Show SENATOR KINGS GOOD OFFICES 11 according to washington advices advises senator william H king kin of utah is making an effort to have congress suspend the law governing assessment work on mining claims for this year and last he would exempt even those who have until june to perform their assessment work for last year and also make it possible for them to escape this years work which must be performed by the end of the year we fall fail to see the necessity for such relief at this time and we believe the miners of the western districts that is the real bona fide miners and mining claim owners who are holding their properties for development purposes rather than speculation do not expect or seek exemption at this time conditions which called for relief last year do not exist today A great many claim owners last fall did their work under trying conditions rather than run the risk of not being granted the relief they sought while a great many others have already done the required work for 1920 since the first of the year and some of them are unquestionably continuing the work so as to cover this years requirements at the same time it is desirable now that mine development and assessment work should be done and there are any number of men available to do it As we view the situation nothing can now be gained that will be of benefit to legitimate mining by granting further relief such relief as senator king is reported to be working for at this time would only AID and ABET that class which would hold mining ground indefinitely without other purpose than to profit through the sale of their locations by the work being done by neighbors it is important to the mining industry that everybody connected with it do something to build it up holding locations from year to year without doing any work upon them will only help to hold things back and retard the efforts of those who are striving to put new life into the metal mining regions of the west senator king does or should know that as well as anybody there has been much prospecting and much locating done this spring in a number of western ml buim districts and according to reports comi coming ng ln in many important discoveries have been made and much work is still going on this vort should not be hampered and discounted b perm permitting bitting wildcatters wildcat to hold ground on which they have no thought of ever doing a lick of work the legitimate prospector and claiz claim owner today is not seeking charity or relief from physical effort and this applies to tie the F locator of oil oil sands etc adwen as veil as to metal mining locations what he wants is aid of capital to develop and make t a mine of his ground if he has ground worth having he will do his work anyhow if he can interest capital he will endeavor to make it worth capitals while |