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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 29, 1905)
American Mining Congress. (ContltitH'il from M (.) equipped with an Assembly boll ami offices; And space in which can be placed the greatest collection of commercial oris the world Las ever seen a collection worthy of this great industry, and where it can be preserved find augumented as the years go by, and where any states desiring can display its commercial oret on any scale which the mining interests of that state may be thought to justify, and where sta tistical and other useful information can be gathered and preserved for constant use. There nre so many departments iu which this cougress can be made useful to mining arid miners, that it must appeal to all who give the subject auy careful consideration. We shall uot attempt to do these things all at once, but to accom plish anything of lasting importance the congress must be placed on a pound and enduring basis. The mining periodicals of this country that have come to my no tice have lately offered some prac tical suggestions as to things this congress should do, and it seems in pUen at this time to call these and and other suggestions to your at tention. Mining periodicals can render most valuable assistance in the work of our organization, both by sug gestion and criticism- These we invite and we take this occasion to express our grutitude for what these periodicals have done in this dire- tion. Mining and other periodicals have the right to commend, cnti cine or condemn any of the doing of the coneress. and w hen this is done in a spirit of honest purpose to aid us iu our work, it must, in whatever form it appears, assist you in that work. Many times even our enemies help us bv their criticism and our friends always do, it we receive it ia the right spirit. We are simply seeking what is beit for the American mining industry, and we care not so much from what source light comes, so it comes. Manv tell us that they are wait ing to t-eo what the American Min ing Congress amounts to before they lerd their assistance. Our cloricus countrv would not now be the light of the world had all acted on that theory. Wbv not all take hold and make this organization an instrument through whicti all can Bpeak'with a right to be heard? This congress will be iust what those interested in mining choose to make it. It was organized to aid them directly and this country as a whole indirectly. It will be able to achieve for the evolution of the mining industry just what they choose to have it accomplish. The time is here- in this country where cooperation, not competition, is the potent force in getting things doue. The bankers co-operate; transportation lines co-operate. Their co-operation is legitimate when based on honesty of purpose, and is the crreatest method vet dis covered to prevent waste and finan cial and industrial disaster. Those forces which, when wisely directed, are mofet potent for good, may, when ignorantly or dishonestly directeJ, be most destructive to the welfare of a people. The wholesome uncov ering of vicious methods of direct ing the great financial affairB of our country will point the way to bet ter methods in this co-operative tendency in the field of business and finance. We as ytt little realize what a mighty influence on business tendencies may be exer cised by au organization generously supported by mining men and peri odicals, tLoroughly representative of the mining industry, and with honesty and wisdom ruling its councils. It is believed by many that the co-operation of our government with the miner, as it now co-operates with the farmer, through a Depart ment of Mines and Miniog of equal dignity with the Department of Ag riculture, would be of incalculable benefit to the mining industry; that, for instance, our prospectors, miners and mining inventors are entitled to the most careful governmental investigation of mineral districts and formations, and the best ways of treating the infinite variety of ores in which this country abounds, and that they have the same right to official information on these mat ters that the farmer has to official information in regard to crop cul ture which is so effectively supplied to him by the Agricultural Depart ment. It alho