| Show MISI AND MIMSO Bill lo Ill roitabliothonilt of This Inquire meat Introded lie he 10ne MinIng mn and especially those pcloly I throughout the Great West are i Interested Inter-ested In the establishment of I bureau of mines and mnln to which end then the-n mInIn 9 as c I a it I state Gold affiting association in and er the Trans in lostivsIppf Cong have lent their hearty > support The hill for the creation of this department hi In traduced this month In the lou of Representatives by Congressman Bar ham of California and referred 10 the committee on mine and mining I Is I as follows Ile I enacted hy the Mate anti lou of Representatives at the United States of America tn Congress assem bled that there shall be at the seat of government an executive department to b known ns the Department of Mines And Mining the general design and duties of which hal be to acquire by I examination practical and selen tine experiments geological research or otherwise useful Information on nub Jects connected with mining In the general gen-eral and comprehensive sense of the word and to diffuse the some among the people of the United States Section 2 That said department depormnC shall be under the supervision ot a secretary sec-retary of mines and mining who shall bo appointed by the President by and with the consent of the Striate and section Its of the nevlse Statutes Is I hereby amended to Includ u1 depart mnl and the prlsloM of title 4 of Bald lievlsed Statutes Including all amendments thereto arc hereby made applicable to said department Sec 3 That there shall be In paid department an assistant secretary of mine and mining to be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent ot the Senate who hal perform such duties DA may lie rO quired by law or prescribed by th secretary sec-retary thereof Sec 4 That the secretary of mines and mining I shall receive the same Salary I as Is II to the secretary of each of the executive departments and the salary of the assistant of mine and mining shill be tho same as thai nOW paid to the first assistant ecr tory of the department of the Interior Sec S That the duties now Imposed by nil laws and parts of laws relating to mines and mining affairs exclusive 114n any existing dpnrmnt of the government or any division or bureau thereof shall on and after the dav this net takes effect h performed by the deportment of mine avid mlnln Sec t That the Geological Survev Is I hereby transferred to the department Of mines and mining Bee 7 That the safe of the mlnera lands of the United States shall be conducted con-ducted under the auspices of the de plrment nf min and mining Sec 8 That on the organization of this department r all officers and em ploveo wholly engaged In official work In tiny department of the government or any division or bureau thereof engaged en-gaged In the performance of the duties referred to In section I 3 of this octond al such employed In the departments referred re-ferred to In sections 6 and 7 hereof hall be transferred to the department o f mines and mining Sec 9 That all records maps don ment instruments surveys mlohln cry and other materials now In the rasscsslon and use of any existing de pertinent of the government or any division or bureau thereof referred to In sections E c and 7 of this net and trans erred to the department of mines and mining Sec gio That this Hot shall go Into effect on the fourth day of March eighteen hundred and ninety nine ifeatier talCo air Rhowlo Lt A L Morris who In now In I the JkorIC an leaver Lake district on a tour oi inspection in-spection still adheres to his former estimate ot the ore In I Ight In the Heaver Lake mine He autym the prop erty shows more than a hundred thoui and tons the mineral being ot a quality that could be milled on the ground at a neat profit to the company He In company with Mr L I Reunion who went out with him will locate the mill site before returning to the city They will be bade In a few days Dips ml Spurt 641i I silver ESKf lead 350 Jew life Is I reported In the diggings I at Sunshine F 1 Ieanrrln WI today unanl mOlsl elected a member of thc exchange ex-change liert Holden manager of the Old Jordan Jor-dan and Galena Is I planning the early section of a cyanide plant on the property prop-erty Will Orinith U I authority or the statement that the Sacramento I ho the next company to declare a dlvl dndW W I Farnsworth has applied for membership In the stock exchange Pending action on his application he lion hn allowed the privileges of the floor The stockholders of the Capitol Gold and Silver Mining company will hold their annual meeting at American Fork Jan 31st at 10 oclock a m at will el ti me allt cerif an d ill rec t ore Av In be elected I for tile ensuing i year v The report that Jesse Knight fish bought the Northern Spy al Tlntl cannot he verified In thin city Th I Spy IB 1 good proolucerand It would only be In line with Mr Knights el terprlse to see him take hold of It as Its I owner Mantl Messenger Beauregnrd Ken her and to expert mining mn left for the Alexander mine claim lu the West Mounllln yesterday 10 work nn their prospect for about three weeks The shareholders In the claim believe It will be a paying Investment In the near future and It Is I to be hoped that good i dcvlopment will b the result American Pork World George Oler was qui badly Inpurcd Thursday by falling 60 feet down the hal ot his mine In West Mountain canyon Ha says that his life would have been lost had It I not been that therewas considerable consid-erable water a the bottom of tho hole lie remained In water for fourteen hours before orongmnIB could 1 made for getting him out So he was thoroughly chilled through Mal Messenger We ate Informed that there are two of our Citizens makIng mak-Ing Preparations > to leave for the goldfields nehlilofAfuka fields of Alaska In February The two gentlemen are comfortably situated In this city and we fear they will he greatly disappointed before their return re-turn from this perilous expedition and regret the thought of ever starting In search for the Yellow metal Take our ndvlceremBln nl home and feel contented con-tented with your present envlrnmnt a You may have a great deal less wealth when you return liumo However How-ever We Wish you success |
