Show iijiwc iii Resolution to Endorse It Offered Of-fered at Butte Congress INTERESTING PAPERS READ Senator Clark Is Being Boomed for i President of the Congress and 1 Should Ho Decide to Accept Will Bo Elected Interesting Contest Is on for the Place Where Next Meet ings Will Be Held Seattle Bas Withdrawn Leaving Deadwood Portland and St Louis in the Race TRIBUNE SPECIAL Butte Mont Sept Todays cession of the mining congress was devoted to speeches and the appointment of the committees on permanent organization and on resolutions Several Important resolutions will be considered by tho committee Including one which restricts re-stricts the advertising of fake milling companies with shares at an absurdly low price Indications now point to a boom for Senator Clark for the position of president presi-dent of the congress and should he agree to accept he will doubtless gel IL CONTEST FOR NEXT MEETING PLACE Seattle has withdrawn from the race for the next meeting placo of the con and DeadwoOd Portland and St nrcs The Louis are now the contestants fight promises to become interesting as the withdrawal of Seattle Is i understood under-stood to be on the promise of support j for the choice In 1904 The Black Hills delegation Is composed com-posed of energetic men and hard workers work-ers and they are confident of winning for Deulwood The claim Is made for St Louis that it would be the proper place for It on account of the fact that all the world will be there next venr anyway and there would be a larger attendance at the congress than would probably be the case worn the congress held anywhere any-where else The Seattle people are promising for 1004 if the congress meets In that city nn excursion to the Treadwell gold will go out in their sad affliction FIRST BUSINESS SESSION It was 1020 oclock tills morning when President Shafncr called the announced that f congress to order and the tlrst business before the session would be the reading of the official call by Secretary Mahon After this was done the secretary read a letter from N R Leonard president oC the State I school of mines Inviting the members of the International Mining congress the mineral to visit the school and Inspect eral cabinet and models of the mines used in mining litigation Secretary Mahon also read an Invitation from the i business men of Helena Inviting the delegates to visit that city ANSWERED THE ROLL CALL The following States and Territories answered to the roll call California Colorado Illinois Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Ne-braska Nevada North Dakota New Mexico New York Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Wnshljigton Wisconsin Wyoming WashingtonD C South Dakota the Republic of Mexlro and Canada L Following the appointment of the various committees letters were read front Piesldent Roosevelt W J Bryan and other prominent men In which the writers express their regret at not being able to attend the congress KEARNS MINING BILL C L Dlgnowlty of Utah Introduced he following resolution which WHS referred re-ferred to thC committee on resolutions Resolved That the mining bill now pending In the United States Senate and introduced March 12 1002 by limo Hon Thomas Reams Senator from Utah shall receive the Indorsement of this Mining congress now In nesalon The bill referred lo provides for the amendment of sortfon 2322 of the revised re-vised statutes and Is calculated to do away with extra lateral rights in ml mliii claims UNINTELLIGENT MINING I W H Fraser of Mullan Ida read a paper on Unintelligent Mining which vas well received He said In part The man who IOCUPS a mining claim and goes UV work upon the same for the punio3 nC di eloplng It should have a fair know5eihn of minimi Ixds or bodies and the Indications which point to him the place where such ore bodies may bo found The days of luck In mining operations opera-tions are post and the man who today mucs a success out of mining venture or Investment must know the laws of mineral nature and have a keen intelligence intelli-gence of mining operations flue he goes the wa > of failure and bcomcB a deterring deter-ring instrument to all advancement In tho community and State In which hr lives It Is intelligent mining that ban mode the mining Statin of thc West the bulwark bul-wark of the national treasury It In Intelligent In-telligent mining that has placed l20 l fOO worlh of sold Into the hands of the people of the United Stales more gofd by iiWOOOO than Is owni d by I any other nation on aiih and Ibis bulwark will last for ages hence for there are yet billions of the vellow metal stored away In thy silent treasurehouses of the Rocky itiotintains and It IB being watched and guarded by an Inlellljjenl and patriotic people who believe in the advancement In the development and Blablllly of their country I GOLD PRODUCT OF AMERICA Hon SValdomar Llngren of the United States geological survey of Washington D C spoke on The gold production of North America its geological geo-logical derivation and probable future Mr Ilndgrcn after carefully tracing the formation of the goldbearing vein sub milled many llfjuica showing tIme output I of the Bellow mninl of North America yrom the lime of the discovery up to 1 1300 the Inllod Stales bus produced J2 SCOOOOOOO of gold Mexico at least J181000 600 and probnblv twice an much and British America 112000000 The most important im-portant gold bult of North America Is r that strMchlng along the Pacific coast I Throughout this Immense stretch of country coun-try the gold velnH are accompanied by 1 great floveloprmnl of the placTM and b > far moat of the yellow metal huu been s obtained from the placer California has ylelilrd from thin belt lXXnro0 > Oregon WiCOOCOO Brllluh Columbia and Northwest North-west Territory 5120OfOOX tint Alaska 5310WOOO During 1100 the bolt yielded SJO r ftWOOQ If no further illecovorles arc made in thIs region it Is the belief that those iliurcn will rapidly decrease Call orn las OW output will doubtless be maintained at t the present Inure for many years to come It la bcllevid that Increased quartz ml I Tilnj will In some measure compensate for the lon In the sold production |