The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-10-14
MINING MEN APPOINTED
TOGO TO WASHINGTON
CONSIDER AMENDMENTS TO MIN
ING LAWs-WILL OPPOSE
THE FERRIS BILL.

accepting tne lHNltdtlon VI lHS
PRESIDENT and councillors of the Min
ing & Metalmrgical Society of Ameri-
ca to send delegates to a meeting of
the society to be held in Washington,
u. c., Thursday, December l6. the ex-
ecutive committee of the Idaho Min
lag association has named 20 of its
members to represent this state, says
the Boise Statesman.
The meeting has for its main object
the amendment of the general mining
laws of the nation, making them con-
form to present day conditions. The
federal laws at present on the books
were enacted in 1862 to meet condi-
tons then existing on the Comstock
lode and there has been practically no
change made in them since their pass
age.
Object to Ferris Bill.
Millions of dollars have been spent
in litigation because of the conflict
resulting from the attempt to adapt
the laws to modern conditions and
methods of mining and 1t is believed
that a codification of the statutes and
some modern legislation would reduce
this litigation to a minimum.
The Idaho delegates will also pre-
sent their objections to the enactment
! of the Ferris bill and hope, by De-
cember 16, to have the entire west
lined up in opposition to the bill. The
invitation given to the Idaho associa-
ton is general to the coal and metal
mining associations in the United
States and without doubt the con-
clave will be the largest gathering of
mining men ever assembled.
Expense of Litigation.
A prominent member of the Idaho
association said in respect to the eff
fort to revise the mining laws IF
congress will amend the federal min
ing laws to conform with the views OF
the eminent mining men who have
given years Of study and thought to
the purpose, the result will be greatly
increased investment in mining devel-
opment for. under our present laws,
an enormous amount Of money Is ex-
pended annually in litigation, condl-
ton which can be remedied by amend
ing our laws to make the provisions
similar to those in force in every 9TH
er mining country on the globe.
zone great objection on the part of
the mining investor is the fear that
he will become involved in litigation,
las every man knows who has ever en-
ldeavored to secure capital Tor devel-
, lopment purposes. In Canada, Aus
ltralia and South Africa and ether
mining countries, we seldom, IL ever,
: hear of any litigation over mining pro-
perties, but in the United States, 1t Is
regrettable to state, that the man pur-
chasing an interest in mining prop
erty often purchases with 1t an inter-
est in a lawsuit In other words, title
I to mining property is to be made as
, lsecure as title to agricultural land II
. 1.-The force behind this meeting can
sway congress to enact the proper
laws"
Men Appointed.
-, As announced by Secretary Mac
,eth of the Idaho association, the
= members appointed by the executive
= committee to take part in the deliber-
. ,tions at washington are James IF.
= mccarthy, Wallace; Jerome j. Day
Moscow; Dennis Ryan, Mullan; VIII
lam Beaudry, Kellogg; C. E. Haber-
Elm, Resort; A. S. Rose, Gilmore; W.
In. Estabrook, Idaho City; e. V, Or
ford, Delamar Ravenal Macbeth
Mackay; Eugene o. Leonard, Poca-
tello; P. H. Miller, Landore; ]. II
richards, Boise; Walter Hovey Hill
. Cambridge; Aaron F. Parker, Grange
: willie; j. B. Eldridge, Boise; DAME
= Kirby, Atlanta; A. e. Carlson, Boise
Allen c. Merritt, Salmon; r. L. Ed
wards, Ulysses, F. f. Johnesse, Boise
: J. e. Rockwell, Bellevue; F. M. LIE
land, Mackay; Robert T. Austin, Hal
e LEY: c. C. Stinson, Pearl, and A. c