Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-27
MANY MINING
MEN EXPECTED
AT GOLDFIELD
1000 MINERAL OPERATORS TO
MEET TODAY
CITY IN GALA ATTIRE FOR BIG
CONVENTION
San Francisco Stock Exchange Sends
Fifty Delegates to Congress
In Nevada - Forestry
Projects Involved
rBy Associated Press. ]

NOLDFIELD, New, Sept 26.-With
NT over six hundred delegates al
W ready on the ground and hun
dreds more on the way, there is every
indication tonight that the twelfth an
nual session of the American Mining
congress, which opens tomorrow after
noon, will be one of the best gather
ings the organization has ever known.
1t is expected that 1000 delegates will
be in attendance before the last day
is closed.
Goldfeld is making elaborate prep
arations for the entertainment OF tne
visitors. May street has been strung
with electric lights for several blocks
and a cordial welcome is extended TO
the delegates on every side.
The San Francisco stock eXchanse
delegation, fifty strong and accompa-
MED by their own band, was the hrst
of the larger bodies to arrive.
Behind them come several other DIG
parties. including the representatives
of Los Angeles, who are expected
Thursday.
interest in the approaching session
centers in the attitude of the congress
on the forestry projects of the gov
ernment.
Report Awaited
A committee on forestry and conser-
walton was appointed at the 1908 gath
ering, and the report of this body is
eagerly awaited.
So deep is the interest taken in the
position of the mining men Of the coun-
try on this question that the govern,
ment is sending w. W. Dyar, second
to Clifford Pinchot in the forestry SER
vice, all the way from Washington to
Law before the congress the opinions OF
the administration.
The report of the committee on ma
tional forestry service will be presented
on Friday by A. G. Brownlee of Dem
yer, Colo, chairman of the committee,
and Mr.. Dyars address will follow.
Second in Importance in the eyes of
the delegates comes the selection of the
next meeting place of the congress.
From the talk among the delegates in
the hotel Hobbies it appears that Detroit,
\ San Francisco and Spokane s-e in
competition for the honor. From the
last named city it is said twenty men
are coming appointed by the governor
OF washington to do all in their power
to secure the selection of their city,
and the other aspirants are equally
determined.
Committee to Select
The selection will be made by the
executive committee to be appointed by
the newly elected directors and the
fight will center on the election of the
directorate
The next president of the congress to
succeed j. H. Richards of Boise, Idaho,
will be selected in the same manner,
the organization being an Incorporated
body.
But two names have been prominent
ly mentioned thus far They are DR..
James Douglass of California, head of
the Phelps-Dodge company and widely
known in the mining world, and John
Dern of Salt Lake, president and gem
eral manager of the Consolidated Mer
curry property.
It is said that California and Arizona
delegates are determined upon the cleo
ton of Mr. Douglass, while the Utah
men are working for Mr.. Dern with
equal vigor and warm contest Is
anticipated.
Numerous important matters of a
more technical nature will be discussed
by the delegates and many important
resolutions will be adopted before the
session ends