Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-07-09
DENVER MINING CONVENTION
Action Taken on a Number of Matters
of First Importance to the
Mining Industry.
BUREAUS or MINES AND MINING
1t Has Been Decided That the Next
Annual International Gold Mining
Convention Shall Be Held at
NJ Salt Lake City.
BUREAUS OF MINES AND MINING

Denver, July 9.-Immediately after the
forenoon session of the International
gold mining convention had been called
to order, vote on the place of holding
the next convention in 1888 was ordered.
j. O. Buckley of Wisconsin, withdrew
Milwaukee from the contest. After call
of states had been finished, and before a
vote was announced, Mr.. Montgomery of
Nebraska, withdrew Omaha, and moved
that Salt Lake City be declared by unani-
nous choice. The motion was carried.
Angus M. Cannon thanked the conven-
tion for the honor bestowed upon his
city. An animated debate was preci-
pitated by j, j. Jacobs, representing the
National Travellers Protective association
as to the standing of his organization in
the convention. II was agreed that he
be recognized, and allowed to vote separ-
ate from any state or territory.
The following resolutions were intro
duoed and referred: By O. W Crawford of
Illinois, that for the purpose of stlmulat-
ing the mining industry, congress is
memoralized to establish in each land
district of the mineral producing states, q
government experimenting and testing
station, on the plans similar to the gov
ernment agricultural stations, where ores
may be tested free of expense to pros
pectors. By Judge Brown of West Vir-
ginia, to change the name of the conven-
tion from the International gold mining
convention to the international mining
convention. The chairman appointed the
following committee to take necessary
steps toward securing the passage of a
constitutional amendment to establish a
cabinet department to be known as the
bureau of mines and mining: Lafe
Pence of Colorado, M. d. Herring of
Texas, j. R. Hedges of Pennsylvania, W.
F. Bechel of Nebraska, E. V. Smalley of
Minnesota.
The committee on resolutions submit
ted report. 1t was considered section
by section, speeches being limited to five
minutes. The section memoralizing
congress to throw open all mineral lands
on the Spanish land grants of California,
Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado to
location as mining claims, was adopted.
A resolution asking congress to throw
open the asphalt and gllsonite lands on
the Uncompaghre Indian reservation in
Utah, as mineral section, was adversely
reported upon. motion was made to
lay the report on the table, and adopt
the resolution. The motion carried by a
vote of 80 to 90. Then Angus M. Cannon
of Utah, spoke against the resolution,
and moved the whole matter be laid on
the table. His motion prevailed. Two
resolutions providing for the appoint
ment of committee to take such steps
as may be necessary to secure recodifi-
cation of mining laws, were adversely re-
ported. The convention however, had
previously provided for this committee,
and the report was disagreed with, and
the resolutions ordered referred to the
committee. resolution relating to the
proposed new cabinet bureau of mines
and mining, was adopted, and referred to
a special committee already appointed.
N. E. Guyot, member of the resolution
committee of New Mexico, offered mi
nority report, declaring for the free and
unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of
16 to 1. The adoption of the report was
seconded by another New Mexico dele
gate. Instantly half dozen delegates
were on the floor, declaring the report
out of order. The point made against it
was, that the order of business eliminated
all political questions from discussion.
The chair sustained the objections, and
the minority report was refused consid-
Grafton.