Albuquerque morning journal., 1913-12-24
FORESTER GRAVES
DISCUSSESMINING
ON FORESTS
Relations Of Service With
Those Interested 10 Deyel-
opment Of Mineral Re-
sources Are Cordial
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Washington Dee. aa Attempted
frauds under lhc mining laws are
usualT resorfe4 ~ By Interests Iu nl
war anes.aitd eith mining. ays
chief Forester Henry s Graves In hIs
9unpal fcroft huf ihc appeal q
p0fHiar pfQad.ce hgs been made IH
fhe Htme ~ tHe mining Industry Dee
rifs. however that b. o. glad f0 hf
able DO report that fhe relations Of
lhe forest service eith ihc men who
desire ia develop tbc mineral rcsour-
COS af tia country ara Increasingly
cordial
Az tho saline time. The report adds.
fhc mining aHs AFFORD the greatest
CLOAK for Hnd frauds in the national
forests. and h4Ye been more common
iJ mmused than the other laws be-
cause aii land in the national forests
s open ~ mineral exploration nnd cn-
trD
As ruie alF fhe report cine
HItence upon compliance with the
Jaw works not hardship but benefit
fo mInem Tito mining lass were
passed io promote their Interests. aud
the special requirements of their huH-
mess we're Kept clearly lu mind Ii is
onW n Unusual casos that the brst
interests OF either the mine or the
miner would De- served by going e0n-
tmry 90 che hW ~ beyond thc limits
which the lass has set Even the iaw
works against the interest 81 single
individuals. iis impartial enforcement
is in the interest ~ ihe Industry as a
whole and ri the public.
Mr. Graves says That the aFi-
tation of the alleged injustice deae
the mining industry hl the national
forest system has been either Inspired
by motives quite disiInct from The
welfare Of that industry or the result
~ impprchensions has grown in-
creaainEly evident during the past
year The American Mining Congress
hos provided FOR the formation of
state committees 20 take up cases in
which injustice seems 70 have been
done miners BY forest officers and
Iay them before the higher officials
of the service. or II necessary before
the secretary u agricultGsc. :. ,.-.--s ;.-s
ance committee appointed by the
idaho Mining Congress last year has
presented bat one case. and that was
.0und 90 bo "a ease iu which no sourse
other than that followed was possible
lnder the law Nevertheless. it is my
strong hope that similar committees
SIN BE- selected by the miners IN eycrY
state ln which their Industry Is ~
Importance On national forests and
hat these committees viii vigorously
and conaiHiently represent the inter-
.ata ~ that industry tn it's relations
sith che forest service
zone Of the objects of the national
forests Is provision for mining. on
fhich 10 largely depends the pros
lerlty nj the west That the forests
.rc ia point 81 fact fulfilling those
objects s attcsled by the miners them
eites. Contributions 10 mining jour
tails have pointed ont during the past
ew months that HAD net the national /
nresf lands been reserved from pri-
9ste acquisition. the 1cld open 20
rospectors would even now be great
y diminished that wildcatting. gem
rally recognized by miners as one of
De- aeycrest handieaps under which
ho legitimate industry struggles, is
by the refusal of patent 10 /
sould-be vendors ~ worthless prop /
riy. and that the forests protect +
miners against cXt0rtionate prices for .
peal timber.
ne has often been asserted that the
rational forests have operated as q
var 90 legitimate mining development. .
figures collected IN Colorado during
De past year show that II anything,
here Is more activity In prospecting
~ the forests than ON the public land
utsido. In an address before the Ida
10 Mining cungress az it's Boise
lecting last winter the reasons FOR