seems to them that foreign n arketb fur Homo of our mineral products might be increased by proper governmental action, in much the same a ay that such co operate -n has developed market for certain agiicultural pioducls abroad. If the question be considered one simply of dollars and tents, they are inclined to believe that in the ways indicated a Department of Mines and Mining would pay for itself many times over in direct beuefits to the mining and affiliated indus tries. It appears to them that min ing and farming stand on an equal footing as the great primary pro ducing industries which supply the raw material for neatly all other in dustries, and that otto is just as much entitled to official notice as tho other. (Continued next week.) A TRUE STORY. SKVERAI, years ago a miner from British Columbia ar rived iu one of the large cities iu the United State and on a cold November ni rning called on a tailor and said: "You see me shivering in my summer clothes? 1 wuut a wiuter suit of pauts, vest, coat and heavy overcoat. I have no moucy at present, but will give in payment for thase clothes rive thousaud shares of the I,eKoi Mluitig Com pany at liosslaud. 11. C. These shares are now selling for a mere song, but the time will come, when these five thousand shares will make the owner rich. I worked in that mine and I know that it is rich with copper, silver aud gold ores. I hate to part with these shares, but I must have a winter suit or freeze to death." The tailor looked at the hands of the miuer, and seeing them homy from severe toil, which inspired him with confidence in what the miner said, he answered, thought- greater progress is reported in Cali fully: foruia whose pioduction exceed "Nothing risked, nothing gained, j that of t'.kKi by if-.lioo .000. the in I have a suit ready that will fit you, I crease being explained putly h a and I will take your five thousand strong development ot the quul shares iu payment for same.'' ; mining industty am! to a le.- de- Receiving the shares, the tailoijgtte by the activity of dredgers, tied a thread around them aud Alaska and Arizona show increased threw them in the drawer of his j yields amounting respectively to working table, where he kept his , TG.sVO and $7..,7oS. A i.umbu thread, silk, needles and wax.ot states show smaller ;iicr a-c-. There those five thousand shares re j while I'tah, Montana ar.d Washing mained for years covered up with ; toh have less to their credit in i'-'o I dust. 1 than in l'Joo. 1 One Saturday evening he went to a beer saloou to eat some bread and cheese auddrink beer, with a few friends, who related that there was great excitement on the exchange. that the LeRoi mining shares of British Columbia jumped to $6 per share. The taiior related that some j:70.:'i!o. Ca:itoi nlu. bl di . Mum years ago he took five thousand tana, Nevada and l't i.h nh-o ud.'ed shares iu payment for a suit of j considerable value t their silver clothes, but he forgot the uamo of : production, the mining company; but he would ' , m , lOOK it up next Alondiy, wuicU ne did, and found them to be the Le lioi Mining; Company shares. He took them to the broker, who of fered him $3o,0U0 spot cash tor them, which he accepted, saying: "Nothing risked, nothing gained." Had he waited six months he could have had $1 5,000 more for these shares. TAXATION OF STOCK. QUESTION: Many of our clients are being assessed by the local authorities for min ing stock held by them. We have stated to them that mining stock is exempted by the federal laws. Are we right? If yon can inform us and give some authority, we should he gratified. Anewer: There are no federal laws governing the assessment of property for local taxes. Each state has exclusive control ot property in its jurisdiction, which can only be assessed in the county aud state where located. But a certificate of mining stock is not property. It is simply evidence of ownership, jut the same as a deed of real estate or a bill of sale for a horse. The deed ic not the property, neither is the certificate of stock or a bill of nale. It is simply evidence that the holder thereof is owner of his pro rata share with all the other stock holders of all the property owned by the corporation issuing the Stock. That property is assessed for taxes in the county and state where