The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-09-04
TALKS ABOUT WORK
OF COMING MINING CONGRESS

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James. F. Callbreath, Jr., secretary
of the American Mining congress, ar
rived in Goldfeld and opened head
quarters for the publicity bureau in
the office of Joseph H. Hutchinson
on Ramsey street, a y the Goldfield
News. As~quickly as he car organ
ize his forces here, the bureau will
enter upon tho strenuous work. of the
department and spread the gospil OF
the mining congress from one end of
the land to the other, wherever the
mining industry is a factor.
Mr.. Callbreath has as yet hardly
got his bearings in Goldfeld, but is
already entering upon the work of
organization and details with a vim
that presages the utmost success. In
speaking of the work and program
of discussion that will be taken up
by the mining congress, Mr.. Call
breath said:
II believe that the discussion of
the federal control of mining lands
and the policy of the government in
relation thereto will be one of the
most important to come before the
mining There has been
much criticism pro and con regard
ing the work of the forestry depart
ment and rulings of the land office
concerning mineral rights, and many
phases concerning titles to mineral
lands. This discussion will be taken
part in by Senator Hepburn OF Idaho,
who has been a strong critic of the
policies of the government and of So
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cies will probably be defended ~
Senator Smoot of Utah and Sen
ator Chamberlain of Oregon. Not
only will the question of mineral
lands be discussed, but the land
policies of the government as a
whole will be considered in every
phase.
UNFAIR RULING.
Il understand that a ruling recent
ly made by the general Office main
tains that if in surveying a mining
claim the center line should, by
reason of the locator being unable
to absolutely trace the apex of the
vein on account of it being covered
by wash or otherwise hidden, swing
to one side of the rue apex, then
the width of the claim on the wide
side between the true apex of the
vein and the surface line as survey
ed shall be cut down to $50 or 800
feet as provided by law in various
states, SO that not more than this
distance on the surface shall be held
On any side of the vein, but he can
not correct the error by swinging
back to the narrow side. Every min
ing man knows the almost utter i'm
possibility of tracing a vein on the
surface for the full length of. the
claim each way from the point of
discovery, and can as a rule only
follow the approximate course there
of. Such rulings seems unreason-
able and unduly burdensome to the
mining man, and an effort will be
made at the mining congress to pro-
mulgate suggestions that should
assist in remedying them and others
which are open to criticism, and are
in the way of innovations based upon
an apparent lack of intelligent con-
ception of the conditions which sur
round the mining industry in practice
as compared with theory
The general topic of this discus
sion will be "The Government Land
Policy and its Effect on the Mining
Industry"
In nearly every state committees
have been appointed to make reports
and suggestions on the existing land
policies as effecting these states, and
this will be embodied in a general re-
port by the central committee of the
mining congress. Oscar ]. Smith of
Reno is chairman of the state COM
mittee of Nevada. Colonel A. q.
Brownlee of Clear Creek county,
Colorado, is chairman of the gen.
eral forestry committee
SILVER QUESTION.
Regarding the discussion of the
silver question, Mr.. Callbreath re-
iterated that it would be along the
line of promoting a more general use
of silver in commercial relations with
other nations, and especially the
Orient, and that it will not be a re-
vival of any political phase of the
question which has been brought up
In recent campaigns. 1t was propos-
ed that Sir. Moreton Frewen, John
Hayes Hammond and James ]. Hill
should be the leaders in this discus
sion, ~but Mr.. Hill has announced
that he will be unable to attend the
meeting, although he may possibly
send a paper or the subject to be
read at the convention. Mr.. Frewin,
who has made the subject a life
study, will probably be here, but it
is o now known whether Mr.. Ham
mond will come, as he will at that
time be travelling with President
Taft and party, which is expected TO
arrive in Butte, Montana, about
the time the mining congress meets
in Goldfield. Mr.. Hammond may,
however, arrange to come here and
%rejoin the Taft party in San Fran
cisco. Mr.. Callbreath also expects
to be able to secure some prominent
manufacturer to take part in this
discussion.
LEAD AND ZINC TARIFF.
Asked cs to what effect the new
tariff hill in itc radiation IN tho IN,