The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-07
HOLD CONGRESS
AT GOLDFIELD
American Miners Will Meet
For Annual Convention
In Nevada Camp
W'yttten for The Gail
BY WILLIAM c. RALSTON
President California Miners State Association

I'M the 9th of September there will
be held in Goldheld. New. the
twelfth annual session of the
American mining congress.
The purposes of this organization are
to foster, protect and assist the mining
industry of this country in all its
branches.
San Francisco and California both
have received great assistance and me-
terial benefits from the state of Nevada
Therefore, as many of our citizens who
can do SO should show their apprecia-
ton by lending their presence at that
time.
In years gone by the mines of Nevada
furnished employment to many of our
foundries and machine shops in sup
plying their equipment. and our mer-
chants reaped large profits from their
wants. In fact, until the erection of
the first Phelan building on Market
street. there was hardly building of
any size in San Francisco which did not
owe its erection either directly or in
During these days of plenty, while
our people are reaping their reward of
industry in agriculture, viticuiture
and other fields, let them not forget
that the miner made it possible for
California and Nevada to be opened UP
and populated long before they other
wise would have been, and was really
the main cause of the construction OF
the railroads to the Pacific coast, and
that 1t was the quest for gold which
gathered together in our state the
greatest aggregation of honest, able
and upright men the world has ever
witnessed. We can well follow in
their footsteps and emulate their stand
for justice and fair dealing.
Many of these same men went to
Nevada and helped exploit and open up
her mineral resources, until today our
sister state outranks California in the
production of precious metals.
1t will repay any one visiting Cold
field to attend this mining congress,
for its sessions are very interesting
and instructive even to one not famiI-
lar with the mining business.
The recent 100 stamp mill erected by
the Goldfield Consolidated mines com
pany is an interesting sight 1t is prob
ably the finest quartz mill in the world.
No effort has been made by the manage
ment to say very much about its work.
The percentage of extraction (avera ging
"a per cent? of gold and silver from
the ore is extremely gratifying, and
has seldom been equaled The total
cost of mining transportation, milling
and development work averages about
$3.50 per ton. This is very low for
Nevada. A visit to this wonderful min
ing company's underground workings
will be of great interest, and a personal
sight of such rich ore bodies as the
Hampton slope can not fail to i'm
press the visitor
The foresight of George Wingfeld
should be highly commended for having
placed the absolute control of-th con-
struction and equipment of the mill, s
ton of the mines. to ]. H. Mackenzie,
the general manager. and to him full
credit should be accorded for the re-
suits obtained.
Tonopah has today some of the
largest silver mines in the country, and
it will be possible also to visit these
properties and also the large milling
plant at Millers on the line of the rail-
road. There are more miners en-
ployed in Tonopah today than probably
ever before in its history.
Once again the scientist and reologist
have had to admit that the theories and
and accepted doctrines of geological
formations are at, fault, for conditions
are now shown at Tonopah that we
were led to believe could not exist.
Our merchants in San Francisco
should bestir themselves to hold the
Nevada trade, and in no better way
can this be done than by personal
visit to the greatest mining camps in
the west The chamber of commerce.
board of trade, Merchants association
and promotion committee should stem
forward and see that the proper meas
ures are taken for large attendance.
The delegates to the coming congress
In .Goldfield will be from nearly all
the states in the union, and they will
represent every branch of the industry.
Among other purposes they have in
view a revision of the laws and regu-
lations covering the location of mining
claims, and they will also make a de-
termined effort to have the mineral
industries of the country represented in
the presidents cabinet.
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