The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-02-08
STATE ORGANIZATION
IS AGAIN POSTPONED
Mining Mems Committee
Asks That Time for Re-
port Be Extended.
STATE MEETING LIKELY
Plan Suggested to Launch
New Organization at
That Time.
STATE MEETING LIKELY

a state organization Of mining mon
was not effected at the meeting held in
the call room Of the stock exchange yes
terday for the reason that the COM
mittee to whom had beeu entrusted the
work Of outlining the proposed organi-
zation was not ready to report, and
asked an extension of time.
Harry y. Joseph, who as chairman of
the publicity committee called the
meeting TO order. said that the chair
man OF the organization committee, Er-
nest Bamberger, had been called east
and that 1T was the feeling of the com
mittee that the time Of reporting should
be extended for that reason and for the
reason that it was considered very de-
sirable that before proceeding the CO.
operation of as many as possible of the
larger operators of the state be secured.
Mr.. Joseph suggested that 1T might be
found advisable TO prevail on Governor
Spry to call state wide mining con-
vention to which delegates should be
appointed by county commissioners or
other authorities, and that such q con
vention would be very appropriate place
TO launch the new organization The
matter was disposed of by the adoption
of motion granting the committee
further time and putting the next meet
ing subject to the call of the chairman.
Chairman Joseph read letter from j T.
f. Callbreath, secretary OF the Amer
ican mining congress, in which Mr..
Callbreath approved of the organiza-
tlon of the mining men. He is pleased
with the move to prevent law being
enacted for the leasing system for min
eral lands. He calls attention to the
fact that the eastern people are not
yersed on the mining conditions of the
west and suggests that Utah mine op-
orators should organize for the purpose
of 'enlightening investors and represen-
tatives in congress in order that infor-
nation might be obtained as to western
opportunities and that suitable laws
might be enacted.
Professor Robert H. Bradford of the
University of Utah was introduced and
invited the mining men of the state to
cooperate with the university in the
working out of the problems for the
treating of refractory and low grade
ores. In Utah, he asserted, there is a
tremendous tonnage of low grade ore
In the west there are $4,000 tons of low
grade copper ore handled each day and
over half of it is in Utah Besides the
low-grade copper ores he declared there
is z great problem in the silicious ores.
The new process of the Mines Operating
company at Park City he said, is not
only a metallurgical success but COM
merc;al success Professor Bradford
also declared tnnt the lead-zinc ores Of
the state offer a great field of investi-
cation. He said that the experimental
station at the university seeks the CO.
operation of the mining men.
Professor Dorsey A. Lyon of the
United States bureau of mines, who is
here In connection with the work of the
University School of Mines, in a short
talk said Utah presented great field
for metallurgical research and cited
the disseminated copper deposits, the si-
lcious silver cres and the various zinc
ores as presenting problems for study.
He spoke of the work of the bureau and
the school and invited the cooperation
of the mining men of the state in work
ing out these problems for the good of
all
W, Mont Ferry said that he was
heartily in favor of a statewide organi-
zation of mining men and that he was
in favor of getting larger appropria-
tions from the state for making miner
al researches.
He pointed out that Idaho and Ne.
vada have permanent mining organiza~
tiops and that Utah should get in line
by the organization of a strong asso-
cation
Professor Bradford announced that it
has been decided that the next meeting
of the American Institute Of American
Engineers will be held in Salt Lake next
summer