The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-09

are sufficient for the task of building
UP and drawing together a united, lib
erty-loving and progressive nation. L
think too highly of the common sense
of the American people to believe that
they will entertain any jealousy OF
their northern Eeighbor, trying in this
way to fulfill it's destiny. We want your
good will ard your good opinions, your
sympathy and your cooperation in
seeking to fill this northern half of the
continent with a nation which one day
will number fifty instead of five mill
lion, as at present, one worthy to oc-
cupy no mean position among the Eng
lish speaking and Anglo-Saxon peoples
of the world"
The speaker then elaborated upon
the vast mineral resources OF Canada
and then took up a discussion of the
mining laws. which he thought most
liberal and fair.
The government will sell you land on
which you have discovered any kind
of mineral at 81 to $3.50 per acre, or VIII
lease it to you on payment of the first
years rental at go cents or 81 per acre.
The rental for subsequent years will be
Is cents or % cents. A small royalty,
not exceeding per cent, is reserved
to the crown but this is not leviable
of the purchase or lease, and then only
on the value of the ore at the pits
mouth less cost of labor. explosives
and treatment for market. The apex
question, with its difficulties, does not
exist with US, for the boundaries OF All
mining locations underneath the
ground are vertical to the horizon. The
boundaries on the surface are also due
north and south and due east and west,
and claims are required TO be laid out
in rectangular blocks containing IS, $50
or 800 acres. There is no diScrimina-
ton on the ground of citizenship or
nativity in the owning of mining
lands or the working of mines. Ca
nadians or British subjects enjoy no
advantages which are not open to
American citizens or subjects of any
other power, and anyone is free to
come into Ontario and buy what min
ing property he pleases. without Ques
ton being raised as TO his place Of
residence of citizenship, present or
prospective. British law and order are
maintained, and maintained largely by
the law-abiding instincts of the people
themselves. The mining districts of
Ontario are as peaceable as any other
part of the province. The government
is anxious TO promote the mining m
dustry in every legitimate way. 1t
has tablished a bureau OF mines,
whose duty it is to collect and publish
statistics and useful information of
every sort, and its reports are dis
tributed gratis to anyone, no matter
where he may live, who expresses
desire to have them. Roads and bridges
are built where required, and every as
sistance possible rendered.
A School of Mines has been estab-
lished at Kingston, and the School of
Practical Science at Toronto has been
,l,.-:l IL
ing students, make mill tests of ores
and do other mining work Pros
pectcrs' classes are also held in the
summer season. when instruction III
metallurgy, assaying, is given to
prospectors and working miners. The
great needs of our mining industry are
capital and skill, and we offer as good
a field for the employment of both as
exists anywhere in America OF else
where today, and we invite any or all
of the members of this congress to
come over to Ontario and iuds for
themselves. If they wish profitable
investments l do not think they will
have difficulty in securing them by
the exercise of that business tact and
judgment which doubt not character
ICES them. They WILL at any rate ne
made welcome, and 1 feel sure a visit
would be the means Of bringing home
to the minds of many as nothing else
would the vast possibilities and grow
ing Importance of the province of On
tario as mining country.
In conclusion, Mr. Gibson said: st
feel, sir, that have spoken long
enough. I thank you for the courtesy
you have shown me and the cordiality
Of your welcome. I take it that the
welcome was not for me individually,
but for me as representing the sister
member of the Anglo-Saxon family
living to the north of you. l am i'm
pressed with the belief that we are in
many ways divided, and that, in fact.
in Scotch phrase, we're a Jack Tam
sons BARNS" These are my own SEN
timents, but I believe they will find
ready and hearty response from the
ladies and gentlemen of this assem-
bly,"
A vote of thanks was extended TO
both Mr. Gibson and Senior Yanes for
their highly interesting papers, after
which adjournment for lunch was
taken.