The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-11-15
MINING MEN TO MEET

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Spokane, Wn., Nov. 9-Owing to the
demand for space for mineral exhibits
the American Mining Congress, which
meets in this city November 25-29 has
made arrangements with the Hotel
Spokane for the use of the lobby for
that purpose during convention week.
Cases will be furnished large enough
to exhibit samples in sufficient quanti-
ty to give comprehensive idea of the
nature of deposits in the various
camps.
No company will be allowed to make
an exhibit with the intention of pro-
noting their individual property, and
only mineral characteristic of the dis
trict will be accepted
The Spokane Hotel has been desig-
mated as the official headquarters for
officers and delegates during cOnven-
ton week, and will contain the Regis
tration Bureau, where all delegates
must register in order to secure a
badge and credentials admitting them
to the floor of the convention.
AS the space devoted to mineral dis
plays will necessarily be limited, those
camps wishing to make exhibit should
make application for space at once.
What constitutes a valid mineral To-
cation under the present mineral laws
as applied by the land Office, is Ques-
ton which even the department off,
Gals seem to be unable to answer.
No sooner has the man seeking a
patent familiarized himself with the
latest ruling handede down by the de-
partment, and complied with its re-
quirment, than another application is
discovered, and further discouraging
restrictions applied.
This policy of restriction, which is
driving the prOspector from the hills,
and preventing the development of the
public domain, will occupy promi-
nent place in the deliberations and
discussion of the delegates to the Fiji
teenth Session of the American Min
ing Congress, which meets in Spokane,
during the week of November 1923.
The following ruling made in con-
nection with case arising in the Tin
tic district, of Utah, aroused consider
able discussinon in that district at the
time it was delivered, and is of inter-
est at this time for the reason that a
rehearing of the case is reported as
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portion of the ruling to which Objec-
ton has been taken is as follows:
"The exposure, however, of substan-
TALLY worthless deposits on the sur
face of claim; the finding of mere
surface indications of mineral within
it's limits; the discovery of valuable
mineral deposits outside the claim, or
deductions from established geological
facts relating to it, one or all of which
matters may reasonably give rise to a
hope or belief, however strong 1t may
be, that a valuable mineral deposit ex-
lists within the claim, will neither SUI
flee as discovery thereon nor be en-
titled to be accepted as the equivalent
thereof.
ITO constitute valid discovery up
on a claim for which patent is sought,
there must be actually and physically
exposed within the limits thereof a
vein or lode of mineral-bearing rock
in place, possessing in and of itself a
present or prospective value of mining
purpose; and before patent can be
properly issued or entry followed
thereon, that fact must be shown in
the manner above stated"
If this ruling were to be followed
literally in all cases, it is probable
that there would be comparatively
few mining locations to which title
could be granted by the government.
The big excursion to the Occur
dAlenes, which will leave Spokane on
Saturday, November 30, the day fol-
lowing completion of the sessions of
the Fifteenth Annual Session of the
American Mining Congress at Spo-
kane, will go via the Spokane Valley
on a special train of the Inland En-
pire Electric System. A short stop
will be made at Occur d'Alene, where
delegates will embark upon a special
boat of the Red Collar line for Har-
risOn, on the other side of beautiful
Occur d'Alene lake. At Harrison a
special steel train, provided by the
Oregon Washington Railroad & Navi-
cation Company, will be in waiting,
consisting of several Pullman cars.
for the accommodation of ladies, eight
steel coaches, capable of handling rs
passengers, and a buffet-observation
car. The first stop after leaving Har-
risOn will be kellogg, where the ladies'
of the city will tender luncheon in In
dustrial Union hall. The Bunker Hill
& Sullivan mine will be opened to in
spectiOn, and delegates will have an
opportunity of seeing the mile long
tunnel and several of the larger slopes
of the great mine. After four and a
half hours at Kellog and Wardner, the
special train will leave for Wallace,
heart of the greatest silver-lead camp
in the world, where the city and Board
of Trade will give barbecue that
night. Accommodations will be found
for all male passengers at Wallace
hotels, and next morning the train will
be divided into two parts, one going
to Burke (perhaps the most typical
mining camp in the West) and the 9TH
err to Mullan, where the great Morning
mine of the Federal Mining & Smelt-
ing Company is situated. All passen-
gers will meet at Wallace again at 6
p. M, Sunday evening, and the return
journey will be commenced. The
route will be via Tekoa, the special
train being used the entire distance
Arrival in Spokane is timed for mid
night, Sunday, December l.
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