The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-19
THE MINING CONGRESS,
GOV. TAYLOR OF TENNESSEE
NAMES DELEGATES.
Cripple Creek Plans-Some Fine Col
lections of Ores Received For the
- Mining Exhibit-other Delegates.

Governor Taylor of Tennessee has
named delegates at large from his state
to attend the Mining Congress, as fol-
lows: A. d. Reynolds, Bristol; Thomas
Worthington, ]. H. Carpenter, NJ. G'
Richie, Mt Pleasant; Robert Ewing,
/ Percy Warner, J. c. Cooper, A. M.
Shook, Nashville: S. NJ. Ward, Aetna;
J. Craig McLanahan, Mr. Plnckney, a
| 6. tColyar, H S. Chamberlain, Z. H.
| James. Chattanooga; Guy X. Johnson,
Embreville: Charles E. Wait, Knox
Vile: \. w. Evans, Petros; A Z.
! Gaines and ]. Lodge, South Plttspurg'
]. ]. Armsbee. Tracy City.
/ Charles J. Moore of Cripple Creek,
! chairman of the committee on reVlsions
of mining laws, writes the secretary:
Our committee will have an extensive
and important report to present at the
congress, and it may be adVlsapIe 10
call a meeting in Salt Lake City Tor the
purpose of final action on the report.
[ am in communication with all the
members of the committee, and have
urged them to send in their final views
and those of their constituents upon
the various points raised in the re-
vision. so that / can collate the same
in the form of final report.
"Will you have my rooms engaged
for the use OF the COlilillACESs IL
so. will you notify me so that l can
inform the various members OF TINS
committee and appoint our final meet
ing accordingly"
Mr.. Moore was advised that quarters
for committees will be ready, and that
he and his associates will be made as
comfortable as possible in their i'm
portant work.
The other important special commit
tod of Denver session
the congress has not yet been heard
from, but it is known that the chair
man, Hon. LATE Pence of Colorado, mas
a report about ready on the subject
referred to his committee national
department of mines and mining
which will be presented in its regular
order at the congress.
A very fine collection of galena ore
samples has been given for the state
mineral exhibit by the Silver King and
Anchor mines. at Park City. The sam
pies will weigh nearly ton, and run
from 100 to $50 ounces in silver, go per
cent lead and a small amount of gold.
While these will be the only samples
from the Park. they make very at
tractive showing, and will be one of
the best features of the whole display.
Mr.. Wootton, who is collecting sam
pies. went to Silver City yesterday, and
on his return tomorrow will take
charge of the transfer of the chamber
of commerce exhibit from its present
quarters to the hall of relics. In adj
dition to the ores of precious metals,
of sulphur, asphalt, the display VIII
include an artistic exhibit of salt, fur
nished at the direction of Colonel N.
w. Clayton, and samples of saltpetre
from Nephi.
Kern county, California, has named
the following delegation: John G.
Quinn and John Singleton, Randsburg;
c. c. Mathews, Tehachapi; William
Bell, Asphalto; Walter James, Bakers
field.
Gainesville. Ark. viii be represented
by N NJ. Butler, j. w. Hardy, w. H.
Scott, j. ]. Carter and o. l.. Hooker.
AT the request of Senator Rawlins,
who thinks he cannot be present, Gov
ernor Wells has appointed w. G. Neb-
eker to be a delegate at large in place
of Mr.. Rawlins.