Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1915-09-28 | Page 9 | Returns from Miners' Meeting

RETURNS FROM MINERS MINERS' MEETING Question of Salt Lake Being Selected as Headquarters Up to Next Convention Sterling B B. B Talmage curator of th the Deseret museum yesterday returned return d from the American Mining con congress rol which met at San Francisco September Septem Septem- ber 20 to 2 22 Tho The meeting was a A. notable ono one throughout said Mr Ir Talmage having hav In ing In attendance man many men of ot I national na nn- na- na and International standing The director of the tho United States geological I survey Dr Geor George e Otis Smith was wall present as was Van H II Manning the newl newly elected director of oC tho the United States bureau of or mines The congress was tinged with the tho feeling of ot sorrow felt tolt by everyone because of the recent death of or Dr Joseph Josoph Holmes who was as director of the bureau of ot mines Dr Holmes had done dono BO so much In the tho way of or prevention of mine accidents and devising means of ot Insuring safety to miners that ho he was wn highly respected b by mining men everywhere e George Goorge Dora Dern of Salt Lake who has Jeon een a most effective member of ot the the- board of directors of ot the congress was retired under tho the limitations of or his term of office and the congress elected me In his place I was also aho chosen third vice president of the organization so that Utah still is represented In inthe the tho o oI and the tho directorate of the con congress ress The next meeting of ot the congress will Ul be bet at t Chicago late Inte In 1916 and the feature of that meeting will be he a II exhibit on a scale scalo surpassing all ill previous exhibits It is expected There Thero will be bo an epoch making exhibit bit lit of ot apparatus and of m methods of ot life Ifo saving an and protection of ot miners as ns well The Tho board of ot directors moved moed to abolish tho the Denver Don office of tho the Mining congress As for tho the matter of ot making Salt SnIt Lake the western v headquarters of tho the Mining congress s this years year's convention con con- decided to refer reter that question to the next not meeting at Chicago Mr Ir Talma o was one of ot the speakers at nt the tho banquet which marked the tho close of ot tho the congress nt at tho the St St. Francis Francie hotel tho the banquet being given In honor honorof of or Mr r. r Manning