Show MINING CONGRESS headquarters of the leading A few days ago a meeting mining men of utah was held at the commercial club in salt lake city for the consideration of questions pertaining to the best interests of the mining industry of the united states one of the important subjects discussed being the proposition to se cure for salt lake the permanent headquarters of the american mining congress for ten or more years salt lake has worked tor for the establishment here of the headquarters of the congress and it would have been located in this city long ago but tor for the action of denver which several years year s ago was awarded the honor without in any way fulfilling the promises it had made and ever since the congress has been without either home or permanent abode there is every logical reason why the permanent headquarters of the american mining congress should be located in salt lake city chief among them being that salt lake is essentially a mining metropolis that is located in the center of the great mining regions of the west and easily reached from every direction by trankline trun kline railroads while it is the general gathering place for the heavy mining interests of the north east west and south salt lake also is the smelting smelling sm elting center of the west with four great plants in constant operation and these plants reach out for their ores into hundreds of mining camps within a radius of miles or more and this fact alone is responsible tor for the frequent visits to jo this city of scores of mining men who come to receive settlement for ore shipments or who have become so deeply impressed with the grand possibilities of salt lake that they have taken up their residence here then again the main offices of a large number of big and little mining companies have been established in salt lake where every convenience exists for easy communication amun with outside camps and districts where mining supplies and mine and mill equipment are kept in stock by some 0 of L the largest business houses to be found in the west where great ian banking king institutions have long been established and where nearly every inhabitant takes a lively interest in mining affairs the american minin mining g congress has achieved great benefits for the mining industry it has been a faithful sentinel in wat watching liing over the best interests of t the he industry and in taking up arms arm s in it its S defense whenever occasion required aired it has proven the necessity for its existence and should no longer be a wanderer over the fa face ce ot of the earth eart h it shoud have a permanent permanent home I 1 in order tu to give it gf greater eater prestige a and I 1 d gr greater j eater influence for good and salt lake greatly desires that it ft should d ve be es here where every condition pre jre vails for the successful carrying on n of the business of this association the american mining congress will hold its seventeenth annual session at phoenix arizona beginning december ath at this meeting the subject of permanent head quarters will be discussed and probably definitely settled and it is to be hoped that the claims of salt lake for this dis dig will meet with the approbation of the congress and that it will be unan unanimous hilous in the decision that hereafter salt laps is to be its abiding place |