Gilpin observer., 1916-04-20
MEETING OF
G|LP|N CHAPTER

II the interest IN THE work of the
Gi.pin county ciaIter CT the Metal
MINERS associe tion continues 20 in
crease, the mettir gs OF the Gilpin
county members will have to be held
in the opera horse. Monday even
ing's meeting in the district court
room was 80 largely attended, the
seating capacity of the spacious
place was taxed. All the spectators
benches were filed and nearly IN
the Witnesses benches. 1t was the
largest :. and most representative
gathering of people that has been as
sembled in the county in years. Dele
cations were present from all zee
tiCns and the Russell Gulch cortin-
gent came down in big band wag-
on, loaded with "a mining men.
Twenty-eight new members were en-
rolled at Monday evenings meeting
Several mat.e,s bearing on the
welfare OF the mining industry of
the county were discussed and the
future work Of the association out
lined. A ringing resolution to be
sent to the members of congress,
protesting against .he further ex-
tension Of the ational park scheme
in the mineral ect'ons, was unani
mously adopted. Lettera were read
from the senator's ard congressman
pledging their support in opposing
the setting aside of any additional
lands for park purposes.
w. A. Funk, of the Clear Creek
chapter, addres Sc the meeting and
commended the Gi'pin county chap
ter for their activity in promoting
an organized movem ent for the bet
terment of min ng conditions in the
district. He ccng. atulated the chap
ter on its large membership and said
that while Clear Creek courty had
been little SOW at the outset, the
miners were CONNIE ncing to join and
the Clear Creek membership was
increasing steadily. He said Clear
Creek county would cooperate with
Gilpin in every move effecting the
district and that as result of the
get-togetEer moven e.: he could see
where untold benefit would accrue to
the mining industry generally.
Proposed char ges in the present
mining laws by congress were dis
cussed and Jay Py:on, J. NJ. Serigtt
and w. c. Ma thews were appoint
| ed om committee to review the
new laws and srggest any needed
changes to the chapter So they
could be forwarded to Washington.
A publicity comm ee, consisting of
w. ]. Stull. Thos. runstone, G. NJ.
Laird and Robt Say. was appointed
to consider various methods of nd
vertis:rg the county.
Chairman Sayre told of the purpose
Of Mr.. McDonald's r cert visit. The
gentleman is the recresentative of
the American Smo.tirg & Refining
company 1t wou'd appear that the
smelter company las taken great
interest IN Gilpin courty all at once
and Mr.. Mcdonald :o,d Mr.. Sayre
that his company wanted to do all
it could to aid mir irg here and tlat
they had decided to send one of
their high-priced er gi'neers into the
camp to study the situation and see
what could be done. He said If it
was necessary to rnwater tie Cook
mine or the Quartz hin properties to
bring the tonnage of Gilrin county
up to where it e'ould be, they would
see II they could rot put into force
some scheme with this end IN view.
The sampling s'tut ton was dis
cussed at length by Mr.. Kirk and
Mr.. Patterson. Mr.. Kirk said he
had been informed by Mr.. McDon-
aid that small sack shipments could
be sent to the sn' elter direct and
that the smefter comrany would take
care Of the transporting of the ore
from the depot in Denver to their
plant. Mr. Kirk felt from the exper-
ience he had had in shipping to the
Chamberlain samrler. that the small
producer could ship his ore sacked to
the smelter and get far better re.
suits.
Mr.. Patterson took the position
that a local sampler is sorely need
ed in camp like Gilpin where there
are so many small shipments Of ore.
but that in makirg he statement in
reference to sampler he did not
wish to be miscons'rued as mean
ing that the Black Hawk plant of
the Chamberlains Is sampler. He
said lie lad Lad a great deal of ex-
perience in the sampling of ores, but
that for inefficienoy and out-of-date
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