The record-union., 1898-06-06
MINING CONGRESS.
Business and Entertainment at
Salt Lake.

! Salt Lake.
| A special communication to the Rec
ord-Union" from Salt Lake says that
| arrangements have practically been
| completed by the local committee for
| the second session of the international
Mining Congress, which is to be held
| here on July 9Th 7th Sth and 9th. The
| first session of the congress, held IN
| Denver last year, was attended by more
| than 900 delegates, and the 1nd1ca-
| tions point to an even larger attend
ance here. To date over 600 delegates
| have been certified to the Secretary by
| the appointing powers, these 6OO rep
| resenting seventy-seven different COM
| munities in twenty -four States. Call
| fornia has chosen her delegates, but
| their names to the number of about 1OO
have not been announced pending ad-
| vices from those appointed. Governor
| Adams of Colorado is now correspond
| ing with the mining men of his State
| with a view to securing an influential
delegation; Wyoming has its appoint
ments yet to make, and several Of the
Eastern States which will be represent
ed are yet to be heard from. Besides
the States west Of the Missouri River
those represented by the appointments
! are Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Ken
tucky, Virginia, Michigan, Tennessee,
/ Texas Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.
/ Indiana's delegation is in process OF
formation and Illinois is expected to
| take action soon. West Virginia min
| ing men have promised that their State
will be represented and Alabama will
have some delegates present from Biz
| mingham whether the State at large
| sends delegates or not.
| All of the traffic associations except
! the Central have announced special
| rates for the occasion, and the Central
! Association has the matter up for ac-
! ton soon. From Chicago to ST. Louis
and west single fare plus 81 is grant
ed for the round trip to Salt Lake.
From New York, Philadelphia and other
! Atlantic coast territory to Chicago, del
| egates are given the round trip for
| fare and third. The tourists are Of
fered stopovers in Colorado. provided
| the through trip is made in five days
| and the round trip in twenty. The rail-
roads also offer a choice of diverse
routes. That is, a delegate from Wis
| consin or Michigan may come to Salt
/ Lake via the Union Pacific at Omaha
and return by one of the Rio Grande
routes: the man from st. Louis coming
/ by way Of Kansas City may take the
| Union Pacific there and return by any
| other line he pleases. or he may start
| on the Burlington, the Rock Island,
the Santa Fe or Missouri Pacific and
return by the Union Pacific or Rio
| Grande. It is expected that this offer
| of diverse routes will prove a great
attraction for the visitors.
| For the benefit of California and
other coast delegates the Southern Pa
| cific has made a single fare rate for
| the round trip, and the Oregon Short
Line has adopted the Western Asso-
| cations schedule for points in its ter
ritory-a single fare plus 81 for the
| round trip.
Special excursions have been ar
| ranged for the benefit of the delegates
| W4o wish to see the largest camps in
Utah with their demonstration of the
new cyanide and other processes. One
/ Of these will be run to Mercur, a cya-
nide gold camp where De La Mars
! Golden Gate Mill shows the largest
| cyanide plant in this country. The
| other excursion will be run to Eureka,
| silver gold, copper and lead camp,
| where mining is carried to great depth.
The social entertainment to be pro-
1 vided will be largely of the informal
1 kind. A special reception will be given
/ at Saltair, the great lake resort,
| which will be turned over to the dele
1 gates. Salt Lake bathing, boating,
1 dancing, music and refreshments will
| be the diversions The ladies accom-
| panying the delegates will also be en-
| tertained by the club women of Salt
| Lake during the congress. 1t is not in
| tended to weary the visitors with set,
| formal entertainments, but every effort
| will be made to see that the visit is
| pleasant.
| The business sessions are expected to
| be of the greatest Importance to the
| mining industry. One of the chief
| purposes of the congress is to secure
| the establishment of a national De
partment of Mines. with Cabinet off,
Ger at its head This will be the sub
| ject of a report from Hon. Lafe Pence
| of Colorado, Chairman of the special
| committee named at the Denver con-
/ gress last year. Mr. Pence will detail
the work done with Congress and re-
| port on the prospect of success.
| The revision and codification Of the
| Federal mineral land laws; the estab-
| lishment of branch mints and assay
| offices; the advisability of a change IN
| the laws as applied to "apex" and
| extra-lateral rights; mine inspection;
| taxation Of mining properties; rela-
| tion Of railroads to mineral develop
ment; the status of labor in mines.
| These are some of the economic and
| legal subjects to be discussed and
| passed upon by the congress. Pros
| pecting and mining on the Spanish
| land grants is another topic on the
! programme Of especial interest to Col
orado, New Mexico, California and
| Utah.
| Besides these, there will be papers
/ by technical experts on practical sub
| jects affecting mine management, such
| as mining and treatment of various
| classes of ores, smelter methods and
| charges, Stopping systems, shaft and
| tunnel cost and pumping and ven
! tilating systems.
The programme as outlined, is in
| tended to cover every subject of gen
| eral interest either to the investor,
/ the manager or the practical work.
! ing miner Some of the most prom
| inent mining men in the country
are coming as delegates and the dis
! cussions promise to be Of the greatest
value. The congress includes every
| branch of the business - coal, iron,
lead. copper, as well as the precious
| metals
Utah will have an exhibit CT its
| mineral and allied products, showing
gold. silver, lead. copper and iron