PAPERS AND ADDRESSES

OF THE

Eleventh Annual Session

OF THE

American Mining
Congress

1908

PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA

December 2 to 5, Inclusive

Published by the Congress
At the Office of the Secretary
Denver, Colorado

1909

COPYRIGHT, 1909.

BY THE

AMERICAN MINING CONGRESS.

DENVER, COLORADO.

INDEX TO PAPERS OF 1909

Annual Address of the President, by J. H. Richards.
Relation of the Federal Government to Mining, by Chas. Dick...
Transportation of Mineral Products, by Edward H. Harriman....
The Importance of Arbitration as a Factor in the Advancement of
the Mining Industry, by Carroll D. Wright...

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18

38

52

The Duties of the Federal and State Governments in Relation to
the Mining Industry, by George Harrison.
Conservation in the Mining Industry, by Frank M. Osborne..
Transportation in Its Relation to the Mining Industry, by James
Douglas

57

66

71

Federal Government in Its Relation to the Mining Industry, by
James Rudolph Garfield..

88

Problems of the Coal Mining Industry, by J. A. Holmes..

98

Some Utah Mineral Deposits and Their Metallurgical Treatment, by
Robert H. Bradford.

101

Mining and Mineral Resources of Arizona, by Frank Cox.
The Mineral Resources of Virginia, by E. A. Schubert.
The Mineral Resources of Arkansas, by A. W. Estes.

119

124

146

Conservation in the Coal Industry, Protection of Life and Prevention of Waste, by Glenn W. Traer.

152

The Barren Zone of the Northern Appalachian Coal Field and Its
Relation to Pittsburgh's Industry, by I. C. White.
Needs for Conservation of Our Coal Deposits, by J. V. Thompson..
Conservation of Mineral Resources, by J. B. Zerbe.
Conservation in the Coal Industry, by John Mitchell.

166

177

181

185

Installation of Electricity in Mines, by W. A. Thomas.

196

A Brief Statement of the Rising Importance of the Rare Elements, by Herman Fleck...

204

Tariff on Zinc Ores, by S. Duffield Mitchell..

212

Arbitration as a Factor in the Mining Industry, by George Gray.. 230 Arbitration as a Factor in the Mining Industry, by Thos. L. Lewis 235 Problems of the Coal Industry, by Alexander Dempster.

239

Distribution of the Nation's Mineral Wealth, by George Otis Smith 247
Science as the Basis of Commercial Success, by Joseph Buffington 251
The Duties of the Federal and State Governments in Relation to
the Mining Industry, by W. F. Englebright...

Alaska and Its Mineral Resources, by Alfred H. Brooks.

255

258

OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1909

PRESIDENT,

J. H. Richards.

FIRST VICE PRESIDENT,

Dr. E. R. Buckley.

SECOND VICE PRESIDENT,
John Dern.

THIRD VICE PRESIDENT,

W. F. R. Mills.

DIRECTORS,

J. H. Richards, Boise, Idaho.

E. R. Buckley, Flat River, Missouri.
John Dern, Salt Lake City, Utah.

W. F. R. Mills, Denver, Colorado.

Geo. W. E. Dorsey, Fremont, Nebraska.
Thomas Ewing, Fenner, California.

H. Foster Bain, Urbana, Illinois.

A. G. Brownlee, Denver, Colorado.

Samuel A. Taylor, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

ADVISORY BOARD,

Duncan Mac Vichie, Salt Lake City, Utah.
A. W. McIntire, Everett, Washington.
W. J. Elmendorf, Spokane, Washington.
L. W. Powell, Bisbee, Arizona.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE,
John Dern, Salt Lake City, Utah.
A. G. Brownlee, Denver, Colorado.
W. F. R. Mills, Denver, Colorado.

SECRETARY,

J. F. Callbreath, Jr., Denver, Colorado,