The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-10-09
FRIDAYS DELIBERATIONS

The consideration before the Ameri-
can Mining congress Friday morning of
the United States forest service as re-
lated to the welfare of the mining in
dustry was exceedingly interesting, the
proceedings being listened to with rapt
attention by the delegates and specta-
tors present. The question was put
down as a hot one and quite likely to
throw the congress into a state of ex-
element and disorder. Not so, low
ever, at least not during the morning
session, which was adjourned with the
matter still under consideration, quiet
and interesting and promising to pass
to a committee of five to be appointed
by the chair, the perogative of which
was to consider tb~ report of the
forestry service committee and devise
ways and means to bring about less of
friction and more of a friendly feeling
between those of the mining world and
the directors of the forestry service.
ACt AAOAAOt vi Aooy
The report of the national forest SER
vice committee, which grills National
Forester Pinchot, was not read. Sec
rotary James +. Callbreath, Jr., stated
that the report had been printed and
distributed and therefore the reading
would be eliminated. And before that,
DIR. Joseph A.. Holmes, of the resolu-
tions committee, gave notice that a
resolution providing for a soft resting
place for the report with a committee
to be appointed, plainly indicated that
Mr.. Pinchot and the American Mining
Congress were not going to quarrel
very much.
The consideration of the much moote6
question was brought about when Oscar
J.. Smith of Reno, chairman of the sub
state committee on the forestry SER
vice, read his report. 1t was quite an
interesting document in which the work
of the forest service was attacked more
because of the amount of land taken
over as a national holding, than be-
cause of the manner in which valid
titles to mining claims in national for
ests is decided.
In behalf of Mr.. Pinchot and the for
est service, w. w. Dyar, of Washing
ton, ID. c., a special representative Of
that department, took the platform to
make reply and defend the actions and
state the position and determination
of the forest service
At the afternoon session, George OF
tis Smith, director of the United States
geological survey, gave his vie%s On
the important issue.
Sierra Madre Club Arrives.
The special train of the Sierra Madre
club of Los Angeles arrived in Gold
field at noon Friday with sixty bust
ness and mining men aboard to visit
the mines and mills and attend the
closing days of the congress. They
were met at the depot by the reception
committee, with J. p. LOTUS at its
head. The Los Angeles crowd brought
with them 200 dozen carnations for dis
tribution among the ladies, and a pair
of glad hands to each person to extend
to Goldfeld. At the Geldield hotel
they were greeted by 500 school chill
dren waving flags and preceded by the
Eagles drum corps. The delegates
attended the afternoon session of the
Mining Congress in a body, and adj
dresses were made by Senator Henry
v. Morehouse, Sidney Norman, Judge
+. q. Tyrill and others of the Los An
geles delegation. Friday nights ses-
sion of the Mining Congress was taken
up by an illustrated address on 1.-THE
Nations Mining Industries by DIR.
JOS. A. Holmes of Washington, ID. C..
"Angels'' Become Hosts.
The Los Angeles business and mining
men, members Of the Sierra Madre club,