The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-05-30
MINING men MEET
r,os1 CONVENTION OF PACIFIC
,op7HwEsT OPENS SESSION
AT SEATTLE.


nisDay at the AIaska-Yukon-Paeific
,x,osition and Probable Meeting OF
.rican Mining Congress Next
Year.
no,ooates to the first convention of
.:no men of the Pacific Northwest,
dor the auspices of the Washington
cato Mining Association, gathered
r,v 800 strong at Egan's Hall yes
Ior afternoon at 2 o'clock for a
100 davs' session. The work of the
anrontion will be preliminary in char
o+or to the formation of a display at
'Io aska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
and the probable meeting here in 1909
81 tho American Mining Congress. Be
nso of these conditions the gather
w. is one of the most notable ever
lid in the Pacific Northwest.
w Mcintyre, chairman of the
oouvontion. called the gathering to
ordor and laid the way for the later
generations, in an eloquent speech.
Governor Albert E. Mead, John Cor
sor Of Nome, R. F. Polmie, deputy
ninistpr of mines for the British
Northwest Territory, and other not
obIos are in attendance and all are
scheduled to deliver important adj
dresses
Mr.. McIntyre's Address.
II L, Thompson is here as special
dolpgate for the American Mining Con-
grpss to discuss the work of that Or
gsnization. In his address Mr.. Nc
Intyre said:
Your greetings touch responsive
chort, In behalf of the American Min
ing Congress, under whose, auspices
This convention is held, and in behalf
Of the men who have blazed the trail
of civilization into the unknown in
their search for mineral wealth, and
in behalf of the less venturesOme but
have given of their means and of their
toll to build up the mining industry of
the vast region known as the North
west. than which no part of America
has richer or more varied mineral re-
sources | thank you for your cordial
welcome to this state and city.
While some portions of this splen-
did region are highly developed, in
much of it exploitation has scarcely
begun We are happy in thinking that
perhaps our meeting here may be a
step in the way toward a more ade-
Quate and more rapid progress in the
utilization of the mineral resources SO
abundantly provided by nature amid
an environment the most favorable on
the globe for the cheap production and
easy distribution of the products OF
the mine and dependent factory.
No region is economically or finan-
cially independent which does not pro-
duce and manufacture its own miner
ais. The full measure of greatness OF
this city, state and region, the mighty
Northwest, can never be attained until
they produce for their own use and
for the regions tributary to them, the
metals and the manufactures wrought
from the metals which have made our
civilization possible.
The Mining Congress.
Out of the necessity for mutual in
formation and mutual help in the min
Ing Industry has grown the American
Mining Congress- At first feeble, per-
maps because at first the dangers were
not fully perceived or the issues not
well defined, it has grown in strength
and usefulness until now it is factor
not to be despised in the fight for the
lalr rate and the square deal.
In order that the good work may go
on and that the national body may
come in closer touch with the individ-
ual and have more intimate knOwl-
edse OF the local needs and wishes OF
'loSe engaged in mining, the wise
tN DOCu StOlfCu W COAoIAI0SS
branches of the American Mining Con-
sress in the various great mining sec
uonS of the North American conti-
nent. -
BY this means the problems and
needs OF each great section can first be
'lreShed out at home and then, if not
soNed or met, passed on to the ma
uOnal body.
Inc large section rather than or
II addition to the smaller section, con-
Aneu to state limits, is desirable, be-
,auSe the power and influence of the
"ser community OF. r interests will
oiiAs greater pressure to bear, where
!" Is needed, for the benefit of the in
ui'loual or company unable alone to
''eln the tide of exaction.
Inc purpose of this convention is
" get together the mining men of the
seat Northwest, that they may be-
WI oone better acquainted with one an
o'ner' and with one another's country,
u with one another's needs and with
sueir own power in order that, IL they
sen 1t to their interest, they may
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