Show THE IC MI I G CO G SS Seventh Annual Session Called to Order by hy J 11 II Richards 1600 PEOPLE WERE PRESENT I Welcomed by II Gov f or and I Ila Mayor la or Williams Salt ake Has lias fur for Home II 0 Ore UI J JIt It II of ut Idaho dropped lIro II tho that thai called to order Iho annual teflon of oC tho MK congress con legs nt 10 this thin tore fore forenoon noon In the presence onee of or about l OO Ileo pie pl Many ot the from thc tho United Stat H have not fet und the attendance In IR con for tOI the laler fell ses sessions of ut the week euk nt lit from LOW lo 10 2500 Geol go II ot oC the tho Oregon Historical society the made of wood cut In county sOli Ore Or Kon the t minim district of ot the thu dulo It 11 Is with gold from Irom the rM at ul the gulch bearing thc en el engraved graved of ot till the date of ot he the and presentation convention was opened with prayer in III which to Father r 1 the euro 1110 of ot Providence on the of ot the min mining ing In On behalf of oC the of ot Ort OI i n Chamberlain the and visitors Ills His of o welcome 10 Hn V Mr Ir President Ladles und It affords mo 1110 great plen uro to extend to tl you OU till thc delegates to 10 the Mining lI on behalf h of the people J of tx II cordial wel welcome come to our It matters not you come co In t nor 1101 flag floats over oer you OU at It till the cental of or Oi Kun lire balmy enough tho llio homes homeM of ot our enough and the of our citizens warm enough to in HI re each ench and every Ivel one of ot you a I ty reception and a I pleasant stay amongst us OON YOU feels that th t In honoring you flie in 11 honoring herolf for tor It IB Is seldom tho t any ban an nn Hy t to welcome as US her n body of Qt men HO 10 distinguished not only In Intha tha tl ld Industrial t la J ll as III x In lol t tt ti tion You have IIno assembled here to problems one of ot the greatest industries of lit our country und to 10 tuko looking to 10 IU advancement U It IK that to 10 the settlement of or problems and tin tho promotion of lIt nn 1111 In po 10 vital to the Iho of or tho world Invited nono but hUl men mell who have hlo achieved distinction In th activities to which each elleh hUH haa bent tho bent energies of ot his life lite Permit mo to assure you OU that It Is la lafI peculiarly fI gratifying to our people that was selected no III ix I place for forbidding to I bidding this the tho ses session e sion of ot the American Mining Without disparagement to the tho phenomenal phenomenal enal which In the past tow years most of ot our OUI sister states hl Ie made In wealth and Inti population I think I may safely claim that thUl Oregon Ogon occupies pies no second place For 10 yearn until quite recently I she sho occupied nn nil l Isolated I place pineo In Ire tho sister sisterhood hood of ot states cut off by 11 lack of ot rail railroad road r and transportation facilities from the great world of business nud commercial enterprise Truly Trul her motto Alls Willi pe peculiarly 11 She had none of ot those thole adventitious aids which other H have hn 0 been blell able n hie to claim to push her h r to the thc tore fore front tho result that our neighbors have nil morn rapidly In pros prosperity Oregon Onon now stands out Olt hands Inviting those who 11 to 10 come and her hr practically undeveloped resources If It my not limited U It hardly bo 10 proper for tOl me tu II do mOle than merely menI to 10 rail call yi 1411 ir atten attention tion 1101 to tl strides our people havo in the tho last yearn I In very thing that thol ROCS foell to tho mill and enrichment of ot a I nt common commonwealth i wealth Immense bodies of ot land I until the past p Ht 18 IS months haw havo novel nover felt Celt the th Impious of ot the of ot man and wore considered us UA IK It only for tor tho desolate habitations 11 of or tho coyote the prairie dog do nud tho Jack Jackrabbit rabbit been reclaimed from the thc and with abundance of ot WIIl by tho cunning hand of ot man manfrom I I from