The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-09

to-day to Lead, about four miles from
Deadwood. The sessions were held In the |
miners union hall.
1t was decided this morning to read the
resolutions which are to be submitted by
the congress for action. Among them |
was one, submitted by Edward F. Brown |
of Denver to petition congress to pass a
law forming department Of mines and
mining which should have the same stand
ing as the department of commerce and
labor to be administered by a head reg
ularly appointed by the president and Who
should take his official place with other
members Of the presidents cabinet.
Deadwood s. D., Sept. 9.-The Amer1-
can Mining congress yesterday began the
actual work Of it's sixth annual session.
interest centering In the talk by Leslie M.
Shaw, secretary Of the treasury.
Abiding to that portion OF President
Richards annual address, In which he
urged the creation Of a department OF
mines and mining. Secretary Shaw said
he was heartily in favor Of the govern
| ment's doing everything it can, short OF
paternalism, In support Of the mining in
| duStry. ~ f-.
He would not, however have this con-
gress adjourn with the Idea that he adj
| vocated the formation Of a special depart
| ment for mining, with representation In
| the cabinet. Its needs could fully and
properly be attended to thru bureau
which should form part Of the department
| Of commerce and labor. Other important
Industries had been taken care Of in the
| same manner. He said:
| Importance Of Mining. ..~..
| It is an to rate the Importance of our
many industries according to their relative pro-
| ductiveness. Our factories and workshops pro-
duce $4,000. 900 900 gross In 1900; agriculture;
mines. $1,000 900 900, about equally divided be-
| tween metallic and non-metallic products. Yet
1t must occur to all that manufacture-apparently
our greatest wealth-producing 1ndustry-is de-
pendent upon iron. copper, lead, zinc and other
metals. and equally upon coal and other non
| metallic minerals. Our manufacturing interests
| Mines ...... ....
Manufacture is equally dependent upon agri-
culture for cotton. fax. wool and other prod
| ucts of the field and herd. Our commercial in
dustrial and financial supremacy is, therefore.
not dependent upon any one fact. or interest,
1 or condition. but upon all combined
arf-as much ns amy other two Countries and zn8s
4 third of the worlds output
We produce 40 per cent OF the worlds output
of Iron and steel During the first half Of
1908 we produced nearly 10000 900 tons Of pig
iron.
We produce more coal than Great Britain;
more than twice as much as Germany, and near
~ double that of all countries except Great
Britain and Germany.
We grow three fourths of the worlds cotton
fiber, and our ability to produce this staple Is
far above the present product. ..- ~ T.
A peoples prosperity Is not measured by It's
capacity to produce more than by its capacity
turn dependent upon the earning capacity of tho
individual, and the earning capacity Of the in
dividual is again dependent upon native and &C.
quired ability. So If America be great It is
because God in his wisdom stored the mountains
with the richest minerals, overlaid the valleys
} with. most fertile soil. and then gave 1t to
people competent, In some slight degree, at
t least, to improve their opportunities. -,
l Presidents Annual Address.
President J. P. Richards, in his annua
address, said the ultimate aim Of the
: organization must be to place the mining
industry as a whole upon a line common.
surate with its Importance. The con
Y gress must arouse so much interest thru
out the whole country, must be the mean!
e Of giving the public much valuable in
: formation about mining, that the people
y will at least realize the Importance anC
Y dignity Of everything connected with thu
proper development and utilization of Thu
great source Of raw material. He said:
:. It is common knowledge what the department
= OF agriculture has done for the farmer. W,
h say that the mining prospector has just as goo
? a right to scientific information from the gov
| eminent concerning mineral formations, tn
. character Of various and their proper treat
~ ment. for he too, is producer Of the raw ma
: terial, and this cooperation on the part Of tn
q government may give him just the industrial
n chance that he needs.
- d. Obligation Upon the Government.
It is stated upon scientific authority that, eve
with all the improved processes lately invente
l. and successfully applied. not than one
n fourth of the valuable gold-bearing material i
: this country can as yet be utilized. Many ex
= tensive districts are still undeveloped becaus
& the ore is too low grade or too refractory to
u worked with profit.
" These problems will. of course, be solved, til
"a necessary processes and treatment will be disco,
cred and in all probability this will be done b
az In fho NIo anita
lists, who will thereby be enabled to ia
l. such mining districts at will for years to come
IL do not decry the enterprise of private cap
n tai; it is worthy of its reward; but simpl
e ask why should not the sc researches and invest
i cations in the field of mining, we'll
IL agriculture and horticulture, be pursued at tn
20 public expense by the people and for the people
~ and the results achieved be made free to the pe<
~ pie forever.
I. Other Addresses.
Other addresses at the afternoon sessio
Is were by Edward F. Brown Of Denve
r on "1ncorrectness Of Government Mimi
s, Statistics and by Nelson H. Dartoi
VI. Washington, D. c., on Work of tn
s. Geological Survey in the Black Hills
er At last nights session the followin
ic pa pers were read: DR.. J. E. Todd stat
r. geologist Of South Dakota. on "Geolog
l. Of South Dakota;" DR.. James D. Irving
It. Wa shington, D. c., on "Ore Deposits
the Northern Black Hills" and Jane
w. Abbott, Denver, on GOOD Roads II
10 Mines"
as Secretary Rides on a Pilot.
II, Shooting thru Spearfish canyon on tt
50 pilot Of Burlington engine for a distane
Of twenty-five miles at the rate Of fort
le miles an hour, up and down steep grade
- and around many sharp curves, thru a
kinds of weather, encountering repeate
10 fiurries Of snow, showers of rain an
so bright sunshine, a walk Of seven mile
up steep. rough and muddy mounta1
as road and an inspection Of the tin deposi
~ were some Of the features Of Secreta,
te shaw's sightseeing on his last day in IL
Do, Black Hills district.
'st Secretary Shaw said that before con
1e ing here he had intended to ask the del
~ gates to go on hunt for TIM adding tn;
vs. he had not dreamed that there was
deposit Of that mineral SO close at han
ca He hoped that in some place in our coul
er try we should be fortunate enough to di
oI cover this most necessary metal in con
rs mercial quantities. 1t was, he said, II