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Show WILL PAY MINING LOSSES. Congress Makes Appropriation to Compensate Western Operators. Washington. Thousands upon thousands of dollars will soon be awarded numerous western mining men as compensation for losses they sustained in responding to the government's gov-ernment's call during the war for increased in-creased production of manganese, tungsten, chrome and other rare minerals min-erals so necessary in many of the war-making war-making processes: Congress has appropriated ap-propriated $S,.")0t),O00 to compensate for tiiese losses, and the disbursement I of Ihe fund is in the hands of the war I aimeral relief commission, which is j now tabulating claims that have been filed. |