meeting on the silver
question adopted tue following rts0-
lutiOns:
awhile doprocating any tondoncy to
sectional feeling which may be- engon-
dorod by the conditions from which we
suffer, II seems impossible to express this
sentiment Of the East against tho Wost,i
which N provoked to "A vigorous and UNI
healthy growth by tho goldito policy aud
monoy-brOking instincts OF the financial
masters OF our common government
"Ihnt our patronage AS merchants and
business mon, while freely given and
profitable TO those IN % position 10 re-
coiyo It, cannot longer be large In quanti-
~ or iir-t-class In quality unless We OBJ
tain relief from tho perniciOus and
powerful hostility to silver as money
which threatens tho devastation Of our
beloved state and the utter ruin and
dHsolnlion OF our homes.
"Wo do hereby bind ourselves all to
each ono aud each one TO all that we will
not In any ease or under any oircum-
stance pntronizO any house or use tho
products OF any mandatory, the owners
~ which arc known to bo antngOnistic
tu tho iree coinage, natural circulation
and extended scope Of the silver dollar
as a dobt-paying medium for commercial
obligations Of all kinds.
I'VE do agr0o In the Interest OF our
commonwealth to steadily and unitodly
refuse to give our patronage or any part
Of 10 for any commodity whatsoever to
any manufacturer or vendor until we
ind an homes and earnest ondoayor on
the part OF such inanuiac uror or yondor
10 promote by every legitimate means,
based upon an intelligent comprehension
ot ils fitness aud utility, tho use OF silver
~ money!
COPPER AT M'CAMMos.
Pocatello Herald; The recent hnd
Of copper deposits four miles from
McCammon. IL beginning 10 create
ripple Of excitement, but nothing like
what It's Importance would seem to
deserve. An a,sny Of the ore has been
made showing this rspoft-2S per cent
copper, ounces silver with traces Of
goli. Were such discovery made
Ia Colorado, another Creede mining
boom would Immediately follow, but
here IN Idaho for some unhCcOuutaUle
AhANNAl AAlt hhN hAhh " AANh
mineral deposits creates but little in-
t,rrsl, excitement or discussion. The
ere tom the McCammon field has not
Ahlugle refractory element In II, anu
Iur bmuunt VI silver II carries would
tHy nl the expenses Of mining, refin'
Yus and marketing. Ine following
ipmui POcalello citizens have located
cIpmt; Superintendent Calvin, Geo.
t luIhau, Thomas Ball, o. Malvany,
h. Clayton and William BarnhRrt.
Iherc gentlemen will continue dove-
opmunt operations for IA few weeks,
aud should the Ind increase In rich.
ness rs Ia couhdentislly expected,
hey viii put IA u working plant that
will he credit TO southern Idaho.
Tho MoCammon copper iold promises
90 Htnrlle the outside world with gen.
uiuu merit.
a NuSER's VIEWS.
Henry Kn'ppenberg is man ger OF
Lle hecln Mining com any, nj blen-
uule, Montana, anu ha' Just Returned
100 aa seven montns' bol0urn IN tie
IA I. He does not think the silver
qte,tlon IA the sole cause OF the pres
ttg iull times, hut say: "lne Shtr
Wan silver Nv IL MT the eau q OF our
present. financial rouI q, neither ~ II
Ia my opinion the cause Of lyer
&c, liuug In price. SO long ~ our
Imu1its exceed our oxpDIts, sD loo & tho
uiUvfvnce must be pal la god. 10