REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

SIXTH ANNUAL SESSION

THE AMERICAN MINING

CONGRESS

IRWIN MAHON, SECRETARY,

CARLISLE, PENNSYLVANIA

DEADWOOD AND LEAD, SOUTH DAKOTA,
SEPTEMBER 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 AND 12, 1903

OF THE

UNIV

1904:

UNION PRINTING COMPANY,

PORTLAND, ORE.

SESSIONS OF THE CONGRESS HAVE BEEN HELD AS FOLLOWS:

Hon. J. H. Richards, Idaho; Col. Thomas Ewing, California; R. C. Patterson, Nebraska; J. Frank Watson, Oregon; Col. E. F. Brown, Colorado; Dr. J. A. Holmes, North Carolina; John Gray, South Dakota; Hon. James H. Lynch, Montana; John Dern, Utah.

LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE.

Hon. J. H. Mitchell, United States Senator, Chairman, Oregon; Hon. J. H. Richards, Idaho; Col. Thomas Ewing, California.

PROGRAM COMMITTEE.

R. C. Patterson, A. M., Chairman, Nebraska; J. Frank Watson, Oregon; John Gray, South Dakota.

TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE.

Irwin Mahon, Chairman, Pennsylvania; Hon. J. H. Lynch, Montana; Capt. Thos K. Muir, Oregon.

BUILDING COMMITTEE.

Col. Thos. Ewing, Chairman, California; David H. Moffatt, Denver, Colorado; J. R. Leonard, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.

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S. W. Russell, 1st Vice-President....Deadwood, South Dakota
E. R. Buckley, 2d Vice-President..

..Rolla, Missouri

Thomas Ewing, 3d Vice-President: . .Los Angeles, California

C. W. Goodale, Treasurer..
Irwin Mahon, Secretary..

.Butte, Montana ..Carlisle, Pennsylvania

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Hon. J. H. Richards, Boise, Idaho; E. R. Buckley, Rolla, Missouri; Irwin Mahon, Carlisle, Pennsylvania; Col. John T. Grayson, Portland, Oregon; S. W. Russell, Deadwood, South Dakota; Col. Thos. Ewing, Los Angeles, California; Charles W. Goodale, Butte, Montana; W. L. Kendall, Cleveland, Ohio; L. K. Armstrong, Spokane, Washington.

LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE

Hon. E. W. Martin, Chairman, Deadwood, South Dakota; Hon. H. B. Heyburn, United States Senator, Wallace, Idaho; Hon. A. B. Kittredge, United States Senator, Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Col. Thomas Ewing, Los Angeles, California; Maj. E. L. Shafner, Cleveland, Ohio.

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

W. S. Elder, Chairman, Deadwood, South Dakota; J. W. Neill, Salt Lake City, Utah; Walter H. Weed, United States Geological Survey, Washington, D. C.; Dr. R. L. Slagle, Dean School of Mines, Rapid City, South Dakota; R. H. Driscoll, Cashier First National Bank, Lead, South Dakota.

TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE

S. W. Russell, Chairman, Deadwood, South Dakota; John Francis, G. P. A., B. & M. R. R., Omaha, Nebraska; J. A. Kuhn, Asst. G. P. & F. A., C. & N. W. R. R. Co., Omaha, Nebraska; Pro.f E. M. Shepard, Springfield, Missouri; Ernest May, Lead, South Dakota.