The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-10

yer at the ratio of 16 TO / The adop-
ton of the report was seconded by an
other New Mexico delegate.
Instantly half a dozen delegates were,
on the floor declaring the report out or
order.
The point made against il was that
the order of business eliminated all pc
litical questions from discussion.
President Prince held that the point
of order was not well taken. and on
motion of eX-COngressman George
William z. Dorsey. OF Nebraska. the
minority report was laid on the table.
Mr. Prince. of New Mexico, at the
CIening of the afternoon session. in
troduced a resolution, inviting all min
eral producing states and territories to
make exhibits OF their mineral re-
sources al the s-Mississippi expo
sition 10 be held in Omaha next year.
The rules were suspended and the reso-
luton was adopted.
CRIPPLE CREEK.
Charles J. Moore. of Cripple Creek.
read q paper on The Cripple Greek
Formation. He termed the district
The greatest gold mining camp on
ealen," and said it had an area of IS
square miles, only ten of WhiCh is be-
ing actively worked. Within this ter
ritory. there are $50 weil-de6ned veins,
as compared with ten veins in the
RandsbuTg, South African. district On
these veins there are 30 shipping
mines. now producing Si.z50,GUO Per
month in gold The outpJe of the dis
trict has increased from S-0,c00 in 1891
to SO i00, 900 in 1896. The production for
the fllst six me nths Of the present year
was S5,99S, 602 which viii ne Increased
to $4,000. 600 by the first of 1898. The
total production since its discovery IS
$27. 326. 3I2. Some OF the GRE has g LIE.
of $4,000 in gold to the ton al'f to
average value of the entire district is
$50 to the ton. IN tnes5 hiss -,---
are regularly employed.
Mrs. Minnie A Sninn. of I.eadville.
read historical paper on the Leadville
district, which she insisted was the
"sreate-t silver mining camp o.
eaIth.' She gave the to-al mineral out-
put Of the Leadville district since 1871
as 1920. GOO COO.
Other papers were also read.
Tie resolutions introduced at the
morning session We're adoIced. except
the one relating to experire entail assay
stations. which was rejected
The proposition TO Grange the name
of the organization brought On the mo-
animated discussion Of the session The
coinage question and bimetaiiism en-
tered into il. in spite Of the effort OF
the chairman TO keep it oul-
The committee on resolutions re
ported adversely upon the resolution -
change the name TO The International
Mining Convention
The report was then amended To
make the name the international BIZ
metallic convention.
'1ne International Gold and Silver
Mining convention was offered as al
amendment 10 the amendment. All re-
jected by large najOrities.
Mr. a, NJ. Jackson, OF Kansas. sus-
gested: THE International Mining
Congress as a desirable name. and
without debate it was unanimously ac-
cereed.
TO PREPARE AMENDMENTS.
The chairman appointed C. ]. Moore.
of Colorado: F. A. Reynolds. of New
Mexico: r y. Z. PenIose. Of Arizona;
]. E. Todd. of South Dakota, and F.
NJ Lyman, of Utah. as the committee
to prepare amendrr enls to the national
mining laws. The Cnairnan of this
committee. as well as the chairman Of
the committee appointed 20 mem1ralize
congress Tor a cabinet officer for mines
and mining, asked to be continued.
with permission TO sit during the re-
cess and 10 make their reports at the
next session. The requests were
granted.
An Intellectual attempt was made b.
]. Cook, jr, of Colorado, to secure Z
reconsideration of the Is to l courage
resolution disposed of during the morn
ing session
After adopting several. resolutions OF
thanks, the convention adjourned she
die.
Most of the delegates will leave the
city tomorrow morning on excursion
trips TO the various mining camps OF
Colorado, Utah and New Mexico.