it ia located aud if it is producing miniog property the output is taxed. The propei ty may be located in more than one state, but the corpor ation must pay its taxes wherever the property is, but a stockholder is not liable for the taxes. So we soo that stock ceitifieates are not locally taxable for two reasons. First, because they are not property, second, for the reason that bqtu the stockholder and the corporation would be pay- ing taxes on the Name property, which is double taxation and clearly illegal. Iook at this another way: A man buys a one-tenth interest iu a mining claim in Colorado, gds his deed and goes to Massachusetts. Subsequently a corporation is formed and his interest is conveyed to the tompany, for which there is issued to him one-tenth of all the stock. His property is just the same evidenced in one case by deed and in other by certificates of stock. Daily Mining Record. Union Thanksgiving Services. All the churches of the town will unite in a Thanksgiving service to be held in the Methodist church Thursday evening at 7:30, l'reach irig will be by llev. Grace of the resbytenau church. GOLD OUTPUT OF NATION: A report issued by the Ceolo gical survey avs. "The production of cold in the I nitcd iStutesduiing li'ol an. Minted to H,yiO,7'2'J lino ounce, valued ut S(,5t:5.6l. This represents an ituurise ot $7,'J I3,'.H8 over the production of K'oJ. The largest previous output iu li'0'2 amounted to $So.OOO,UHO. Tho production of silver in l!'04 amounted to .s.s.'.Hh'i.si; I hue ounce valued at 2l-.0;r,.57S. Thin repre sents an increase of 1 ,(''.'., So I ounces over the production of iWC aud au increase in value of '-7 t.'t, U7S. Tho record output of silver in T.V2 amounting to o't.M'iM'oo fine ounces, the repot t says, bus not been reached in late vcats, nor has the commercial value attained the figures of that year which amounted to Si!,10U0(. The principal soinccs of the in crease iu the gold production com pared with that of l'.HKI. the icpoit save are easily traerdde. Colorado added nearly f'2, 000,000 to her pro duction of IWA, most of this sniouut coining from the mints ot Cripple Creek. Nevada's output iucreated about the same amount, chiefly by reason of the phenomenal vields of the oldtie!d mines. The i The increase in vain- in the pre- 1 ductio" of silver el ll,:i7s is somewhat evenly tiitiii uttd inuong 1 the various states aiid territories, ! but is to some extent due to the better price of silver obi uried. Col- I orado lea Is with an i icieaj o T I! II GRKATKST I'OWDKK EXPLOSION. O1' interest to mining nun, is c little- notice of the explosion of the irrtatcrt uuaUiiv of dynamite ever known, in one Mast. A steamship "Chatham" sank in the Suez canal recently with a load cf lco tons cf tiy r.at.'iite am! a supply of detonators. Iu order to clear the channel, two mine of 31.10 pounds of powder each were placed, one in the powder compartment and the other with the detonators, by divers and connected by electric wires to a firing station J miles dis tant. On tho pressing of the elec tric key the tremor of the earth was felt immediately wMI the noise reached the i-tat;;i in 16 seconds. The water find debris ai cended fur 5 seconds to an estima ted hnight of I50O feet and for 2 minutes the air was elocded with the debris. The wit'-i r fthecanai was forced ov-r the cornier 'Yr a great distsnc. pie-k of the ship were thrown rjoo vai-V and where the ship had been soundings sho a e 1 a hole of 7i feet in de th. Jx. Superintendent IC. K. Hum has ordered the cloning of the Ferris Haggcity mine fr,r the winter months, and nays he will not again reoj tn it until the arrival of the Saratoga A; Kncarnpinent Railroad company'h line at that point. It will cost ij-'Ko less per ton to get the ore to market v. hen the railroad comes than by present method, and he says that nothing can stop the building of the road. The sewer LouiJh recently issued by the city of Grunts Pass lor the construction and completion of the city sewer syMem and amounting to a valuation c f $1 '.1,000 have been resold by V. N. Harris iV Co. of Chicago who bought them at a premium of .f Jo.jo per thousand dollars to the Woodmen of the World at a premium of $07..r0 per thousand, an advance ol .f 2 7 . per thousand on the original premium. This fact speaks volumes