Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-08-26


meeting. The high regard in which
it is held was reflected by all of
the speakers, local and national,
and the further fact that the as
ISOLATION ended its year with
satisfactory balance in the treasury
was taken as indicative of the ac-
tive support it is now receiving,
this being reported by August
Grunert, ecretary-treasurer
Officers reelected
Trauerman was again elected
officers including Bacorn, first vice
president, August Grunert, secre-
tary, DR.. Francis A Thomson of
Butte, chairman of the executive
board A. StrOjan of Helena of
Winston Brothers, was elected Sc
cond vice president, replacing |
Charles R. Brazier of Helena.
In his annual report, President !
Trauerman reviewed a year of ac-
tivity. The association secured pre-
ferential freight rates during the
emergency when Montana smelters
were shut down. President Trauer-
man attended the Los Angeles con-
vention of the American Mining
Congress where he attended all the
important committee meetings He
also represented small mine opera
tors at the Montana Occupatonal
Diseases Commission hearings and
was influential in having the pro-
posed legislation killed.
Legislators Fair
OF legislative work he said: I'VE
were very active at the 1889 ses-
sion of the Montana legislature and
were fortunate in helping to climb
nate any legislation adverse to the
mining industry. We did this by :
educating the legislators to our !,
needs and we found them an intel /;
hgent body of men, who easily re- +,
allied that it would be detrimental +,
to the state as a whole to pass leg
islation adverse to our industry
At this point we state that since :.
our association was organized in Z
early part of 1884, that no adverse
mining legislation has been passed
by our Legislature.
Besides combating adverse leg a
islation our organization was in \
in having a number of J,
and resolutions passed r
by the 1899 legislature, which help /
ed our work on national legisla- .
ton" .
War Minerals Work 3
The association turned It's efforts o
o secure passage of the act which .,
permits the war department to pur- Of
shase strategic minerals such as b
manganese, chrome and tungsten, a.
lie said: b,
Under the act the United States m
Bureau of Mines receives $3.50, 900, =,
early, for four years. to conduct a.
esearch work on deposits not now Sc
eing worked and looked to bringing :,
hese deposits into production. This OF
hould mean that quite a lot of ie
york will be done on unworked ~
hrome deposits and other strate- .
etic mineral deposits in Montana II
These strategetic mineral acts
hould mean a stimulation of the
mining industry of Montana, CIV
lg employment to labor and ma =
erially helping the business struc- -
ure of Montana and the manufac-
urers of mining machinery and
upplies outside of Montana"
Attends Conventions.
He reviewed the Western States
liver conference at Reno which
e attended, also the executive com
littee meeting of the Gold Mining
association of America at San
francisco. This latter meeting had
, do with a project of exempting
be small operators, especially
hose producing gold and silver
rom the provisions of the wages
nd hours acts. I'VE are still do