The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-11-14
Will EndeayOr To Get
Mining Secretary In
Cabinet OF u. 5.
MINING CONGRESSW WORK
Most Important Session In lis His.
tory...EIy City Second to Co.
lumbus as Choice for Next Year
:. { Special to the News }


JOPLIN, Mo-, Nov. 13.-The pres
ent session of the American Mining
Congress is proving one of the mos
interesting in the history of the or.
ganization. Furthermore, it prom
ises to be greater in results attained
than any previous session it has mad
Today it was learned that interest
which foremost members of the con.
gress had succeeded in creating on
the part of President Roosevelt had
resulted in announcement 70 these
members by the president that he
stood for the making of place in
the cabinet of the United States for
a secretary of mining and that lie
would advocate this recognition OF
the mining industry in his forthcom-
ing message to congress, with hope
that the new bureau might be estab-
lished before the expiration of his
term of office.
President Richards of the Ameri-
can Mining Congress today gave out
an interview in which he substanti-
>ted the correctness of the above
statements and added that though he
had not been the first member of
the mining congress to approach
President Roosevelt in regard to the
matter he had talked with him on the
subject within week and that the
president had at that time said that
he wished and should cndeavor to Sc
cure at once the establishment of a
bureau of mining along lines similar
to those under which the Department
of agriculture operates.
The place of meeting of the next
congress is still matter of much
doubt, but the contest appears now
to have settled down to a fight be-
tween Ohio and Nevada. l." tie lat
ter state two cities are striving for
the honor, Reno and Ely City. The
latter appears to have the best of it,
it's rise to fame during the last few
years as a copper camp of wonder
full extent, together with the fact that
the enormous reduction works being
built there have attracted world wide
attention, appealing to the interest
of mining men and enabling those
who wish TO go west next year to
present fetching arguments. If Reno
and Ely City can come to an under
standing and unite for Nevada it
looks at this time as if Nevada would
VIII. however, ITcSluSHI ItlCHdi us
and some other high officials of the
congress are anxious that the next
session should be held in the east and
are frankly out to do all they can to
have Columbus, Ohio, chosen. They
have much following and Ohio is in
good. position to win. In attendance
at the sessions of the congress are
over three hundred delegates, beside
as many more visitors who while not
participating in the voting are new
ertheless interested in mining and
taking a considerable part in the pro-
ceedings of the congress.
In the congress today committee
of five was named to draft "a meas
ure that will prevent mining engi-
neers from aiding in the perpetration
of mining frauds. A resolution ask
ing the federal government to issue
separate patents to lands suitable for
both mining and agricultural pur-
poses and classifying mineral lands
as mineral lands" only, was sub
mitted but action was deferred. A
resolution declaring for an adval-
orem tax on imported zinc ores of
$50 a ton was adopted, and each
member pledged himself to work for
the enforcement of such by address
ing a letter to his congressman urg-
ing it,