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Show MINE DRAINAGE IS BEFORECONGRESS American Congress Now in Session at Denver Takes Up. Important Question. DEPARTMENT OP MINES AND MINING FAVORED Resolution Favoring Law to Prevent Mining Frauds Is Also Adopted. DENVER, Oct. 17. Discussion of a bill to be introduced in the Legislatures Legisla-tures of all mining States, which provides pro-vides for the creating of mine drainage drain-age districts, occupied the opening session ses-sion of the American Mining congress in this city today. Before the congress was called to order the committee on resolutions met and received a number of resolutions. The only one reported to the congress was presented by Gov. Pardee of California, Cali-fornia, and provides for the establishment establish-ment by the general Government of a new department, to be known as " the Department of Mines and Mining, the head of which shall be a member of the Cabinet. Gov. Pardee's resolution was unanimously unani-mously adopted. It is as follows: "Believing that the co-operation of our Government with the American farmer, through the Department of Agriculture, has demonstrated the wisdom wis-dom of this co-operation in giving direction di-rection to American industrial forces; and "Believing that the co-operation of our Government with the American miner, through a department of mining, will give an additional and conclusive proot that American industrial progress prog-ress can be most permanently advanced ad-vanced through this method of co-operation between the Government and people; therefore, be it 'Resolved, That the American Mining Min-ing congress, in convention assembled, most earnestly urges upon our Federal Congress tbe importance of creating a Department of Mining, co-ordinate with the Department of Agriculture." Beferred to Special Committee. Upon motion of Delegate Fred King of Connecticut, the president was instructed in-structed to appoint a committee of five to discuss ways and means to report upon the best methods to pursue to secure se-cure the creation of a National Department De-partment of Mining. A telegram from the Jamestown Exposition Ex-position committee and Norfolk commercial com-mercial organizations, inviting the congress con-gress to hold its next annual meeting in Norfolk. Va., was read by Secretary James F. Albrecht. William M. Porter, president and general director of the International Exposition company, addressed the congress upon tbe subject, "Progress in Mining by Demonstration." He set forth the purposes of the proposed great exhibition of mining products and mine products to be held in New York City in 1908. A resolution was adopted favoring the enactment of a law" by Congress along the lines suggested by Gov. Far-dee Far-dee of California, to prevent mining frauds. The Pardee law reads: To Prevent Mining Frauds. "Any -person who knowingly makes or publishes in any way whatever, or knowingly permits to be made or published, pub-lished, any "book, notice, report, statement, state-ment, exh'ibit or other publication of or concerning tho affairs, pecuniary condition or property of any corporation, corpora-tion, joint stock association, co -partnership or individual, which said book, prospectus, notice, report, statement, exhibit or other publication, shall contain con-tain any statement which is false, or which is wilfully or fraudulently exaggerated, exag-gerated, or which is intended to give, or which shall have a. tendency to give, to the public generally, or to any person, per-son, a less or greater apparent value to the snares, bonds or property of said corporation, joint stock association, cp. partnership or individual, than said shares, bonds or property, or any part thereof, shall really or in fact possess, shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof shall be imprisoned im-prisoned for not more than five years br fined not more than $5000, or shall sutler both such imprisonment and nDe'" - 1- 1 Til The discussion or tne drainage bill continued tonight and the bill was unanimously indorsed. J. N: Bichards of Idaho, president of tho congress, and Col. Thomas Ewing of Arizona, were elected directors. Another An-other director is still to be chosen. The three directors are empowered to name the president, and the postponing until Friday of the selection of the third member of tho directorate is said to have been done for the purpose of enabling the delegates to indicate their choice of President Bichards 's successor succes-sor beforehand. |