The copper era and Morenci leader., 1917-10-05
MINING MEN BE|UG ORGANIZED IN
 WEST
American Mining Congress Now Has New Western Secretary and Headouarters in Colorado.

Denver, Colo, Sept. 1S.-There is
 to be a revival of the work of The
 American Mining Congress in the
 United States. Already the Con
 gress is credited with some splendid
 work along both legislative and con-
 structive lines-the greatest of its
 achievements being the Federal Blu
 reau of Mines, and no less valuable being the establishment in Washing
 ton of a permanent Bureau which represents the coal and mineral in-
 dustries of all states where mining is a resource This Bureau, in | charge of James F. Callbreath, form
 erly a mining lawyer in Denver. and for many years the general secretary
 of the Congress, has been of untold value to the mining industries dur l ing the past two sessions of Congress.
 and in addition has brought all in
 terests, coal. metalliferous and oil 1 into one big movement along cooper ative lines.
 Secretary Callbreath has just com pleted a flying trip through several Western states, mapping out plan for a big campaign of expansion. , In Colorado, several leaders endors- ed the enlarged work. In California, the Oil Producers Association has begun a campaign for 500 member ships and the establishment of an oil section, which will eventually take in all oil sections of the United States.
 The Western campaign of irgani-
 zation will be in charge of John T.
 Burns, just appointed Western secre-
 tary of the Congress, and who will
 at once begin the organization of State Chapters as well as sectional
 chapters of the Congress in every
 state west of the Missouri River.
 MT. Burns is one of the best known
 organization men in the west, having
 been the organizer of the Colorado
 State Commercial Association, the l pioneer state commercial body in the mountain states, and later and for six years having been the execu- Dry Farming Congress, which open l ed to cultivation many millions of the previously supposedly worth
 less acres of the semi-arid states. Hundreds of the big mining men
 of the west are already back of the
 American Mining Congress move ment but these will be multiplied by
 thousands, and an endeavor will be made to complete state chapters and
 hold state conventions in every min
 ing state. Utah and Arizona are
 already organized under the nav
 plan. Colorado will organize early
 next month.
 Walter Douglas. of Arizona, is
 president of the Congress. and the Western Vice-Presidents are: l.. A. ! Friedman of Nevada and Harry l.. Day of Idaho. The state vice-presi- dents in the west are: B. F. Willard ! of Alaska: J. P. Hodgson of Ari- zona: C. C. Woodson, of Arkansas: ! Charles F. Knox of California: Irv-
 ine Hohert of Colorado: James F. McCarthv of Idaho Joseph Fletcher
 of Kansas: James l.. Bruce of Mon tnna' Frank A. Manley of Nebras-
 ka: c. B. I.akenan of Nevada; T. H. : O'R''ien of New Mexico: Harold N Lawrie of Oregon: Dorset Garter of 1 Ol:iahoma: D. C. Earnest of Texas: w. D. Brenan of Wyoming and c R Dennis of Washington.
 i The Congress already has stand
 ing committees in all western states covering Federal and State legis,a-
 tir" matters. and number of the
 most important chairmanships of Ma
 :ional committees are held by we'll
 known metal mining men in the noun l tain states.