The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-03-27

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% the American Mining Congress
- i here making arrangements io'
ut annual session of the Congress
he held in GOldfeld in the fall, is :
c.,deeld enthusiast after less than "a
mrs, residence in this city, ana a.
Looking forward to the time wheh ne
All come here to spend a couple OF
..o.ks or more, preparing for and az
,.,ainc the Mining Congress.
s,eaking of the selection of Goidheio
the place for the next meeting oil
a.. Congress. Mr.. Callbreath SAID TO a
News representative;
..Tbe western mining men were all
,husiastie over the prospect OF com
;,, 10 Goldfeld, as it is developing into
ana Of the greatest gold producing
INNS of the world, its development ut
once unique and different from any of
the other great mining camps. The
EASTERN mining men wanted to go to
seattle. they holding that Goldfeld was
hard to reach and that by holding the
empress at Seattle they could take IN
10th the mining congress and the
Alaska Yukon exposition.
..Goldfeld won out, however, and
now | am arranging with the railroads
so that fasteners who are going to the
Yukon exposition may be routed
through through Goldfield, either on 60
inc or return trip, the routing taking
the mthrough the state in order that
they NAV gain an idea of its magnitude.
eve mean to make the coming con
oress the greatest in the history of the
organization. The last congress at Pitts
burg was the greatest so far, and we
had but five weeks to arrange for 1t.
In view of that success, what will we
do with five months in which to pre-
mare for the congress at Goldfeld? The
fasteners held that Goldfield could not
afford accommodations for the crowds
which will attend the mining congress;
that they would be subjected to all
kinds of discomforts, and many of them
took the ground that the state is prin-
eipally a wildcat mining section, any
how. Since coming here all doubt as to
recommendations has been removed. |
find that nowhere in the United States
can better hotel accommodations be
found; that the hotels can accommodate
vast crowds, and l know that in the
event of hotels being crowded, nearly
every private home in your city will be
thrown open for the accommodation Of
the VISITORS
Mining at Low Ebb
Asked as to his idea as to present
mining conditions in the west, Mr.. Call
breath replied:
mining in the west is in a bad way
just now. Many of the low grade lead
and lead-silver mines in the west are
closed on account of the low price of
the metals, and in case the tariff on lead
ores is cut down, many more of these
properties will nave to suspend opera
tions. The members of the congress are
now making a strong fight to nave the
tariff on lead and lead ore maintained.
1--WE expect material assistance on
this line from President Taft, as he has
promised that he will give all the as
%sistance in his power to the mining in
d~ustries, and has unreservingly en-
dorsed all the recommendations we
made to him.
The Prosperity of the Nation
Upon the development of the min
ing industry of the west is based the
prosperity of the nation. The nation
must rave more gold, not more credit.
| take the stand that the production of
precious metals must be in direct pro-
portion with the increase in trade. with
the increase in values of all commod-
tiles and industries, else there will be
a shrinkage of values and in volume Of
business. Say that a dollar in gold IS
a basis for ten dollars in credit. When
that basis is overloaded, and fifteen dol
lars in credit rests on that one dollar in
gold, there is going to be a crash. We
have just undergone such a state of af-
fairs. So, ! hold, the prosperity of the
nation rests upon the development of
the gold and silver producing properties
of the west, and that is one thing which
the American Mining Congress is try
ing to impress upon the people of the
east. | put this proposition to Presi-