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Show AMERICAN MHO CONGRESS TO MEET For the discuss on and deliberat on upon the more important problems of the min ng industry with particular ref erence to questions relating to metal mm ng and w th a v ew to reaching concrete con lus ons as to the best meth ods of bring ng about a wiser conserv a tion a better use and a more complete development of the nation s mineral re sources the American mining congress will be held at Phoenix Ariz from December 7 to 11 inclusive The otfi cial call has just been issued by Presi dent Carl bcnolz and Secretary J A Callbreath To elect six directors one director to succeed W 11 L Clark to serve for a period of one year and f ve directors to serve a term of three years each and to succeed Samuel A Taylor Carl &cholz John Mayer H N Taylor and James Doug as the business meeting of the congress will be held on December 8 at 7 30 o dock. Though the programme has not been fully arranged amon" the subjects that will be discussed will be a number re lating to western m ning cond t ons The object of these discuss o is w 11 be to reach some defin te conclus ons as to ass st ng and promoting the m ning business The s bject of locating pros pec( ng and putt n" new mines upon a pay ng basis will also be d leussed M ning nvestments will also be taken F Among other subjects w 11 be that the s ifety f rst l leal and n etl ods of increasing the safety a d eff c en of m n ng operations The part of the go ernment n g ing feleral aid to n ning will also come up for d sens s on and the work of the b reau of mineB Among other subjects that w on e before the congress are such h federal a d to mm ng schools the devclopme t of water power the conser at on of the power supply, the development of the minerals on Ind an reservations the le gal aspects of the r ght of way on the publ c doma n mm taxation the re vis on of tho mining laws, compulsory arb trat on of differences lietween the laborers and the r employers and tl e resolut ons of the congress The present officers of the congress are Carl Scholz pres dent Hennen Jen n ngs f rst vice president M 8 Ken merer second vice pres dent anl Harry L Day third vice pres dent The board of d rectors are the following Samuel A Taylor Pittsburg Pa D W Brun ton Denver Colo Hennen Jennings Wash ngton D C E A Montgomery Los Angeles, Cal M S Kemmerer New York Tames Do glas Now York C ty Carl Scholz Chicago Ilan-y N Taylor Ch cngo Tohn Mayer Kansas C ty Mo Will L Clark Teromo A George IT Dern Salt Lake and liar L Dav Wallace Idaho |