DEFENSE MINERALS POLICY HEARING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS UNITED STATES SENATE EIGHTY-SECOND CONGRESS CONTENTS Page 28-35 Cole, John H., president of Domestic Manganese & Development Co. 7-16 Ecton, Zales, United States Senator from Montana. 7 Flynn, W. F., owner of Marie Mine, Philipsburg, Mont., (statement presented by Carl P. Trauerman, secretary-treasurer, Montana Mining Hammond, Roy, member of firm of Hammond & Everly Engineering Co...- 64–66 Imhoff, Lawrence M., Washington, D. C., special assistant to Robert R. 68-72 7-16 Irving, I. G., mining engineer and geologist and lessee of Norwich Mine.. 19-23 Kelly, F. P., attorney, presents statement of John H. Cole, president of Domestic Manganese & Development Co... Kingsbury, Wallace, director of Chrome Products Corp 50-53 26-28, 90-92 Larson, Jess, Administrator, General Services Administration, Letter of 45-48 Mason, William, member of executive board of the International Union 53-56 McClure, William R., president of Double Eagle Tungsten Co. 42-43 35-42 Mittendorf, C. O., Acting Administrator of Defense Minerals Explora- 81-89 Mosby, A. J., executive secretary, Western Montana Mining Association. Mouat, W. G., representative of M. W. Mouat, president of Mouat. Nickel O'Mahoney, Joseph C., Senator from Wyoming, chairman of Senate Potts, John T., president, Victoria Mines, Inc. 2, 25, 94-95 60-63 Rose, Robert R., Assistant Secretary of the Department of the Interior 68-70 35-42 56-60 17-19 Trauerman, Carl J., secretary-treasurer, Montana Mining Association, 1-2, 23-24, 63-64 Tully, Charles, supervising mining engineer, Office of Loans, Reconstruction 92-102 DEFENSE MINERALS POLICY DECEMBER 12, 1951 UNITED STATES SENATE, COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS, Butte, Mont. The committee met, pursuant to call, at 10 a. m., in the courtroom of the United States district court, Federal Building, Butte, Mont., Senator James E. Murray presiding. Present: Senators James E. Murray and Zales N. Ecton. Also present: William C. Broadgate, technical consultant to Senator James E. Murray, and Stewart French, staff counsel, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. STATEMENT OF CARL J. TRAUERMAN, SECRETARY-TREASURER, MONTANA MINING ASSOCIATION Mr. CARL J. TRAUERMAN. Senator Murray, Senator Ecton, your staff, and you gentlemen here representing the various Government agencies who, if they are not now there, should be sitting in the jury box, and ladies and gentlemen: In the absence of the mayor of the city of Butte, and the Governor of the State of Montana, I have taken it upon myself to welcome all of you here to the most hospitable State in the Union, and its most hospitable city. If you don't take advantage of and enjoy its hospitality, that is your own fault. We give you the keys to the city and give you the keys to the State, and in a number of cases, we can even give you the keys to the jail. Now, Senator Murray shortly will outline the scope of this hearing. In the meanwhile, if I am allowed to give a short example of what I consider the object of this meeting, I'll tell you about a sourdough breakfast, a traditional affair given on the last morning of the yearly convention of the Northwest Mining Association at Spokane. This is a stag affair, and is devoted to reminiscing and telling some kind of stories. The chairman this last year, a week ago Saturday, told about the discovery of the Bunker Hill Mine in the Coeur d'Alene at Kellogg, Idaho. He told about two burros furnished by the grubstaker, and one of the burros, according to tradition, really discovered the hole that is the Bunker Hill mine when he kicked galena out of the ground, and that is how it started. The chairman stated that the total cost of the grubstake, including the cost of the burros, was only $20. The mining industry has been kind to those who furnished that grubstake, as you know, and I think everybody has agreed upon that, and we are going to see what we can do to bring mining out of the forgotten category. I don't want to be facetious, and in all seriousness, I want to say rather figuratively that we right now, some of us, |