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Show State Chairmen Named for Meet State chairmen of the Program Committee for the 1962 Mining Show and Convention of the American Mining Congress, to be held at San Francisco September 24-27, have been appointed by National Program Committee Chairman C. D. Michaelson, Vice President - Mining, Kennecott Copper Corp., New York. They will meet in April to develop plans for this annual gathering of the industry. Working with the state chairmen chair-men will be a large number of Committee members from all mining areas and all branches of the industry, who are being asked to submit specific suggestions sugges-tions as to the more important developments and issues facing the industry which should be considered at the nationwide meeting in September. The Convention sessions will cover every phase of mining exploration, underground and open-pit mining and quarrying, minerals beneficiation, safety management techniques, and general economic, legislative and policy matters. Members of Congress, Con-gress, prominent Government officials, and industry leaders will discuss national mineral policies, taxation, trade programs, pro-grams, public lands, labor relations, rela-tions, monetary policies, and the economic position of the various metals and minerals. Technical sessions will deal with advances in methods and equipment for doing a better job in all phases of mineral production, with the objective of cutting costs and raising the efficiency of industry operation. |