peak and mountain streams are mantled with of ot II cereals hay hn fruits tIll II R furnishing homes for tor thousands of ot sturdy men mell and Sections of ot the tho state which In years gone by hr vere deemed unlit for cultivation lion tion have proven to bo HIP most pro productive of ot capability In III tho of ot other food crop I ST livestock Interest although many of the 1111 have boon converted Into wheat fruit alfalfa fields u III n to tn row In volume and JIH lis listh the th facilities for fOl breeding tu till vint horde of horRe and andie ie yeni enl Hills and X ll yR that WIIo once ollee deemed b Kt adapted to 10 the culture of lit hont have hlo been but profitably aban abandoned 11 0 for purposes h hroma ro ma now be b scon orchards of ot applet peaches pens prunes and which 1111 coming to ba be known the for or their excel of lit form flavor Portland a It since without u II single line ot transcontinental railway to bring brill to her merchants the of ot the enst enAt or 01 the thc products of ot the th Interior practically centered hero five transcontinental and n II line 1111 of lit connecting them till tha Orient From n I city elt of ot little Import unco she hI now occupies the tho fourth pine In the tho United States and promises you Oll that In the 1111 next teW that she will not only on Qc P tho Iliac In this regard hilt but wm stop Atop rapidly to the tho front ns liS a groat exporting Import Importing ing III point for tor tho commerce between tile i new the old ohl CARt enst S And how Is II It with the th mineral r reo of or the tho state They The too in the Infancy of ot development thin she the tha tenth idore in III tho toll wI of ot for fOl the tha y ur of oC 1003 UH u Hold producer 11 tu 10 h lilli r fI 1 and the twelfth an u r ha I Ing tu tJ bur hilI I U of the t of ot What n remarkable showing fur for a tute until a II er recent Nl practically made no nil to II IId d her The ranges that par parallel each elleh other from the II rn to 10 the tho nf It the benr In their th lr bosoms not only untold mill 1011 II of nt gold and hill but hell too h l ure mines of ot coal lilt and and andIron Iron All IH III needed for tor tho Iho devel dovel development of ot Is IH mien splendid en ell enterprise and brain and brawn us M char the distinguished gentlemen we le are 1110 today tOllay proud to hall an aH our OUI As AI a 11 result of or your our visit to us U UI 1 I veil tint to that within an 1111 another other decade Oregon x will make to a n position as e 0 IlIo of ot how hol It Ix that an al In of ot pUllI vast lo to na liB national and International commerce and II Ina In ban n little attention at of ot the h of r and nation What bun hoell has been due to Individual and out OUI country little realizes what It II OM to you gentlemen of this con congress on gress IreS A and to tn others like ilkI von wlm have tho frost of or an nil ns M the and huat of who have 1111 coveted death In nil all Its forniN and shrunk from flom neither nor danger In III order to oien ollon up 1111 to 1111 the gr at storehouses of or 1111 till 0 Hut Hilt ou have yet It new Holds to enter upon and con COli und you lire are her to III devUe e tha and means fur Cur In till the fu tu future i ture turl J Dl And nd you should mak our 11 hen id In the halls hullM of or An 11 Industry of nt Importance to III uirl IIII l as ilK IH III that which you have the honor tu to should havu hn n II place lu III till the cabinet of or the tho pI It Il win long before the of ot great IIII Interests of ot the country by J but now all 1111 ap AI predate tho value of lit the th ot agriculture It long before tit power could bo made to IU appreciate the nill ot a Il I ment of ot and labor yet 1 who would now to Its tI These Brent Interests wel able to heard and understood constant knocking nt the doom of lit Con Congress Oil gress forced for them n II reluctant recognition Why Wh cannot the mining Inter Intel f tH of or great country countr of ot ours milk