Show KEARNS HEYBURN Idaho Man Offered A Amendment to Philippine Bil Bill 4 MINING INDUSTRY AfFECTED t S SPEECH OF UTAH SENATOR I DEFEATED I IT 4 S Special ial to The Herald Dee De Kearns I took part wih with m h suc success ess in a de debate f bate toda today In the the senate Upon pon the bU bill Senator Heyburn pr pro proposed I IJ posed sed 0 to the bi bill In which h sought to have mining claim follow the pitch Of the vein I Ihle I the provision In fn the bi bill pro provided vided that such should fol follow f low vertical Senator McComas who ho was In charge ot of the bi bill for the lt e called 01 on Senator Kearns I who explained the subject to the sea sen senate ate so gO cJ arly that he was the recipient ent or of man many congratulations from Crom tel CeI J lots senators Kearns remarks 01 on the I amendment were In part as ts I K w Whereof He Ee Spoke As an American prospector I take Issue wih my friend the senator from I Idaho I trust the provision wi will re remain main In the bU bill as It Is Not ot only this but I wish thE the American law was framed upon similar lines Unes that mineral rights were governed by vertical cur sur surface face lines drawn 0 on planes down through the earth Then every pros would know what hat he had The to the pending Philippine bi bill m measures ures the surface and gives eYer locator al all mineral that is 15 within te the surface by metes and bounds on that surface I If his vein S should hOU ld dtP dip out outside side of that and he Is p a miner he knows when h he makes the discoVery which wa te vein eln is dipping and he heIs heis Is is at lbert liberty to locate ground to secure the vein en outside o of his vertical loca location tHin tion There has ben been as much nUCh spent in litigation and perfect perfecting perfectIng ing titles to mines under our American system stem of following dips as in disco discovering t ering and developing them under the law as established by this bi bill Here 1 wl will be gIven to every individual just V hat is on the surface and the slim pleat prospector will know what he has There Is a growing sentiment among the mining nEn oC this country to e the vertical surface system and as a miner and practical mining man man I wish I could amend the AerI Amerl lan ican J law ana adopt the system pro in this bl bill I Went Into Details Mr Ir Reams Kearns then de descrIbed In detail th tha mining operations under the Amer AmerIan American Ian ican law and benefits which would tol fol J Iw W If the plan outlined in the Philip Philippine p pine ne bi bill were adopted and sid r I know something something about i it from the end and In a heavy mining sui suit I It is a matter ot of financial endur and nd the ma man who stays longet longest generally gets the vein I have ave long wished congress would establish the vertical surface and give ghe us the same tights in precious metal mining that In coal mining I It would stop fraud in mining Heyburn th then n Undertook to Queston question J tarns who answered al all his questions promptly and wih with convincIng for force I burns am was lost In ad to other the pre pres s ing officer of the senate Senator Frye e personally thanked Senator Kearns for tor hi presentation to th the sea sen seaMe Me te of the the subject |