The San Francisco call., 1897-06-06
WITH THE MINERS.
Live News Concerning Cali
fornia'S Hidden Treas
uries-PersonaI Gossip
and Notes About
Those Who Run
Them.

The thing of broadest interest in a theoret-
icaI way before the gold miners of California
is the In ternational Convention of Gold
Miners, which is to meet in Denver early in
July. The gold miners of California are
rather wondering what the convention is
going to be and what its importance will
amount to. There is no ''whoop' to the
California interests In the convention, and
the leading mining men of this State are
rather wondering what this great gathering
will amount to. Their information is con-
tanned in the somewhat meager and quite en-
thusiastic circular letters which have been
sent out by the Denver committee. The in
formation which comes to hand WITHIN the
next thirty days will largely regulate the Cal
ifornla in terest in the convention.
President Netf of the California Miners AS
sociation believes that the gathering may be
productive of great good to the gold-mining
industry, and Secretary Julian Sountag is
quite enthusiastic in his advocacy of Califor-
MIA presentation, There is abroad among
the California mining men an idea that the
convention is to be a boom for Colorado min
ing, and this idea has its effect in establish
ing the conservatism with which the conyen-
tion is viewed here.
This convention, however, viii be the first
general gathering OF gold miners that the
world has known, and it will have a repre-
sentation VIII ich viii give it both prestige and
interest. The gold miners of this State cannot
afford to ho,d aloof from it, and il should have
their hearty cooperation. While 1t is called
an international" gold miners convention,
1t will be in effect American gold miners
convention, and it will be the first effort ever
made to organize the gold miners of the Pa
cific Coast. 1t viii be the initial NEE ting of
such an organization, and from it there is ap-
to develop an organization which will mean
much to the gold mining industry in the
future.
The trouble between the Anti-Debris Asso-
citation OF the Sacramento Valley and the
Nevada County miners has reached stage
where it promises to be good thing for all
concerned, instead of the threatened war. On
last Tuesday there a conference on the
part of ]. II. Neff, president of the California
Miners Association, TREY L. Ford of this CITY.
Fred Searles of Nevada City attorney for the
mining interests involved, and W. F. Englet
bright, secretary of the Nevada City Board of
Trade, representing the mining interests and
Joseph Stetfins, president of the Sacrament to
Cnamber of Commerce; J. o. Coleman, secre-
tary OF that organlZa ion, and Judge A. C.
Hinckson and William Shaw of the Chamb .r
OF Commerce. AT the conference Robert T.
Devlin of Sacramento, attorney for the Anil.
Debris Association, was called in, and he re.
sponded in an informal and unofficial wav
11ete WIS long anu BoOQ-natured discus.
sion. Mr.. Devlin stated that while he did not
assume to officially represent the Anti-Debris
Association, he would say informally that
there was no desire TO harass or annoy the
miners. In isolated Instances, such as were
the cases of the Goding and the Goodwin
mines in Nevada County, the Anti-Debris AS.
sociation might feel it to be its duiy 10 inter.
pose protests Mr., Devlin, however, said that
there was no general inclination TO interfere
with or impede the mining operations OF the
mount ain regions.
Mr. Ford said that the valley people were
making grave mistake in attacking apv
other kind of mining than hydraulic mining
and that they should stand by the Caminettt
act, observing It's provisions and seeking to
amend IL IL 1t were not satisfactory
In general way the repre- sentatives of tho
Sacramento Chamber of Commerce showed .
dlspts tion to act fairly and 10 settle the dis
pute smieabfy if possible. There was a Ions
discussion OF the entire situation and of this
future relations between the miners and tbe
valley people. Mr.. Ford and Others of m.
mining representatives said that the recon
action OF the Mining Debris ASSOCIATION was
pretty severe shock TO the good feeling whict
had recently been established. aud in the dis
eussion the future relations of the miners "a nC