their voices heard others bion blon heard before betor Without tho that our Jur afford and add ellch year rear to the capital of ot tho commercial world orld nil all Industries would shrink stagnation Blu In nil Holds of ot activity and enterprise would be he the Inevitable result And A second t hll 0 hOuld be hI state 10 of at the Ihl mining Industry Here too Is a 1 open for tOI your com 1011 combined effort Iud enterprise A bureau burall established with proper rOllel safeguards and so that It for tor tho benefit of ot n claps In III exploiting tho Iho rich 11 11 resources of ot the state and not for or an Individual nolo aim ambition Is to 10 draw n 0 Hilary would do much lo 10 and stimulate the tho mining Industry I 1 might suggest Other matters for or your earnest and united but time lime und the proprieties ot tho oc occasion casion bit bid me leave len C such to tomen men melt of ot experience A IM Wl In 11 conclusion gentlemen I 1 bid you oU most cordial ro II I welcome well ome All 11 to 10 glO Is III yours bUrA while Oregon Is hon honored honored ored by b jour our presence Wo 0 ask you oU to enjoy our of ot fruits How Howers ers our fertile hills and beautiful val valleys leys lefI decked dl kell In gorgeous lor eOll raiment of ot un III dying II IIII rI ell our lofty peaks and rearing their heads hent to heaven here hel and the and everywhere the tho of ot all 11 beholden and bring bringIng Ing Ihm to n II realization of ot the neat majestic presence of ot the Almighty our magnificent mountain ranges clad Ilal from Crom to 10 base with abundant and forests and bearing their breasts riches bat rival the of ot Ormus or of ot Ind 1111 These Jh se and nit nil tho beauties of sky sk and landscape with a It Providence has hll M blessed us we hid bid you enjoy enJo and rest that Oregon and her hr people will feel amply repaid If I whon you return to 10 your distant dl you JU nono lono but pleas pleasant ant memories of ot your our visit here hele Mayor II of Port Portland land on b of or the thc citizens eltI of or the Hose HOllo City MAYOH MYon HS Mr tr Chairman nn 1 Gentlemen When Ie speak ot oC the tho of ot the United States 0 understand It Ilia Is u n body hOlI ot lit representatives from all ull of oC the I I l to make ne B 11 hen we 10 of ot the tho Amer American IIer ican Mining Congress we understand It II to be he a IL body of ot representatives from 1011 nil all parts of or tire Union assembled to consider an III Industry In Ir which all of ot the of ot the United te are more or III le lel Interested To may ma properly ho a Ion con a n body boll assuming that narn should havo a 1 MINING A dIt Mining Is III till thi chief cornerstone of ot tho business U It IH III ns lIS much th foundation of ot our OUI manufacturing In Industries as III tho Is 18 tho foundation of ot the structures lu In those In Industries conducted Mining pro products ducts In tho various arlous forms into whIch they have boon been converted havo done more for tor the tho advancement of or trade und commerce than nil other causes combined Without Iron coal and copper as 1111 tho basis has Is of ot commercial I appliances our transportation by h land would no Iwick huck to the days II of ot pack mules InrI our transportation lon by IW bywater water to th r of ot the canoe Without Iron there could lie lil lieno lilno no steel stoel without steel the ma ilia machinery chinery of at our factories be on H 1 Alle the 1 eY looms t telephones ba hI Impossible If It there no Iron steel RIel or ropper tn be lie employed In their and II III More II ore than worth of ot iA mined mine In III this country countr the I of ot Its lis useful I year and some opinion y be he formed from the In results lle of ot the coal strike In Pennsylvania In 1902 No estimate 1 e cal n be he male mo II of ot the value alu of mining pro IUt products ducts In the transmission of ot th creation and transportation of C and ani I in provisions for tor forthe the comfort of oe thu Ihu people