Show MINING MEN MN AR ARE TUt ON Oi lEAD The conference of wc western tr mining aiming mIni men min was n convened at 2 Z 0 o'clock clock this afternoon af afternoon af- af f. f jn ja n th the tue Commercial clubrooms rooms Among Aron the prominent mining minin cu men present pres pros ent from Idaho aro Harry JL L. 1 Day representing representing rep rp resenting tho the Hercules W w. w Calyton all n Mil ler the Federal J 1 J I F. F McCarthy the l Ilecia cla Judge M. M r. r r A. A Folsom the time HunkEr Sullivan Hill G. G Fred tho the Na Xu In addition to these aie are prominent neat nent representative 1 minin mining men muon ln front from Utah and sonic some from froni other uther western wester mining min mm- ing ins states state 1 I. I 1 P. P secretary of the American mining mining congress with hen headquarters headquarters head head- 11 quarters in in Denver Jener hl issued the tho to call for ucc tile tho western vestern lead pro producers to meet meet in iii inthis il this dt city realizing its is central location I and knowing full ful well weli wel it was the easiest caiet of access from nfl all al points Mr lr IJ has boon heen in the tue city Ie crl several lays days and will wi take an active part in th the proceedings proceed proceed- proceedings l. l iD ings SI which have hn c for an object the drawing up of a memorial to congress prot protesting against a re reduction of the thc tariff on lead Ial ores Of tho the Idaho lead mines Harry Barn L. L Day says that 55 per cent of th the output conies comes O HS H'S from county where llio Coeur d' d dAlone dAlerie Alene mines are arc 1 located That very r little development work is being hel carrir carried on at this time and in anticipation tion of the reduction of lead ores ore tho time production has been hel held down to a low st standard rd All Al of theo men are r very ery much in in earnest regarding the checking of a law that will wi reduce tho hi tarin rift on JC lead ll ore oo Thor They say that if i the tariff tari l remains remain in in effect tho the western minin mining camps will wi liven J en up within a n short time Especially is iR this true tre of tho the Idaho camps amps which thc they claim will i curtail operations if the tile metal is iR allowed to bo be imported importe at a n reduced reduced re rc re- re uce rate rati |