The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-02-01
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED
BY THE BOARD OF TRADE
URGE DELEGATION AT BOISE TO
WORK FOR MINES BUREAU
APPROPRIATION.

/ In conformity with the action of the
board of trade yesterday. the follow
| ing preamble and resolution in sup
port of the appropriation for the bur
eau of mines and geology has been
forwarded to Senator d. A Callahan
and Representatives r. E. Thomas
and R. L. Brainard;
Important Work of Bureau.
Whereas, the state bureau of mines
and geology with it's headquarters at
the state university at Moscow, has
been engaged in cooperative work in
connection with the U. S. bureau of
mines in conducting metallurgical in
vestigations in flotation and other
branches of hydro -metallurgy, and
has also cooperated with the U. S. ge-
illogical survey in the study and in
vestigaton of the mineral resources Of
the state of Idaho, particularly the
phosphate beds of southeastern Ida
no, the clay resources of the state and
the water resources of the state, as
well as investigating and making pub
lie, reports upon certain mineral bear
ing areas in various parts of the
state; and
Whereas, the work in connection
with the bureau of mines has been
along the most advanced lines and
has been pioneer work of the utmost
value and has produced results of
greater Importance than those achiev-
ed at any other joint station in the
United States; and
whereas. these results have been
of the utmost value to the mining OPP
orators of the state, and Shoshone |
in helping them to solve their |
difficult concentration problems; and
Whereas the Investigations of the /
phosphate resources, the clay re-
sources and the water resources of the !
state have been of the utmost value |
both to the agricultural and mining /
industries of the state; and
Whereas. the investigation of the
mineral districts SO far conducted |
have been of very great value; and
Whereas, the state bureau of mines
and geology is of great value as an ad-
junct to the state university, and its
work is helping to give our university
q high place among the educational in
situations of the United States; and
Whereas. there is grave danger
that certain interests inimical to the
best interests of the state of Idaho
will defeat the proposed appropriation
for carrying on the work or the state
bureau of mines and geology, and
thereby deprive the state and Sho-
5hone county of the great benefits to
be derived from further activity of
this bureau, the value of which has
already been far in excess of its cost;
and
Whereas, this board of trade be-
ieves that the defeat of this appro- ]
Driation would mean the abandonment ]
If the said bureau of mines and geol-
)gy with little chance of its ever be- D
ng reestablished, and that such aban- ,
lonment would work great and ire L
parable injury to the best interests Of I
he state at large; s
NOW, therefore, be it resolved by h
his board of trade that the senator
lnd representatives of Shoshone Il
county be memorialized and requested {
% use their utmost efforts to see that {
IN appropriation not less in amount I
han that appropriated by the last I
legislature is made for carrying for j
ward the work of this most important !
bureau" Il