Gilpin observer., 1918-04-04
MEET
OF MINERS ASSN.

The regular meeting of the Gilpin
County Chapter of the Metal Miners
Assn held in the district court room
Tuesday evening, was as interesting
as usual.
A report of the committee on the
proposition of unwatering the proper
ties on Quartz hill was called for and
w. o. Jenkins said he had been in
formed by the owners that lease
had been given to someone in Idaho
, Springs whose name he could not re-
call, who was to run a drill hole up
through the Ophir ground and drain
the Quartz hill mines from this point.
A letter was read from Geo. E. Col
Inns, of Denver, stating that he had
asked the state utilities commission
to take the initiative in rearranging
with the government the new demur
rage charges as they applied to mar
row gauge cars, and asked the sup
was adopted endorsing the request of
Mr.. Collins.
| P. p. Graham, of Idaho Springs,
field man for the Argo Reduction &
Ore Purchasing Co., was present and
addressed the meeting relative to the
purchasing by this company of Gilpin
county ores both in large and small
lots. He said his company was in
else and could give the producer a
square deal on his ore, both smelling
and milling. He said the Argo COM
pany is equipped with a modern auto
matte sampler and the shipper was
invited to see his ore sampled. If a
shipper should want to determine
whether 1t is better for him to sell
his ore to the company outright or
own account, Mr.. Graham said he
could send over small amount to
! the company and they would make a
test to enable the shipper to decide
as to which to do. Mr.. Graham said
he would be in both Gilpin and Clear
Creek counties at various times to
deal with the shipper and only ask
ed trial that his company may
prove to the shipper that they will do
what is right by him. Asked as to
the saving the Argo and Jackson
mills are making, Mr.. Graham replied
they were saving practically 80 per
cent of the metallic content of the
ore.
Judge Harry S. Glass was in at
tendance at the meeting and was
called upon for a talk. The Judge
said he had been a member of the
Gilpin County Chapter two or three
years but this was the first time he
had been able to be present, and that
he was pleased to be connected with
any movement that had for its pur-
pose cooperation. He cited the ad-
vantages that had been gained along
cooperative lines through the merg-
ing of the railroads under one head
and said the war was making COOP
Grafton and coordination in various
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spoke of the manner in which the oil
men Of the country were working to-
gether in Washington to procure re-
medal legislation and showed where
this same course should be pursued
by the mining men.
Judge Glass mentioned the fact that
he was serving out his term as Judge
of the first district and would not be
candidate for reelection, but that
in serving in a district, one-half of
which was agriculture and the other
half mining. he had been in a posi-
tion to receive knowledge and train
ing that few judges are able to pro-
cure and for this reason he was Civ
en- close insight into the states
two leading industries. The Judge
said his term on the district bench
had enabled him to make a wide ac-
quaintanceship in his district and al
SO added to his list of friends, whom
he valued above everything else. The
remarks of Judge Class were loudly
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