| Show THE MINING CONGRESS A all full of interest Inte reit to ning mu alen salt bait lake city utah july 11 the international mining congress which drew to a close saturday was waa a most successful meeting the attendance reached beveral te eral hundred delegates coming coining from froin thirty four states aus au dialia canada mexico venezuela acla and peru the sessions continued three days and the embr embraced oLed runny many topics of interest to mining men in all bi arches of the industry the 1 he most important resolution adopted was one introduced by ex congressman C III allen alien of utah asking congress to pass a law doing away vi with ith extra lateral rights ihla ibis was a compromise meo mea bure the committee on laws having I 1 recommended the abrogation of extra lateral rights the apex vein and the enlargement of claims from twenty to forty acres as a compensatory measure I 1 ahe he report had the support of such representative men as prof keyes of california J A murray of montana and IL C chambers cham bers of utah but op position tion v was as so strong that a compro comero aibe measure was introduced to secure greater harmony A resolution was adopted asling congress to create a department of commerce and industry A secretary of mining was also wanted but there m was as a difference of opinion its aa to whether to ask for a cab inet officer or merely auert ly a department I 1 chief un under d er the secretary of the interior as bt ing the most promising of re suits stilts colonel ol onel montgomery merv of colliado Coloia do N n as elected president and mili milwaukee aukee selected a the next meeting plate place w v ill bt be established and maintained la in salt lale lake until moved to milwaukee in time to for tho the opening of neit ne it 3 ear 8 session |
