Arizona republican., 1911-02-10
MINING BUREAU TO Be
ORGANIZED SATURDAY
PRELIMINARiEs ARE NOW WELL
OUT OF THE WAY.
Constitution and Bylaws Drawn Up.
Mining Congress May Come Here.

Permanent organization of an Ari-
iona Bureau of Mines will be effected
at meeting to be held at the board
of trade Saturday afternoon at 3
O'Clock. A carefully prepared form of
constitution and bylaws will be pre-
scented, officers will be elected and all
preliminary steps taken to put the as
ISOLATION firmly on it's feet
Little has been heard about the pro-
posed bureau the last few days, but
number of mining men have been
quietly working and they now have
matters in such shape that they feel
confident little difficulty will be en-
countered in forming an organization
that will be a permanent power for
good. The Los Angeles bureau OF
mines has been taken as a model, up
to certain extent. The constitution
and bylaws is not identical with
those of the Los Angeles organization,
however. They have been drawn from
score of constitutions used by as
many mining bureaus throughout the
west
Two or three days ago a call for
a meeting Saturday was issued 1t is
expected that there will be a large
attendance of mining men and persons
interested in mines
W. y. Twitchell will probably call
the meeting to order as temporary
chairman. The first business taken
up will be the consideration of the
constitution and bylaws After the
form drawn up is presented, all will
be given an opportunity to express
their opinions, and if there are any
changes to be made they will be or
dered. after the call for signatures
has been made and all who wish to do
so have signed up as charter men,
bers.
The officers who will be chosen,
when the charter members have
signed and the constitution has been
disposed of, are a president. two vice
presidents and a treasurer. Eleven
directors are also to he chosen. each
director to be the chairman of
standing committee. secretary and
superintendent of exhibits will be APP
pointed.
Following are the aims and objects
of the bureau. as set forth by the
proposed constitution:
l. Promotion of Phoenix as a min
ing commercial center.
2. Compilation of statistics of Ari-
iona mining properties.
3. Collection of specimen exhibits
of Arizona mines.
4. Affiliation of mining and COM
mercial interests of Arizona.
). Maintenance of complete public
ity bureau.
6. Maintenance of complete mining
library.
:. Advocacy of legislation for bet
terment of mining interests.
s. Suppression of wild-catting.
g. Organization of territorial bu-
reau of mines to work i'm coniunc-
ton with federal bureau of mines.
The most immediate object of the
bureau. however. will be to induce
the directors of the American Mining
congress to designate Phoenix as the
place for holding the 1911 session of
that body
A resolution was passed in the last
session of the congress. held i'm Los
instructing the directors to
choose an Arizona city for the next
That resolution was gotten
through by General A. J. Sampson.
Recently the directors held a meeting
in Salt Lake to select a meeting
place. but postponed the matter until
the first of March. Douglas offered
$4,000 for the session and no other
Arizona city made any bid at all for
the congress The directors expressed