The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-11-09
Many Matters Will Be
Discussed by American
Mining Congress.
SESSION OPENS MONDAY
Assistant Secretary Riepe, EnrOute
to Joplin, Sends Back Program
for Each Day Of the Gathering.

A letter received from Hon. Rich
ard A. Riepe, who stopped until yes
terday at Salt Lake to attend to bus
mess matters, en- route to Joplin Mo-,
where he will attend the American
Mining congress, of which body he
has the honor of being assistant
treasurer, encoses the following an
nouncement from the office of the
secretary concerning the session of
the congress, which will convene on
Monday:
On the 18th the American Mining
Congress will convene in it's tenth
annual session at Joplin, Missouri.
The following program has been pre-
pared and it is thought the attend
ance will be very large:
November 11-Devoted to eXcur-
sions through the mining district,
itinerary to be announced later; p.
M, address of welcome; response.
November 12-9:30 a. M, APP
pointment of committees, reports of
officers and business; 1920 a. m, re-
port of committee on a uniform law
governing metalliferous mining and
w. r. ingalls,, New York; 1880 a.
M, address, Prospecting for Gas
and Petroleum." (including discus
sion of the origin and manner of oc-
currence of these fuels by DR.. Eras-
mus Haworth State University, Law
renee, Kansas; II to 2 p. M, recess;
2 p. M, business; 2:30 p. M, report
of committee appointed to investigate
the ACCESSIBILITY of a commission, APP
pointed from the several coal mining
states and the United States at large,
to investigate the conditions affect
ing safety in coal mining with view
toward the formulation and enforce
ment of adequate laws governing this
branch of the mining industry; $3.50
to p. m. The Waste of the Nations
Resources by DR.. j. A. Holmes, Wash
ington, d. c.; to 5 p. M, paper,
will the Production of Gold in the
World Keep Pace with the increas-
ing Demands of Commerce and
Trader" by DR.. Waldemar Lindgren,
U. S. Geological survey, Washington,
d. G..
November 1880 a. m, bust
ness; 1920 a. M, report of commit
tee appointed to investigate the ques-
ton of "Smelter Rates by Judge e.
A. Colburn, Denver, Colo; 1920 a.
m, discussion; 2 p. M, report of COM
mittee appointed to draft side line
law to be presented to the Federal
congress by James d. Hague, New
York; $3.50 p. M, paper, How Long
Will the Supply of Iron Ore Meet the
Increasing Demands of Commerce
and Trade?" 1880 p. m, paper, "How
Long Will the Supply of Coal Meet
the Increasing Demands of Commerce
and Trader" p. M, address, "The
Lead and Zinc Mining Industry of
Missouri" by DR.. e. R. Buckley, Roll
la, Mo-; 9 p. M, address, Federal
Department of Mines and Mining" by
John Hays Hammond, New York.
November 14-9:30 a. M, bust
mess; 1920 a. M, report of commit
tee to investigate into the corpora
ton laws of the various states, with
a view to suggesting additional pro-
lection for mining investors, by c. ].
Downey, Denver, Colo; 11:30 a. m,
paper, "The Possibilities and Limita-
lions of Geological Survey Work as
Applied to the Mining Industry by
DR.. George Otis Smith, director U. S.
geological survey, Washington, d. c.;
2 p. M, estate Mining Associations
and the American Mining Congress"
by Ex-Governor A. w. McIntire, Ev-
erett, Wash; Cooperation Between
Mining Companies in the Same Dis
trict' by DR.. James Douglas, New
York; p. M, Symposium on mining
engineering education, 'sThe Scope
and Present Status of Mining Engi-
neering Education in the United
States" by DR.. Victor c. Anderson,
president Colorado School of Mines;
"What the Profession can Reasonably
Expect from the Mining School Grad
uate" by DR.. Minor Roberts, Wash
| ington School of Mines, Seattle,
| Wash; THE Relation of the Mining
School to the Mining Industry by
Robert H. Richards, Boston, Mass. ;
"Secondard Technical Education APP
piled to Mining" "The Value of Cor
respondence Instruction to the Min
ing Man" by H. H. Stock, Scranton,
! pa; What Should Be the Relative
Time Given the Theoretical Study,
! Laboratory Practice and Actual Min
| ing Experience in the Education of
the Mining Engineer" by Lewis e.
! Young, Rolla, Mo-; 8 p. m, address,
mining Frauds and Their Proven
ton" :. . p. M, THE Importance of
the Mining Industry to the Industrial
and Commercial Life of a Nation"
November 15-9:30 a. M, bust
ness; 1920 a. m, reserved for spe-
cial orders; 2 p. M, 1.-THE History of
Gold and Silver" by James w. NAL
johnson, Kansas City, Mo-; 2:30 p.
M, Tariff on Zinc Ores"
| November 16-Excursion through
the district, visiting various mining
camps. itinerary to be announced
later.
Now York dru qPiSt who sold CO.