Show I SENATOR KEARNS HEYBURN RN 4 Idaho Man Offered Amendment I to Philippine Bi Bill 4 MIH G INDUSTRY AFFECTED 4 S EEC OP OF T TR UTAH UTA SENATOR I IT Special t to The Tho Herald Washington D c Kearns too took I part wih with In h suc success es in a de debate bate today In the senate upon pon the bil bill Senator Heyburn pr pro an an to the bi bill In which h he sought to have mining claim follow the pitch of the vein eln hUe the provision in the hf bill pro Yi d that such should fol follow lw low vertical lne lines Senator who was in charge 01 of the bU bill for the committee called on Senator Kearns who ho explained the subject to te the sen senate senate ate so o dearly clearly that he was the recipient ent of many congratulations from tel fel Jew W senators senatore Kearns remarks on the amendment were In part as follows K w Whereof Be e Spoke As an American prospector I take Issue wih with my friend the senator front Idaho I trust the provision will 1 re remain remain main In the bill as it is Not ot only this but I wish the American law was framed famed upon similar lines that mineral mineraI rights were governed by vertical sur surface face tace lines dr drawn wn on planes down through the earth Then ever every pros I rector lector would know what hat he had The to the the pending Philippine bi bill measures the surface and gives eYer very r locator aU all mineral minera that is within time the surface by metes and bounds on that surface If his vein should dip out outside outside side of that and he Is a miner he knows when h he makes th the discovery which vein Is dipping and he heis f is at lbert to locate ground to secure the th rein outside of his vertical loea loca locatiOn ti tiOn n Tere There has ben been on as nuch spent In litigation and perfect perfectIng perfecting Ing Utes titles to mines under our American system stem of following dIps as in discovering ering ng and developing them under the thela law la as established by this bi bill Here wi will be given to eV every ry individual just hat is on the surface and the sun sim Iest prospector WI know what he has There is a growing sentiment among the mining men of this countr country to e es the vertical surface system and as a miner and practical minIng man I wish I could amend the Amen Amerl lan ican la law w ana anil adopt the pro In this bUt bill Went Into Details Mr Ir Kearns then described in detail the mining operations under the Amen Amer lean law and benefits which would tol fol Ir T it If the plan outlined In the Philip pe bi bill were adopted and sid said saidI I 1 know something about it from the end and In a heavy mining minin suit I it is a matter ot of financial endur endurance ance aiice and nd the man who stays longet longest get gets the vein I have have long wished congress would establish h the vertical surface and give ghe us the same tights In precious metal mining that thai exist In coal mining I II would stop sLot and m c fraud rud In mining Heyburn then thEm Undertook to question queston J Kearns arns who nho answered nil ali hi his question promptly and with convincing force torce am nt was lost In ad dation to the pre of the senate Senator FIe Frye personally thanked Senator Rea Kearns for hIs hf presentation to the sen senate Me ate of the technicalities of the subject |