Bisbee daily review., 1905-11-15
DEPARTMENT OF MINING
 blG ISSUE AT E. PAS0
EXPECTED MINING CONGRESS
 WILL GO INTO TT DEEPLY.
Confidence Is Entertained That the Government Can Not Long Rrefrain From Giving the Great Industry Cabinet Representation.

Principal among the stated objects of the American Mining Congress Is recognition of the mining industry by Department of Mining. with a men Der of the Presidents cabinet as it's head The agitation Jf the Depart ment of Mines has grown rapidly and becomes stronger each year until it is now manifest that it must succeed
 and that quickly. More good to this cause has been effected by the an nual mining congresses than by all other agencies. It is possible to indi- yidualize still farther and recognize that it has been the clear and insist ent writing of one man. Irwin Mahon. the secretary of three congresses, who has made this agitation effective.
 But it is also a fact that the depart ments which in recent years have been added to the government have not been new creations. but the result of long growth. The Department of Az riculture came up through the stage of bureau. a stage which mining has not vet reached. Therefore the care ful congressional advisor suggests why not bureau first and then. as rapidly Go POSSAotNs ch NAA1Cnl- OilC SOuHu argument for such an intermediate stage in the recognition of the mining industry by the government is the fact that all the suggestions as to what a Mining Department should do for the people. fall far short of a comprehensive grasp of the work which a Mining Department should uu- dertake for the mining interests.
 The mining industry is not charac- terized by a vast number of small and comparatively isolated land holders as is the case with the farms of the country The great majority of the farmers are dependent upon the gov ernment for correlations of the lest results of many small experiments in seed culture. fin treatment of poor soils. and the subjugation of inuumera- ble pests.
 There are also many small mines but they are not the average. The standard mine in the United States is operated by a manager of great skill and intelligence with which the aver age farmer could not compare. Further they are men of high education. noted by efficient societies. and supplied with abundant literature by high grade min ing journals. By their superior scien- tific ground work their engineering practice has given them the lead over countries where the mining industry began and has continued under govern ment control.
 Government control is neither ex- | pected nor wanted in the United States.
 Fortunately for the development of the mining industry. whether or not helpful to the idea of a department, the mining bureau stage of govern ment aid (not supervision) has already fairly well been reached by the work of the T. s. Geological Survey. This institution has the rank of the De- partment of the Interior. When first organized by the late Clarence King it plunged quickly and heartily into the examination of specially important mineral deposits such as the Com stock Lode. But nuder Major Powell this was changed to broader and more general work of preparing the whole field by comprehensive topographic maps. which have been of incalcuable value in developing not only the prec- ious metal mining, but the coal fields of the entire country. This has been followed by many years of general geologic studies be coming more and more detailed and exact, as the necessary ability was de veloped in the working staff.
 Under the present director. Dr. Wal colt, the Clarence King stage of exact economic work in a few localities ha. been reached and passed as applief
 to every kind of mineral industry i; l the entire country. So that today
 the government of the United States
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