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Show xH0ME OF THE MINING CONGRESS. As the time approaches for the assembling as-sembling of the American Mining Congress, Con-gress, (August 22nd to 27th Inclusive, at Portland,) interest naturally revives in tho contest for the permanent scat which It .propo'ses to establish for Its headquarters and nnnual meetings. The idea Is to build an elegant and commodious commo-dious structure, collect therein an extensive ex-tensive showing of minerals and geological geo-logical specimens, and have It 3crve as a center of instruction and information. In it the Congress would hold its sessions, ses-sions, ;and to It would resort experts and scientific men In their studies and investigations. . 1 Naturally, this city is In the field for tile capture of tills headquarters. The advantages possessed 'by Salt Lake arc so evident and so decisive,' as it appears lo us, that there ought not to be any doubt of the headquarters being established- herc practically by common consent. First -of all, this city Is the center of the whoje American metal mining region. re-gion. It is a place easy of access from all directions. It offers metropolltanand cosmopolitan conditions. It is a place of wealth and culture. It Is immediately immedi-ately surrounded by mines which present pre-sent features of extraordinary Interest. This State has a variety of minerals of quite an unusual character, including carnollte, which yields a greater proportion propor-tion of radium than any other known ore. It has mines of every description, and most Interesting combinations of minerals In them. Requiring to the point of centrality, it is seen at a glance that any one who wishes to visit from any mining region such a headquarters as the Mining Congress Con-gress would establish, could do so from any mine in tlio whole circle, with a minimum of travel and cost, compared on the -average with what he could do were It located in any other city. And all conditions forstudy and progress in investigatoln are. more fully met here than they could possibly be In any other .place. Salt Lake, therefore, will strike to get j this headquarters; and tho advantages referred to ought to be the conclusive factors in selecting the place for It. In these decisive factors, this city Is not only without a rival, but there Is really no second choice. It is Salt Lake City all the time. |