, 1905-04-06
THE NEW
BUREAU
MINING STATS TICS To BE COM.
PILED FOR THE BENEFIT OF
THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
Circular from State GeoI-
ogist 6eeier on The Subject, Car
ryins Some Suggestions from Him
and a Copy Of the Law Creating
the Bureau and Its Workings.

The following interesting circular
was issued by State Geologist H. c,
Beeler from his Office at Cheyenne,
under date of April l:
The bureau of mining statistics was
established by the eighth legislature
of Wyoming, following a recommends,
ton to the governor by the state geol.
ogist, and is designed to benefit the
Legitimate mining enterprises of Wy
oming by %affording them an opporiun.
ity to make an authoritative statement
of their work and status.
Intending investors may secure cop
les of any statement filed under this
act, not as a report on any property,
but as a safeguard for both owners
and investors against the numerous
frauds and swindles known to exist
in the mining business.
The law creating this bureau, pre-
scribing method of filing statements
and fixing the fees to be charged is as
follows, being chapter 80, session laws
of 1906:
Section l. the state geologist is
hereby authorized to establish a bur
eau of mining statistics wherein infor.
nation relative to the mineral indus
try of Wyoming may be filed Tor refer
ence and distribution as hereinafter
provided.
Sec. 2. Each company or person
owning or operating any mining or
other enterprise concerned in the min
eral industry OF Wyoming, may, at
their own discretion. file with the
state geologist, upon blanks to be furn-
ished on application to the %geologist,
a sworn statement properly attested
by the officers of sucn company or
such owner or operator, giving:
The name of company. owner or or
orator, and subject of same.
Postoffice address OF Office and mine.
Name and addresses of officers OF
company, owner or operator.
Location OF property and title
Description of property, number OF
claims, acreage, etc.
Number Of shares Of treasury stock.
Number Of shares of stock sold to
cate.
Amount received from sale of above
stock.
Amount expended for development
work.
Amount expended for Office expen-
SEES, supplies and machinery.
Total amount of work done on prop
erty.
Extent Of workings, size of vein or
ledge. etc.
Estimate of ore in sight.
Estimate of work proposed for COM
ing year.
Statement of shipments made and
value Of anne
Number Of men employed n length
Of time work was carried on.
General statement regarding the
property, giving amount, kind and con.
dition or machinery, etc.
Other of the company,
owner or operator.
Sec. 8. The filing of this statement
or any part thereof, shall be purely
.rt;rrol with aonh pnr,nZnv owner
or operator engaged in any mineral
business in Wyoming, and each state
ment SO filed shall be in duplicate, n
copy to be properly certified to by the
state geologist as to time and place
of filing and returned to the company
or person making the statement, and
the other copy to be filed for reference
in the office Of the state geologist.
Sec. 4. Whoever wilfully. corruptly
and falsely makes any false statement
under this act. with the purpose or in
tent to deceive, shall be deemed gull
ty Of perjury. and shall be imprisoned
in the ~penitentiary not more than five
years, as provided by the revised sta-
tutes Of Wyoming for perjury.
Sec. 5. For the receiving and filing
of each statement, the state Geologist
is hereby authorized to charge the
sum Of one dollar for each statement
50 received and filed, and is further
authorized to furnish a properly GER
titled copy Of any statement filed as
above provided to any person desiring
the same, upon the payment Of one dol
lar for each copy so furnished. these
fees to be collected in advance and
covered into the state treasury as pro-
vided for the other fees of this Of
fee.
Sec. 6. The state geologist shall
keep a proper record Of all such state
ments SO filed and copies issued. as
well as all fees received, and report
same to the governor. annually, as
provided for the other work and fees
Of his once.
Sec. Z. This act shall take effect
and be in force from and after the
LIST day Of April. 1905.
Your attention IL particularly direct
ed to the fact that all statements fled
under this act are made under oath,
and that the fling Of any statement 10
purely optional.
A list Of all filings made under this