The Parker post., 1915-04-17
DEVELOPMENT
OF MINING
ARIZONA CHAPTER OF AMERICAN
MINING CONGRESS STANDS FOR
UPBUILDING OF STATE's VAST
MINERAL RESOURCES.

the Arizona Chapter of the American
Mining Congress has ever thought of
classifying it as an educational instt
tuition, but it is an educational in
st1tutlon just as surely as the uni
versity or either of the normal
schools.
A recent statement issued from
the headquarters of the chapter, III
North Second Avenue, Phoenix,
makes it plain that the underlying
purpose Of the organization is edu-
cational. 1t was formed for the pur-
pose of collecting, classifying and dis
tributing information about the re-
sources of Arizona, particularly in the
mineral line. Says the statement:
''The Chapter will have but one
object in vieW-the upbuilding and
development of our vast and unlim-
tied resources of our state-and in
this connection it will be one of the
principal duties of the secretary to
set before the board of directors
statistical information as the same
relates to each and every district in
the state, showing as accurately as
possible, mineral, agricultural and
commercial interests in the respective
districts with suggestions and
recommendations looking to their
betterment, all of which will be sup
ported by painstaking, conscientious
board of directors, insuring results
such as to reflect great credit upon
all concerned and rebound to the benz
eft Of each and every citizen in our
state. Following these broad lines,
the Chapter will soon have in it's
possession such statistics and other
board of directors of Arizona Chapter
of the American Mining Congress to
formulate lines of procedure cooper
ating with and assisting at all times
the various elements in the various
communities having a desire to work
for the good of all
Extraordinary efforts are being put
forth by the officers of the Chapter
to let the people of Arizona know
just what the organization is and
what it expects to accomplish. A
general appeal is now being made
to the owners of mining property to
send in descriptions of their claims,
and such information in regard there
TO as is usually sought by the pros
pective investor This information
is filed and used in the answering of
inquiries, scores of which are re-
ceived weekly Information about
other lines of industry is also fur
nished by the Chapter, in line with
its announced objects and its work
as an educational institution.
The educational work Of the Chap
ter is not entirely outside of the
state. 1t is acQuainting Arizona min
ing men, themselves, with the true
extent of AriZona's mineral wealth.
1t is acQuainting the farmer, the
farmer the stock grower and the
lumberman with the extent to which
their own prosperity is dependent
upon the rOserity of the mines. In
this way it is bringing about a high
ly profitable and pleasant co-opera
ton between the various interests,
which have been prone to ignore the
existence Of each other in the past.
Here are some of the things that
the chapter is not:
1t is not brokerage office for the
sale of mines, though it is anxious
at all times to receive information
from mine owners and pass it along
to inQuirers who may become in
vestors. In this way the Chapter has
already brought many thousands of
dollars of foreign capital into the
state
1t is not a political machine, but
anxious to see laws enacted that will
be the most advantageous to all in
dustries and will guarantee the in
yestor square deal.
1t is not an organization for the ad-
yancement of the mining industry at
the expense of other industries.
Every person, regardless of what
occupation they follow, and who has
the welfare of the state at heart
should become a member of this or
ganization.