Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-10-09
rHE CENTENNIAL COLLECTION
AT THE STATE FAIR.

As was announced some days ago,
Me.srs Stewart aud Whitehill have a
portion of their Centennial collection
on exhibition at the State Fair at Reno.
All accounts agree that this Centennial
department is the chief feature of the
exhibition. The Journal publishes an
interesting description of it, and in
view of the fact that it may not be con-
v~euient for all of the readers of the
SENTINEL to attend the great Worlds
Fair at Philadelphia next year, and they
will therefore never again have an op
portunity of knowing what it looks
like. We have concluded to reproduce
all our contemporary has to say oil the
subject, as follows:
They occupy a space in glass cases
50 feet in length 10y 3 feet in width,
and are very neatly arrayed and la
beled. This display is by far the
most attractive exhibition in the pa
vilion. Although but a very small
portion o. the Centennial collection is
here. still it will give visitors an idea
Of what Nevada will do next year at
the great Worlds Fair. Perhaps no
State in the Union IA present such n
variety Of minerals. Certainly our sill
yer, lead, sulphur, salt and borax pro
auctions are nowhere equa ed in the
world. Every specimen in the col.
lection here is we'll worth seeing, still
we can only call attention to them and
more particularly describe . few of the
sn.xNS pntnttlttnnf On09 fhn and nf
the cases next to the entrance of the
pavilion, are some beautiful salt crys
ais, and sacks Of table salt perfectly
pure, from tho Eagle Salt Works, in
Churchill county. Then comes y fine
collection of manufactured borax and
sulphate of copper from the Lyon
Mill and Mining Company. at Dayton;
next is a monster specimen of native
sulphur, weighing 700 pounds, from
Hale IL Duffy's mine in Humboldt
county. Quartz AMI amethyst CRYSTALS
from the ComStock; then bv far the
prettisst sight in the whole collection is
about $50 pounds OF the molyDdate OF
lead, from The Eureka Consolidated
mine, at Eureka. The beautiful orange
rolOred crystals sparkle at night. in
the gas light, like u bed of gems.
Next 10 these are two handsome spec
linens of selenite, sulphate of lime,
from Ormsby county, and various va
rieiies Of ores from different sections
Of the State. A little pile of ores from
the Consolidated Virginia valued Mt
SO. 900 per ton, California, $1,000, and
Ophir, $1,000, attracts considerable at
tention from the mining portion of the
visitors, as also some specimens rom
Peavine, In this county, and COrtez
District in Eureka county. Then there
is . huge specimen of petrified wood
from Lyon county. The most valua-
BILE specimen in the collection lisa large
specimen Of chlorine and sulphuret
ore taken from the Yellow Jacket
mine several years ago, which weighs
IS pounds and is worth $3.50. This fine
specimen was donated by jacob Kline,
Of Carson City. A large specimen
weighing 40 pounds, from the Belmont
mine, Nye county, presented by John
Grimes, is literally covered with ma
tive wire silver running all through ii.
Another specimen, from the Jefferson
mine. Nye couu'y, OF 20 pounds
weight. gives an assay valne of $l7-
469 80 in silver and 81 1000 81 in gold.
A dull looking chunk of ore, from the
celebrated Eberhardt mine at White
ib0e kANCS Viz 0~tDttiStutk 0oSdf W
$50. 900 per ton, silver 800 fine. Rock
salt from the Muddy, some of thec rys
tails Of which are as transparent rs
glass. A good sized specimen from
the Sierra Nevada mine, at Virginia. j.
filled with yellow gold. A collection
OF old gold and silver coins and gold
nuggets, belonging to w. r. Chamber
lain. Is very valuable. Then there ia
about one-half a peck Of garnetS, from
Robinson District, White Pine county,
which looks very pretty. The tand-
soonest specimen Of silver ore in the
collection Ia from the North Star mine,
Lander county. and was presented by
the Reese River Pioneers; II is ruby
silver, weighs 95 pounds, aud IL Of tie
value OF $500. Some specimens OF
quicksilver are also on exhibition from
the new discovery IN this vicinity by
B. r. Norton.
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