Show Western Mining Bureau Des Moines HThe annual meeting of the directors and stockholders of the Western Mining Bureau was held yesterday yester-day Representatives say twenty two corporations with an aggregate capital of 42000000 were present Letters were read from General Grant SenatorLogan Secretary Lincoln Governor Sherman and others Resolutions were adopted favoring a bimetallic standard for the world an increase of silver in dollars making them intrinsically worth 100 cents and a mining bureau at Washington Washing-ton John H Gear was chosen president Jas Harlan vicepresident Wm Ballon secretary Hamilton White treasurer |