URAL lIONE All II I nations refine r to recognize nize tH H real money mon In III Innot not net tak n out of ot the thc bosom ot the earth by b the toll and of the miner Financial Institutions ox do lie upon gold golt silver tOt for their support Tha business world without sold fold silver for tor a circulating mo 1110 Ilium be he like the human system tel bood o In It III Lately hns hili been n gnat agitation In III Inthis this country ov r th HUM cIU Continued j on page 2 S THE T f AMERICAN MI MINING I G CO CONGRESS CONGRESSI I 1 lIon luI ant an w 1 A tC told tol that It I I Is IH l If It I It I in is II Killed the th miners rH settled nettled It The Tho at ot the country and I II the th not th thu politician have havo gold standard The ll Hold gold olt minor with his hil pick hick sic ha has tile the Ile for tor 11 n 1 mid rIng the thi Interests involved It I M iris IS that a mining congress t In Is I tin on In ap Ill appropriate It If t putt not fut a 1 nry Ir ii 1 u it 1 multitude of ot there I is Thera In Is a It t decided In If It th Ihl hut consultation of or uncut roan who have ft It 1 practical knowledge of nt mining fur for furone to Otis one UI may lay know kloW of o and auth mourn for tor profitably conducting th the 1 tint not known to another und and Int If tt each contributed ho hu knows known ICO K to 10 n tu I common cOlmon fund of ot knowledge then thel the tho I dle of or all becomes become the tho knowl I 01 edge edgo of ot nei n 1111 the Iho knowledge of elicit each the Ihl knowledge of ot all ni OUR olm EH Science and experience produce loduco new und nl Improved methods method of at mining operations ought not ol bo be Inattentive tn to the Iho mining Inter of at o the country Nature ha hlll has stumped lie tho country went vest w 31 of or the thc acer with rough anti and rugged tea fea ea three lures but bit bil to tn for or Ihl tItle has hurled In its mountaIns mountain antI and rh prodigality it the 11 California Nevada In II unstinted Utah Idaho f d I Ore gout BOH I 01 ore arc Rr grat Mt states till all tl of ot which are aro bound b network of metal metallic together by a 0 o lic Ir veins lnA are arB not unlike the wealth of 0 and 11 of ot Ind HOME If I I f It I hI bo decided lo to fix lix fx a per pern perit n it I place fur tor or the tho meetings of t tho the mining congress It I eef to 10 me tile II that It I ought tn to be lie here In this mining region Ind I C know leo of ot nn no 10 lo Io niece moio than tho thu city ly of ot Portland for tor or that Time was Wait Wf In tho tue early history ot or the tho country when It unit tac lR n for tor forthe the tite til of oe the people that thUI the meeting of ot II a state legislature I should be lie located horn aR utu 11 nearly ci 01 as In Iti 11 III 18 geographIcal center CIller but bitt Jit steam and have exploded that Men Idea and the Ihl ii opinion now nos tn is 11 that such luch lio he In lii lie tho tIbet moot und 1111 beautiful city of ot the tho suite elate but bitt bil If I geographical Clinic tire are Irr to In weigh upon title then thell it tL t IH Iii II only onh to II my say that l f tuy between h tho Vital of o Alaska BritIsh Co Columbia CoI lumbia I ii ni bitt and Il 0 flU a elI I on and ii nit lie mines of ot California I iti I torn in Nevada N Colorado Portland IH Is II fl lh by laud land hUel mid water For lir all of travel 1111 ni puri i e lK It It IL IK Is II the tho terminus ot of tuna three t I I ni I its and ii nil ocen ii g sh I jus from rom lout nil 11 tu II of ot 0 f the commercial thy lly I their reamer In its IK liar har harbor hOI bor tune one starts on out Oi a it I Journey Juuti It II I I rUtn I I I I Ic difference 1 t hi lher he lie h ROOK goes ao JO 00 or cur 2500 OO miles inlIne aa its IH traveling I io eh lug In 11 I ii n a Pullman i n ii unroll en r on it palatial vu ut p In Is If I i t I ii more 1111 ii a it 1 I U quits the lumber labor lubO and care cne of ot at 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