Deseret Evening News | 1900-02-12 | Page 1 | Important on Mines and Mining

1 ANT ON I IINES AND Favorable Report on Bill for a New Cabinet and Departs Departo and for Experiment Stations in i Jt i Mining States TO fIlE rila NEWS Washington D C Feb committee on mines and mining today reported favorably Represents tire Barba bill erecting an executive of mines and mining This Tille bill hu been 1 b by nearly all the mining UIO ot of the Unit United ei ed Stat States and aad It If It a law will wiil willbe be of oC treat to Utah and other western mining Stats Judge II ot of tb the sue reel HI ot of the measure and UI the clau transferring the geological survey urve to this department has hushed all op Oll to the bill Washington Fib eb I new cabinet to be known u the secretary of mines and mining Is provided In the bill favorably acted on tOll today by the house committee on mines and raIning mIning The bill creates an exeCUtive deport depart deportment mint ment which shall hare hIlTe entire charGe I of affairs relating to mines including the geological survey une The Th secretary ot of mines Is II to ha have the satan sam rank salary as other cabinet out core cers au ai an secretary Is given n the same Ime standing a as the fIrst assistant secretary of oC the Interior Another mining measure favorably acted upon mining stations station itt In eh cach of be mining States Stites sImilar to ment stations and of a and an at In th the veral mining States on The officers are to furnish ISMS assays issue Public bulletins And conduct ox 01 ot of mining regions