The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-28
THE MINING CONGRESS,
FRIENDLY COMMENT FROM ALL
OVER THE COUNTRY.
Possibility of Interference On Ac-
count of War Considered Incident
ally-Mine Product Exhibit.

If there had ever been any doubt in
the minds of the mining congress com
mittee as to the complete success of the
affair, it has been dispelled. A bunch
/ of press clippings reached the secre-
! tary of the committee yesterday, bear
! ing all sorts of friendly comment and
promising the support of the mining
! fraternity all over the country. A graf
: flying feature of the publications was
| the fact that a great many of them
were editorial concentrations of the
/ congress. it's management and its pur-
poses. The papers. of Denver, of Butte,
of Anaconda, DeadwoOd, Omaha, San
Francisco and other centers of mining
industry were represented in the col
lection, and not a single line of unfa-
vorable mention appeared in the whole
number.
Mayor Frank E. Moores of Omaha
sends the names of appOintees TO COM
plete the delegation from his city. The
mayor says these gentlemen are rep
reSentative citizens of Omaha, and are
interested in the mines of the west,
trans-M Mississippi region" The dele
gates are: H. B. Trey, B. NJ. Webster,
George H. Payne. Hon. Alvin Saun-
ders, Hon. NJ. o. Ricketts,, A. J. Hans
com, A. ]. Cornish, S. a. Broadwell,
John B. Furay, John /. Redick, Hon.
George P. Bemis, c.. Charles George,
James H. Parrotte, J. T. Finley.
At a meeting of the executive COM
mittee, held Tuesday evening, the pos
sible interference of the war with the
arrangements of the committee came
up incidentally in connection with other
routine business. The members of the
committee were all asked their opin-
ions as to the possibility of injury TO
the congress resulting from the general
disturbance of public affairs. Every
member present agreed that the re-
Spouse from states and cities which
have been asked to name delegates was
so cordial and general that there could
be discussion on the advisability of
going ahead with the arrangements.
Even with the excitement that had
prevailed during the past two weeks,
the prospect for a large attendance of
delegates had grown brighter every
day, and with the funds in sight and
assured from the people of the city,
the committee concluded that there
need not be any discussion further on
that point. The congress viii be held
on time, and it will be a congress
worth attending, was the way they
put it.
In line with this decision, the COM
mittee took up the matter of an eX-
hibit of mine products from the various
camps of the state. 1t was decided to
proceed at once with arrangements for
an exhibit which shall show the Wis
itors the variety and richness of the
ores, and furnish material for a prac-
teal study of the characteristics de- |
veloped in the deposits of each camp.
Since a number of inquiries have
been received from manufacturers as
to the facilities for display of ma
it was decided to appoint a
special committee, Independent of the !
other committees, to consider the in
quiries and see whether any suitable (
place could be provided for such dis /
plays, and correspond with the manu-
facturers interested