Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1912-01-13
NORTHWEST MIN
ING CONVENTION
Meeting Will Be Held at Spokane,
February 10, is and II.

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February 10, is and II.
Plans for the convention of mining
men from the United States, Alberta
and British Columbia, to be held in
Spokane, February Is, 16 and II, 1912
are rapidly assuming form, and the
promoters of the gathering anticipate
most enthusiastic mad instructive
meeting. Committees charged with
handling the several departments and
features of the work to be accom-
plished have been appointed, and thers
is now every assurance that this will
be a record breaker in both attend
ance and interest. Men of national
reputation have been invited to be
present, and addresses will be made
on all subjects related to the mining
industry. Prospectors and others
engaged in the business of mining,
whether as directors of mining COM
panies, superintendent of operation,
foremen of working mines, machine
men, mining engineers, working min
ers, or as investors in minink stocks,
ers, or as investors in mining stocks,
place and opportunity to be heard
and seen.
Several special features will be
worked out which are not usual in
conventions of this character. The
convention will hold three sessions
daily for three days, at the Spokane
hotel, and all mining districts are
asked to send or bring their best
specimens of ore for exhibition. The
mines of the Inland Empire can fur
nish as fine display of specimens
as can be found in the United States
and this feature is sure to be of
more than ordinary interest to the
visitors, as well as to the citizens
of Spokane and the Eastern tourist
who may chance to see the display.
One afternoon during the convention
is to be set aside for short addresses
by men representing the various dis
tricts represented. This will afford
Investors as well as operators a much
desired opportunity to learn what
they wish to know about the mines
in which they have an especial inter-
est.
The meetings of the convention will
be open to the public, and large
will be expected. Provis-
ions are being made to handle at
least 1000 visitors from out-of-town
points. The railways are arranging
for reduced rates from all points in
the states of Montana, Washington,
Idaho, Oregon, California, Utah and
The province of British Columbia, and
this will, of course, bring hundreds
Of people to Spokane not directly in
terester in the mining industry.
The social features of the week
will consist of banquet open to all
delegates and others interested in
mining investments or promotions, a
smoker OF an informal character.
where discussions of the industry may
De had between all classes of men
in mining, and the enter
,ainment committee is planning sew
'ral excursions to points of interest,
including the Occur d'Alene mining
district and an auto trip over the
lily for the visitors from out of
own. Other features will be an. ;
bounced later as the time for the
approaches.
NO move among men engaged in
he mining industry has caused more
interest for many years than this
altering in Spokane. Mining is one
II the greatest industries of the In. :
and Empire, and has of late been
iVen TOO little attention by those not
irectly interested. But men en-
aged in other lines of business are G
Weakening to the fact that much of (
he phenomenal prosperity of the last /
wo decades in the Pacific Northwest d
as been directly due to the mineral q
reduction of this region. Men i
Tho are close observers of the fin. a
ncial situation believe that the next v
we've months will witness a wonder t.
IL revival In the mining industry, t
nd the coming convention is timely "
nd sure to prove of substantial b
enefit to all classes of business as d
ell as mining. a