The San Francisco call., 1897-10-20

of the miners in the halls of Congress.
Why should not the interest and industry
| of mining be recogniZed2 l will do all In
my mower to helm you gain Secretary
for Mines and Mining. We want bill
passed to the interest of this State and to
the mines and mining as well as the
| miners thereof The mineral lands Dill
| will become a Law before the next adjourn
ment of Congress, and we will then have
| gained one more point in our favor. Let
the good work go on"
The ebate on the resolution defining
hydraulic mining was resumed, TREY H.
| Ford contending that it was not hydraulic
mining unless the bank of earth worked
was where nature put it.
! Mr.. Cross moved that the resolution be
referred back to the committee on resolu-
tions and the first resolution also came up
] again.
| 1t was urged that the resolution express
ing the attitude of the convention be
amended by calling for the immediate
| construction of restraining dams, $50 as
to permit the resumption of hydraulic
mining" and it was also moved to amend
it by inserting without injury to the
| navigable rivers or lands adjacent there
to-"
As the debate went on John McMurray
of Trinity interjected the contention:
THE appropriation must and will be
used under the law, and our construction
OF Lne l6W QOeSn uSuro. Let not
quibble about the definition of the term
but get the appropriation. expended"
MANY mines remain iole which mi ight
be operated # the dams were constructed"
said Mr.. Caminetti. LET us, in spirit
of harmony, simply join with the Valley
interests and sey why the appropriation IS
not expended. The Caminetti law is
plain in its provision for material here
after deposited and there need be no
misunderstanding.
The discu ssion ended with the adoption
of the following compromise resolution:
Resolred, That it is the sense of this eonven-
ton that the executive committee to be ap-
pointed at the close of this convention imme-
diately appoint q subcommittee of three OF
its members, whose duty it shall be TO confer
with the executive committee OF the State
Anti Debris Association, andI request its CO.
operation in urging upon the atten ton OF the
United States Debris Commission the import
ance oil procuring immediate protection nt the
navigable rivers of this State by the construc-
tion of restraining barriers, as provided for by
that certain act of Congress known as the
Caminetti act, and for the purposes men,
toned in said act, and in accordance with
such plans may be indorsed by the said
United States Debris Commission, and that
said subcommittee report to the executive
committee of this association at their next
meeting the result of such conference
Caminetti then offered a resolution
which stated that the Secretary of War and
the Chief Engineer of the Debris Commits
sion should at once be urged 10 give i'm
mediate attention to the building of i'm
pounding dams as the appropriation calls
for and the resolution was adopted.
resolution offered by Walling regard
ing the creation of a mining Cabinet
officer was referred to the committee on
resolutions, and resolution in favor of
Californian exhibit at the Trans -Missis-
sippi Exposition at Omaha was adopted
As the hour was growing late it was de-
cided to postpone the election of officers
until another session, and an adjourn
ment until 10 o'clock this morning was
taken.
In the evening the miners were enter
tanned by Professor George Davidson. who
gave a lecture illustrated with steIeopticon
views on the physical features of Alaska
and its resources. The professor was as
sisted by Mr.. Jsynes of the University of
California.