The San Francisco call., 1899-09-17
THE ENGINEERS
HAVE STARTED
FOR THE COAST
Miners Soon to Greet
Their Guests.

This week will feel the stir of many
miners in full action. The special train
bearing the big party of Eastern mem
bers of the American Institute of Mining
Engineers will cross the northern State
line on Saturday. en- route TO the annual
meeting of this big organization of 5000
scientific men, in San Francisco on the
25th inst. and succeeding days.
They viii receive their first royal Cali
fornIa welcome at Montague on next Sat
urday, when they will run against a spe-
cial carload of eminent members of the
California Miners Association, some en-
inent California mineral waters and few
other eminent things, including old Shas-
Ia Royal California hospitality will at
tend the guests for the next two weeks.
The general programme and the timer
airy, as heretofore published in The Call,
will be adhered to, with the exception of
very slight changes. Sunday will be given
TO Redding, the IIeswick smelters and the
big Mountain copper mine, and Monday.
Tuesday and Wednesday will be given to
the sessions of the annual meeting at the
Palace Hotel to the degree that social
and other temptations, including those
provided by the California Miners Asso-
citation, Will permit Then will come the
long and interesting trips about the min
ing regions OF the State, from north TO
south and along the mother lode, occupy
ing about two weeks and larded with
much hospitality provided by boards or
fOruia Miners Association, commercial
and other bodies, eft al.
Among the latest reports received by
Secretary =. Fl. Benjamin announcing To-
cal hOspItalitics is one from the Fresno
Chamber Of Commerce, which proposes to
co the proper thing when these emit
nent mining men are ready to drift
through the big vineyards of Fresno
County and possibly determine the duty
OF miners inch Of san Joaquin valley
Wine. one feature of the day at OroVlile
IS 10 be a big open-air feast provided by
ladies Of that place during an intermls-
sion in an inspection of gold dredges, etc,
made easy by the Butte County Miners
Association, with the usual aid Of local
newspapers and enterprlsing citizens.
During the past week local preparations
IN san Francisco, which are mainly in
the executive hands of Secretary Benja-
min Of the California Miners Association,
have consisted largely of correspondence
with committeeman and others through
out the State. Among the many local
arrangements already made is one for
d reception to the ladies, rendered by the
California Club, for one day of the San
Francisco meeting.
Tomorrow activities will become gen.
eral in caring for the details of the gen
eral programme already arranged. w. c.
RaistOn, vice president of the California
Miners Association and chairman of the
general committee on arrangements, will
return from the Meones mine in Gala
Neras County and help swing the helm
President j. II. Nell VIII be on nand early
this week 10 Iend a hand and some wise
counsel The San Francisco County Min
ers' Association will hold q special meet
ing to consider a situation which calls on
The industrial patriotism Of the San Fran
cisco mining men Of public spirit. The
annual meeting was secured for San
francisco by the California Miners As
sOciatfou which has gladly assumed the
duties of a host in behalf OF the whole
State. which is asked to join In the recep-
tfOn and the members of the local or
qanization, which includes some Of the
most prominent and enterprising members
of the business community, are showing a
quick readiness to aid In making this
meeting of this great BODY red letter
one in its history.
The financial and commssary depart
ments will be got into special activity
early this week. The finance committee,
of which A. A. Watkins is chairman, will
90 TO work getting the rest OF the sew
eral thousand dollars wanted by the as
sociation TO enable ii to do the handsome
thing The other day two members OF -he
committee went around one afternoon and
raised $780, This has been increased
since then. and it is not expected tnat
there will be any trouble about getting
the rest in a city which was founded on
the mining industry, which has been pullt
1Ip largely through it, which has so many
millions of its capital invested In MINES,
which has several thousand citizens nnan-
ciaUy interested in mines and Whlcn is
the financial. commercial ana maIluIac- @
turing mining center Of the entire Paclnc
The commissary department is not like
" to need any boards OF lnVesugatloh
when the thing is all over.
committees will maintain headquarters AT
the Palace Hotel during the meetlng' M Mthe
sessions Of which will be held in the
hotel, and the entertainment OF the nfty