Norwich bulletin., 1920-09-22

-enver. Colo, Sept 21-Denver IS preparing for one of the greatest min ing conventions in history to be held here during the week beginning November 15. Problems, national and International, which have arisen during the past year in the production of the wasting mate rials of the nation, such as petroleum
 coal, metals and lumber, will be consid- cred by 10 national conferences, correl-
 ating their work in one final convention,
 before which the concrete results of all
 conferences will be placed for ratifica-
 tion.
 The movement is fostered by The
 American Mining Congress. which has
 called it's 23rd annual convention in
 Denver during that week. Correspond
 ence now being exchanged between the
 mining organization and the National
 Coal association, the American Petrole-
 um institute and the various group bodies of coal and metal men and lumber as- sociations, indicate that the meeting of The American Mining Congress this year will far surpass in industrial importance 1 the, previous conventions of that organ | ization held at St. Louis last year. For the first time in America, a Standardization Congress has been called to organize a national propa ganda to standardizc all mining equipment l safety codes, methods of accounting, ! labor saving, sanitary and life saving 1 devices
 Three widely-keen American engineers, Colonel Warren R. Roberts, of Chicago, ! Charles A Mitke, of Arizona and Rich | ard A. Parker have signed the invitation. | Colonel Roberts was in charge of the l standardization of war munitions in l Washington during the war. MT. Mitke | is the leader of standardization move | u1artS in metal T1r0duatinT and MT Pa k l CT, for many years the manager of a group of gold producing mines in Africa, was the first to standardize mining under European management.
 | A group of coal producers, notable | among whom is Colonel Daniel B. Wentz, president of the National Coal Associa- tion. is in charge of arrangements for the conference of coal producers both an- | thracite and bituminous
 Gold producers of the United States and bankers who are interested in prevent ing further depletion of the gold re- serve are called for a conference of three days Petroleum men of the west ern state will assemble at the conven- tion to discuss legislation intended for | the protection of the nation from a fuel and power famine. Several hundred users of oil flotation in the recovery of 1 metals are called to consider the possi- bility of facing several billions in law | suits by the Mineral Separation Limited | Corporation, and to learn of the govern
 ments investigation into the methods of | that corporation.
 The fight for the recovery of $10,000.- | 900 alleged to be lost in the production of war materials which the government | called for before the armistice and has l since largely repudiated, will be the sub- | ject of the War Minerals Conference. The { legislative convention will have before Il l the reorganization of national and state | tax laws, blue sky laws and employers | liability. State officials, legal experts.
 mining lawyers and mine operators have 1 been invited to it's sessions. An industrial conference, at which many national lead