The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-01-18
MINING MEN WILL |
EFFECT ORCAN|zAIl|
Definite Action to Be T.L.
at Meeting Fixed "a,
February z.
PLANS YET INCOMpLF7
w. w. Armstrong and ,Jua
w. Fl. King Deliver f..
cellent Addresses.
PLANS YET INCOMpLE,

The proposed state orpaniza,;..
Utah mining men was not effee,.a
terday, as had been planned b..~
the committee which had tho m,,,.,
hand was ready to make only a r.
report. Through its chairman -
Bambergor, the committee laid tbA +
ter before the meeting, which ~
tion continued the committee. w;,,
structions to report February
final report at that time will pro,.
submit the names of persons to be /,
on for Officers of the oreani,,,I-
This committee consists OF NJ, B.
berger, George w. Lambourna r
Allen, W. Lester Mangum and JOIN
Hays.
In his address delivered at tbs !.
ing of the meeting. w. w. Armst'
declared that Salt Lake and Utah J.
most that they nave to mining !,
ments to that industry being T.
denco On every hand. He said
er degree of cooperation amone
ing men was needed and thar
should work together at all fins.
far as possible He said that fhose
gagged In almost every other In
eDdeavor worked in unison. hns
In the mining industry there hnd =
been proper organization; that
man had launched out indensud.s.
He said that bankers and all oths,
cessful businesses had co.onerai
plan, yet the mining industry IN /
west was the basis upon which ali N
business had been founded,
Mr.. Armstrong read statistics "A,
showed that $30.O00,00 apnnally e
pended within a radius OF 100 miin
this city for labor and supplies Of {
various mining concerns. Yet, be q
there. is a taxation in eIistencs m
greater than should be borne bv 81
operating concerns, and there is no
ganlZatlon among mining men to A
bat unfair legislation. He points3
the fact that 90 per cent OF ths
working III mines were orgunize5
he said that he was a firm belic|
IN organization himself and uY-
hearty cooperation among opera
for an enactment of more favor
state and federal laws. r.
Mr.. Armstrong took exception IA
recently published opinion Of two p,,
lpent mining engineers that ths
OF the prospector have gone by
said it was true only as applied ID
old, romantic wanderer, with but
burro and a pick. Mining is entei
-
gress In this western region for q
dred years TO come, he declared.
Judge W. Fl. King spoke follov
Mr. Armstrong and in beginning (
that while he was not miner Do n
qualified himself to address re<;
of mining men bv spending in pros
ing the money he earned prscti1
law. Mining he declared to M
greatest single factor in Utnh's n
perity and he believes it is now 9
ing upon an era of permanent b
perity. The interior department
Washington, he asserted, intend
give broader construction to the
He declared that he knew that
policy was to be more in the inl~
OF western people. Continuing %
point he said
There has been a great deal T
in regard to the leasing Of 7
public domain, but ! want 70
that the leasing system does
belong to a free people. IL
power of initiative that has o1
up our institutions and not psIc
nalism. There is to be no depn
ure from the present methods
securing mining land except "
we will endeavor TO lmpfose
wherever it is weak. II
Judge King spoke of the paSu
Denver as the mining center .
west. showed that this city w&
center Of great mineral emple
paid high compliment TO the
men who had blazed the way N
camps. He thought we were en-
TO the aid of the government ID
men here TO help us prospect ana
analyses of the various ore ae
from the geological survey, ana
that he had received repeated =
for information relative TO depos
every character from all paris
world. yet he could fud no
get this information. He put tne
ton as to why so much of the m
domains OF Utah were stu up
oped, making special reference
section over toward the Nevaos
known as Deep Creek.
Hc closed by urging the neea
ganization among Utah mining m
claring IL would do much to ac'.
state and asserting that the
nance and growth OF The, MINING
try in Utah was essential to inc 80
continued prosperity. ,,,tsr
Chairman Joseph read q ic'',
!. +. Callbreatb, secretary
American Mining congress,
the support of the congress ~
movement for the bettermen' ~
mining industry. -H
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