The San Francisco call., 1899-09-02
MINING ENGINEERS WILL
MEET IN SAN FRANCISCO

The fall session of the American Insti-
tute of Mining Engineers. which will con-
vene in this city at the Palace Hotel on
September %, has already created a great
deal of interest among the mining men OF
California, and the indications are that
the gathering, which will last three days
will result in much good to the industry
on this coast. One hundred and seventy
eight members of the institute from all
over the country have already signified
their intention of being present. and prep
arations to receive them are now under
way. Two committees have been appoint
ed by the State Miners Association to
take charge of this important matter, as
follows:
Reception committee-The Governor,
James D. Phelan, Irving NJ. Scott, D. NJ.
Burns, A. ]. Ralston, w. w. Montague,
R. S. Moore, James Spiers Jr., S. J. Hen
dy, T. B. Lacy, Tyler Henshaw, H. L.
Lally, S. Mooney. Colonel George H. Wal
lis, Andrew Carrigan, John NJ. Wright, Jo-
seph Sloss, John +: Davis of jackson, Ed
ward Coleman, w. A. Doble, James s..
Brownell, George Johnson. John Berming-
ham, Julian Sonntag and P. George Cow.
Executive committee-W. G. RalstOn
(chairman), Professor S. B. Christy, Cur
lis H. Lindley, Charles &. Yale, w. S..
Keyes, Edward II. Benjamin, j. F. Hal
loran, Captain Thomas Mein. Judge E. A.
-.
of Michigan Bluff. w. B. Bourne and A.
D. Foote of Grass Valley, Frederick Zeit-
Ter and B. s. Rector of Nevada City, w.
F. Delert and ]. F. Parks of Jackson, w.
p Harmon of Oroville, F. f. Thomas of
Calaveras, D. r. Oliver. Thomas Hender,
Fred Wimans and Captain McClintock of
Sonora, P. A. Buell. of Stockton, Charles
c. Derby of New Almaden, H. E. Pickett
of Placerville, NJ. E. Dittman of Redding,
John Ross of Sutter Creek, Lew E. Aubury
of Los Angeles, Mark B. Kerr, Frank A.
Leach, Fred Bradley and J; J. Crawford.
These two committees will meet in joint
session Monday night, but the following
programme has already been mapped out:
At the conclusion of the institutes session
the visitors will be taken on tour of the
State. The itinerary will embrace most
of the leading centers of the mining in
dustry, among them the following: The
smelters at Keswick, the copper regions
Works. Colfax, Nevada City, Grass VAL
ley, Dutch Flat, Auburn, Oroville, Sutter
Creek, Jackson the mother lode region
from Sutter Creek to Valley Springs, So
nora, Jamestown, etc. Trinity, Shasta
and Siskiyou counties will entertain the
party an Afternoon and evening at Red
ding J. F. Kidder. president of the Neva-
da County Narrow Gauge Railroad, has
invited the party to be his guests on the
road from ColfaX to Grass Valley, and q
visit will be made to Gold Run Gravel
Limited by invitation of j. E. Doolittle.
The visitors will be taken south to visit
sthe oil regions at Coalinga and Fresno,
the sugar beet fields about Oxnard and
the asphaltum quarry near San Luis
Obispo
Among the more prominent members of
the institute who are expected to be pres
ant are: James Douglas of New York,
owner of the Copper Queen mine In Ari-
iona president of the institute; Rossiter
W. Raymond of New York, secretary; W.
b. Devereaux of New York and r. P:
Rotbwell. publisher of the Mining and
Engineering Journal