Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-06-20
PREPARING FOR AMERICAN
MINING CONGRESS.
1t Will Meet in Los Angeles and Sew
eraI Thousand Delegates From
All Parts Are Expected.

Los Angeles, June 20.-Officials of
the Sierra Madre club and of their
convention committee, having in
charge the details of the coming
American Mining Congress in Sep
tember are growing more and more
enthusiastic over the long-distance
prospects of the largest gathering of
mining, smelling, coal and oil men
ever held in this country.
From Chicago, from Alaska, from
San Francisco, from Arizona and even
from Old Mexico already the word is
being received that I'VE are coming
with a big crowd" Chicago alone Civ
ing indications of bringing a full
trainload and it will cause no sur
prise to the convention boosters if
every other point named is represent
ed with a full train.
While no definite assurances have
yet been received, it is stated by the
convention committee officers that the
chances are at least even that Roose-
welt will appear at Jne congress, along
with Pinchot, Garfield, Pardee and
other we'll known conservationiSts to
meet the efforts of any delegations or
set Of men to secure the adoption of
any resolutions unfriendly to conserv-
ative policies, either established or
in contemplation by the conservation
advocates.
The spectacle of Roosevelt on the
floor of a monster deliberative body,
meeting his opponents would be new
one and one which, if it occurs will
make the American Mining Congress
convention the most important gath
ering of the entire year in the entire
country, taxing the capacity of any
one of the great public buildings OF
this city to accommodate.
Next month an influential party
from Los Angeles will visit the Sar
Joaquin valley oil fields and meet the
producers at a number of meetings tt
be arranged by the various chambers
of commerce, the result of which NJ
doubt will be to ally this branch o.
industry with the mining congress.
This week Wednesday a delegation
from Los Angeles will visit San Diego
and presented a personal invitation
to the chamber of mines to attend the
convention in a body and it is likely
a special train will be run from thai
city.
A transportation committee, made
up of railroad passenger agents, work
ing with the convention committee
is preparing a series of excursion
schedules which will doubtless resul
in special trains from nearly ever.
Rocky mountain and Pacific coas
state and a number of others from tn
big metropolises Of the extreme east
! 1t is estimated that from 10000 t.
10000 names of mine, smelling, Goa
and oil men, not now members o
the American Mining Congress, vii
] be incorporated in the convention
committees lists within the next tw
or three weeks, reaching to every dis
trict of the North American continen
and special invitations, letters an
printed matter will be sent them pei
sonally, beside an intense campaig
OF newspaper publicity in all paper
being conducted.
/ Arizona is already out with tn
announced purpose of capturing tn
convention for the next year and otl
er states are expected soon to max
similar announcement.
Elaborate entertainment for the Wis
itors, which will number, it is belieN
ed from 5000 to 5000, including tn
families of the delegates, is being pre-
pared, including ocean trips, orang
picking, mountain rides and excul
sions to many of the resorts.
Although over three months away
convention committee officers be
lieve, from all the signs, that neN
high water mark will be set for a.
the great congresses of the countr
which have to do with the various ne
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