for the stability of its cily and the credit given it. WHKX YOC JIAVi: A 15AI) ;ou You want a remedy that will not only Klvetjuieli relief Out effect it er- rri.aneni cure. You vvunt n Kineilv that will re lieve tho luiifs and keep expectoru- iion easy. You vvanl u lenaily Unit will comi teritet any ternleney toward ineu nionia. You want a remedy that In pleasant ain1 Hafe to take. Clianili.'i lain'h C'hiikIi I'eiiietly meets all of tliewi ieiiiireineiitH and ba the Mpiedy mul jiennanent euio of or d (ailils utamls w It hoiit a ja er. J 'or sale by Tin Modern 1'harinacy. The Orcouiun missed coming, in ou the ufteriioon train Thursday probably through the fault of a mail clerk. A. II. KING Attorney ;t lmv, !;; f.;ii ., .:. BARKER & PERM AN rUol'Mt- lous K TNI: l:CI1 ANUI; r I'KAI.KKS 1,N I1NK WINK;-. I.inroKS, CIC.AUS. MhI 11 ill root . I ,,t t . 1 . Of 0 .1. S. Medley. .1. C. John-mi JIt'rfctf ," ,1 oh ii son , At I oniey s a t law f''irc Sniff .7 li'inh .'.. Spetlal atle'ilioii ulvtii to Miiiinu unit Corpi il iil Ion I .a n . J. E. YOUNG Atlorncy-at-I.dic OtlU'O ,m Mam street. We-I -i.le CoTT.UlK C.KOYK. (KK. MININU AM) OKI! TK'CVTMI .M I'eslmdiifc; mid e m-( nit 1 1, hi i i or reduction 01 kn aiul Keneral iiiaelilii cry I'i.iniK. ini't liiiiiieal ar.ift in.v t l ;i:n I'. M 1: McKay I'.inldln-. I'oi (land, i : II;itt A: rolucl! .vlilduy; laiulneel l. S. MtiKfal Siitvovot Kooiu I I'.anl, IM '. 1 . a 1 ,1: i- 1 ; : . , IKiJ li i", ( (rejoin. 111 I'dd.i;. I'frtl.nil. ( iregon. H. C. MADSEN, A'W 1 1 M A K K K , 11 work K 'inrii ii ! i -i fttt'ht it. rliu'kt iupI JcMfi: ; coiTAiii-: ,i;i) ! 1 1 is a (II I roii.s i a i ,. 1 1 1 ! I v . von l"M- y.iiir lienll li. Iii-rau-.- 1 1 1 1 ! . u tlon aint ti 1 1 1 s I i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ii ti' h.i.n I awjiv. rroiiiir rclielian In- l:a lr. Kir.K'K N-u I. If- Till-. I ! IhiIM iiji yoar iliesiii- I vi n -. .m rill- liiNiil.iflief 1 1 ! ..i lifss. i t . 1 1 e , ini .' 1 1 1 1 1 a , t ti'. ( i li u a ii Vi-. I a ' I'.-i i I 'lial maey. L'."ie. univ L-n- in aihiiii' ri on v i:r cliptU'tl secures tin; ai in .ili'l Countrv Ji'urnd for a ; eir. joiirrjul the size of the Ladii s I Inn, Journal and uu exctlitiiL paper- It has been greatly en!ai;;e I and iin proved recently. Till: I.X.UT TIIINi. liLiil'lKI.I' KOK OONSI ll'A I ION. "As a eel tain purgative mul hI"Iii aeh purilier ( 'liainhn Iain's Siom n li aniJ Uvr I alilets Heenito .elliet act tiling leqiilled, htionn' enough f 'l' tli- most roliiisl, et laild eiitinli and pafe for tlnMicii and iitlioiii tlliit terrlhl- lt l - j I i r 1 1 .so emiiiiioii ! iiiohI purgatives." nays K. S. t Co., I'doia, Oiilni io, C'.ii ;iila. Kale ly 'I he .Nloileiai I'harni :- . Subscribe for the Xii'C'c t. 1 iiKUii v. i:iVAi:i).s i..i i;i;i:u. Ilerl) V. I'Mward- of Hi s Moln. ,, Iowa, (.'ot a fall on an ley voilk last winter, Hjii aii ii Ids v i i.-.t and In ihn infills knees. 'J ' 1 1 1 ne.vt day "' In Ha.Vt-, "I hey Were so hull! .aiid slill I waH afraid. I would have in t-ia.v in bed, Out I tulilied llnm well with Chainliei Iain's 1'ain Jialiu and ; 1 1' 1 1 r a few anplieatloiiM all Hunan-H-i had I i -.-appeai'ed." I'oi Salt; by .The Modern I'hai inaey. ct:ci:i) ( oNSUMr'JToN'. Mi'H. J!. W. i:aiiH, ( Iimi vv ah r, Kan., vviite.s; "My hiHbaml lay .- ii-;. for three lnonths. The tloelor.s said that, ho hail quick consumption. Wo procured a I, utile of JiallardY llnielioiiinl Ny rup. and il cured him. That wan wix y eaiH ao. Miiei' then we have al wayw kept a holUe in I he house. Ueeaniint tlo without It. J or eoiiKh.s and colds It. ha-i no equal.'' L'5c, r0c and ."if 1. 00. The Modern I'har niacy. N'i:t;i!AI.(il. 1'AINS. llheiiiiialisiii, Inmliiio and .'ciaiir pahiH yield to the penetrating ia lliienee of r.allard'H .Sliuvv I .Ini men I . II periutrateH tothe ncrvea ami hone and beiiiK ah.sorhed Into the bhaid. Its healing jiroperd leu art! coin e.i ed to every iarl of I he body, and el'iei l Home wonderful euros. lT,c, .Mie ami $1.00. The Modern l'htuiiuicy. 11 work k -Hr:i l ! .m; .-.i -n. 1 w : . i, .v.- y .- , ... V ftti'ht it. rlifk uiM Jew v ' ; k ; v i f i .1' tt Jl i if flic hi Nalioiiiil liank j j) oi,i r.tH frY'M i I i i , ,,. . I i 1 o '. 51 Vl'l IA,,I. VIM''. ,., 'M V V fc . . i k jnk. 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