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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (July 29, 1903)
I! ' '4 THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, July 29, 190; A I I ft ft MINING CONGRESS. Interesting Matters Relating To Organization By Hon. Irwin Mahon. Tho folJowini address wiih delivered before the business hi on of Rapid Ciy, 8. I)., on the '21 Ht, by Hon. Irwtti Million, secretary of tho American Mining Cengress: In July, 1H!)7, the first assembly of what 1h now known iih the American Mining Congress wiih held in the city of Denver, Colorado, with the then governor of that Htate, the Hon. Alva AdaiiiK, as Hh teniiiorary president. Karly in April of that same year, 1H!7, a few gentlemen, realizing the liiiporlnnco of tho mining industry to the general welfare of the nation, and more rapid development of the great empire west of the Mississippi river, conceived the (ilea Unit an organization that would lie liroiid and ropscsoutatlvo In cliaracter, through which miht !e discussed methods IichI adiipteil to tho higher de velopment of mining, and in voicing the results of Hh delilieratioiiM, that those results would lie, not the opinion of an Individual, or any one particular locality, lint the voice of the people through their representatives attending Hh hihhIoiih from every iuarler of North and Houth America, hoping lu ho broad and liberal it platform to command respect of and favorable consilient tlou of the people from every Hcctiou of our country, iih well iih (hat of the eongrcsH of the United Htaten, in any rcHiiouahle request linido by them, anil from thin movement you have the American Mining Congress today, which, although not u local enterprise in cliaractr, Iiiih in every liiHlauce where IIh iiuuual session wiih held, been of untold llnauulal advantage to the Htate ho favored. It Hhould not be necessary to appeal to the IiuhIiichh men of tho country in behalf of the milling IndiiHtry, yet hoiiicIiow or other, when there In any great or hiiiiiII movement contemplated In the internet of thin iiuliiHtry, the l, 000,000,000 of new wealth our mine produce and add to the uouutry'H wealth e-icli year requires a great deal of letter writing, uewHpapcr work and speech making iM'fore altracllug thoHllghteHt attention from the average Amrlcan oltiirou, and with Home It requires the work of a diamond drill before you can make them underhand that there are more railroads in the United States that do not return one cent of Intercut to their stock holder than (here are in I lien; and tho only real value they have In to furnish an avenue for Hpeciilatiou for 'tluiHU who live by thin meaiiH. They do not seem to know that for every railroad of value iu the country there Ih a mine that In pay ing from four to live t lines iih much intercut and whoso stock Ih on a much more solid basis of actual value. We talk a great deal about com merce, trade and manufacture, but say and do but llttlo for the real wealth of tho nation, which in tho wealth we win from tho soil. Tho immensity of the importance of tho products of our mines aro not realized either by our national and state legislators, tho public general ly, or iu many instances oven tho miners tho themselves. Wo all recognize the fact that commercial and manufacturing centers aro busy, intellectual centers, but wo seem to forgot that it Ih tho raw materials iniii absolutely mako a successful permanency of these busy, intellectual manufacturing centers. In tho United States, according to the census reports, wo have moro than half ii million manufacturing establishments that, it is claimed, havo invested capital to the amount of 80,835,080,909. If this bo true, Is it not a fact that tho corner stouo of tho foundation upon which rests tho hope of tholr succoess the products of our preoioiiH metal mines? Nor is this all: tbeso manufacturing establishments must have raw material from which to manufacture articles of commerce. Here again must we look to tho source of all our real wealth, tho Hull, and of Its products do wo con sume annually 87 :H8, 144,7115 worth of the raw material, out of which wo manufacture prdouots worth 31!), 014287, UIB. Thoso are certainly convincing figures of tho nation's great strides in tho production of raw materials (without reciting special statistics by states) as ii mineral producer, and would seem to me to warrant a greater recogni tion by the people and by tho nation for the Industry than it now receives. No sounder argument why every American citizen, I cure not whether he lives iu a com mercial, agricultural, manufacturing or it mining relgon, Hhould feel in t rested in the greater success of min ing and be ready and anxious to aid the American Mining Congrss iu its etrorts to secure a national department of mines and mining. The industry has forged ahead practically unassisted. What think you, then, would be the result with the same assistance as that rendered our agricultural iuteretH? Tho American Milling Cougrees Ih not a local organization; its aim and purpose is altogether national, consequently the holding of one of its annual sessions, if held In San Francisco, Ih of iih much Importance to the state of New York iih it Ih to Sau Krauclsco, and to reverse it, tho same to Sun Krauclsco iih to How in every other instance, tbero is no county, city, town, village or hamlet in all the great commonwealltb of South Dakota that la not urged to send representatives to this coming session of the congress, and all good citizens are invited to become members, if they will, not only of tho Black Hills Mining Men's association, but of the Amerl can Mining Congress, and by their presence and active influence build up the industries of their state, and I know of no place moro directly in terested lu the succeess of this com lug assembly than Rapid City. There may not be auy groat mines in the immediate neighborhood of Rapid City, but within a short two hours' ride of this place you find one of the greatest and most active mineral producing regions in the world. Thou, again, at Rapid City is located the state school of mines, with such professors of note in charge aa Drs. Slagle, O'Hara and Fulton, who are succsesfully oduoatiug your young mou, training thorn for a lifo service iu tho mining industry, and thoso of you residing iu any section of tho state who havo sous as students at this institution do not wish, I am sure, in auy manuor to weaken thorn lu tho profession of tholr choice. Nor is this all. By your own efforts was your state school of mines established and located in Rapid City, and to sustain and mako it a successful institution of learn ing havo you appropriated large sums of money, and at ovory session of your legislature ask for more, and yet aro not dlrootly and indirootly Interested, and intensely interested, lu the success of the mining industry of your state, wher ever tho mluoritl is found, whether iu Rapid City, Deadwood, Lead, or elsewhere, I think, I hopo you are. Is it wise, thou, to bo indlfforeut to tho question of fostoriug iu all legitimate ways, tho great mluiug industry of America, and Is It not tho duty of ovory loyal American citizen, natlvo born and adopted, to aid the American Mining Congress, financially aud othorwise, in secur ing such legislation, state and national, iih will protect aud advauco tho mining Industry of tho country? These grand and lofty hills that aro so beautiful to look at, so fragrant with health-giving climate, ho cliurmlng lu their diversity of scenery, wonderful caves, crystal witters, great peaks, balmy air, historic charms, aud that gem of waters, Sylvan lake, have for countless ages continued tho base of untold wealth; still, until tho hand of mini, commenced to drag thorn forth, the world wiih uouo tho wiser HOTEL DIRECTORY ...THE UNTIL HOTEL... EUROPEAN PLAN rates: si to si. bo per day free bus to A. fkom trains NO CHINAMEN EMPLOYED A. J. DENNY, Prop. GOLDEN EIGLE HOTEL OTIS ALDERSON. PROPR. A First Cliu, Mifirn Httil Ritti; $1.00 tn If.OO r i Half Sleek from Dtpel 8UMPTER OREGON PHILBRICK & FENNER MINING CIVIL ENCINEERS U. S. DEPUTY MINERAL8URVEYORS EXAMINATIONS AND REPORTS ON MINES Rooms 2 a 4, sank op sumpter loo. sumpter, oregon. HENRY J. JORY U. 8. UKPUTV MINERAL' 8URVKYOR 71 Rtlittn IlilDf, It Oriadt. 0ri((it MINERAL PATENTS, TOWNSHIP PLATS AND ANVTHINO OF RECORD IN THE U. S. 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