MINERS’ ASSOCIATION
The Tanana Miners1 Association, an organization that
has practically been out of existence for the past two years,
has been revived, and from present indications it will in
future be the leading organization representative of the
mining industry in the Tanana valley. There are many
good men among the reorganizers which add great strength:
men who have consistently opposed each other during the
late labor troubles while all were aimlessly wandering after
strange gods. Following are the first resolutions adopted
at the initial meeting at Fox City on Feb. 24, clearly state
several of its praiseworthy objpcts:
Resolved, That we favor the organization of an association
composed of the miners of the Fairbanks mining district to be
known as the Tanana Miners’ Association; the purpose and object
of the association is to encourage and promote the mining interests
of the Fairbanks district and of Alaska:
1. By having an association in this district wherein all miners,
prospectors, operators and claimowners may meet on a common
and satisfactory basis;
2. By formulating and adopting local mining regulations not
in conflict with the laws of the United States or with the laws gov
erning the territory of Alaska;
3. By making needful recommendations to congress through
our delegate at Washington or by petition, direct appeal or other
wise to gain a more comprehensive and suitable code of mining
laws;
4. By encouraging arbitration between miners in mining dis
putes over property, and getting our mining laws into such shape
as to avert every possible chance for litigation;
5. By conserving the resources of Alaska from appropriation
by speculators and from the greed and aggrandizement of monop
olists;
6. By endeavoring through the enlightenment of public opinion
to promote the doctrine that no one is entitled to more mineral
ground, timber berths, water power or any natural resource than
he can develop, use or utilize;
7. By gaining for Alaska an elective legislature, wherein our
needs and wants may be considered and acted upon, and where we
may finally enact our own mining laws suitable to this territory:
8. By seeking to gain from congress without delay the ap
pointment of a mining inspector to whom miners may appeal for
the arbitration of minor differences over mining and property
rights;
9. By educating and enlightening the miners as to what their
equity and mining rights are according to the spirit of the law,
creating a higher moral standard among miners in their dealings
with one another, and putting a stigma upon perjured testimony
which brings our courts into disrepute.
Martin Moran was the temporary chairman of the new
organization, and John Ronan, the well-known operator, is
now organizing branches on all the creeks of the district.
St. Patrick’s Day in the Evening
WEDNESDAY, MAR. 17,
HOT SPRINGS HOTEL,
HARD TIMES
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