Gunnison news-champion., 1914-02-27
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gates b the Colorado Metal Mining
Congress. which was recently held
IN Denver has submitted a report Of
thai convention to the News-Cham-
pIOn. Senator Pearson says N his
report thas he considers tins con
vention to be one Of the most i'm
portant meetings that has been
held iR the state Tor many years.
Every citizen Of Gunnison county
should be Interested IN senator
Pearson 5 report which Is ss follows:
senator Pearson Letter
Denver. Colo. Feb. "a. 1si4
The Gunnison News-Champion.
Gannison. Colorado.
Dear Editor
The writer. W. H. Eckbert. and X.
l.. Mcknight, represented Gannison
county at the Meta Mining Congress
which met IN the state house in Denver
on February 18th and 10th. There were
a good number Of delegates present and
an organization was perfected, which
VIII httots al tiie httthi MINING cooH-
ties in the state. Each county has one
director in the organization whose duty
it is to organize his county INTO dis
tricts and county organizations. Your
humble servant was elected director
for Gunnison county. just as soon as
we get the constitution and bylaws
printed, we will begin the work of or
gsnization of districts. This organiza.
tion is non-political and has for its OBJ.
ject the organization for all parties in
terested in metal mining to fight for the
interests of this industry. The people
of Denver and other large cities of the
state have begun to awaken to the fact
that metal mining in Colorado is what
made the state, and that it will agair
have to be revived and the silver sne
gold streams begin to Aow befose W
- hspe fer . grsstef CsasrsAs. II
1offat Tunnel win not sIoue veeUm
plish this work. We must have lsrgei
tonnage from the hills and home mar
ket for our agricultural products.
Questions that were discussed at
the convention were the transportation
of ores; mining taxation, which is very
unfair to the industry and has almost
put mining out of business; the with
drawal of carnotite lands by the gov
ernment; the forest service and its un-
fair rulings, which has driven the pros
pectors from the hills and discouraged
the development of unexplored terri
tory.
81 consider this convention one of the
most important meetings that has been
held in the state for many years, and
believe that it will result in much good
to the mining industry.
Il hope to see every citizen of Gun
nison county become a member of this
organization and contribute their one
dollar per year as membership fees to
the cause of mining, which means ev-
erything to the county and state.
think the interest Gunnison county is
taking in the good roads movement, ane
other things which have brought Gun
nison and Gunnison county prominently
to the notice of the people of the state
and nation, the past few years shows
that We can count on our people doing
their part further to help this import
ant industry Of our county.
Personally, | am going to fight for
a fair tax on mining properties, moth
ing on gross output. and snail insist
that mining men pay this fair tax
promptly. and if we have no law on the
statutes that will force these people to
pay taxes the same as other industries,
| will help to make such law in the
next session of the legislature, if some
good attorney will prepare such a bill.
Carroll NJ. Carter was appointed a
member of the legislative committee.
Il will write you again in short
time and send you Some literature which
we are preparing on the metal mining
subjects discussed at our meeting.
81 am very anxious to get back %
good old Gunnison county, and hope TO
be there as soon as the snow disappears
in the spring. Very truly yours,
u r. PEARSON. -
F. j. Schinpek returned Tuesday from