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Show I J ; ff MNM MINING CONGRESS I ' Wen. of High Authority on Matters ' pertaining to Mining and Metal lurgy Meet In Annual ' ' Convention. Joplon, Mo Thrco hundred delegates j from thirty stnlcs were present hero at the first business session of the ; Amerlcnn Mining congress, which bo- , gan Its nnniuil convention on tho 11th. ; J Kon of lilfih nuthorlty on matters por- 1 talnlng to mining nnd metnllurgy woro j i I on tho program for nddroBBes on vnrl- ) U bus hlndr.od subjects. J A commlttcu of live was nnmcd to ! draft ft measuro thnt will provunt mln- ; ; ' Jng engineers from aiding In tho per- j I potrntlon of mining frauds. I A resolution asking tho federal gov- i .crnmcnt to Issuo sopnrato patents to 'lands sultnhlu for both mining and agricultural "purposes, and classifying ', 'mineral lands ns "mineral lands" only, was submitted, but action wns do- ! . furred, j A resolution declnrlng for ad valor- i om tax on Imported zinc ores of $30 a j I ton wns adopted, nnd each member I pledged himself to work for tho en- ; forcemeat of such by addressing n let-tcr let-tcr to his congressman urging It, , ' In an Interview hero, President Richards stated that President Hoose- I vclt a few days ago told him ho would ' I recommend to tho national congress P tho establishment of n bureau of mln- j, ing similar to. the department of ngrl- jl culture. ! An address by Dr. Ernsmus UnworUi j , i of tho Btato university of Knusns, on ; prospecting for gas nnd petroleum, i i J wna of cspcclul Interest to tho delo- l . sates: ' g Tho night session waB dovotcd to ! 1 tho nddrcBs of President J. H. Rich- , 5 ' nrds of Boise, Idaho, nnd a public re- i ; , ceptlon and social session at tho Elks' j i club. |