New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-08-02


Ten gentlemen including the orginatoI.s .oos
equal shares and subscribed SO0,ouO rore, auao o
of land were purchased for $2o,ooo Douus WIZ 20
issued and placed at par up 10 tne Ill, h.,' rxn VI
5000 900. On MAY 3 the cornerstone OF the Expo,
siton Building was laid, andit has been cohple'eu
at a cost of Sl35, 900. , .. roo
feet from north TO south and 81 from east TO west
The material is brick, the inside lined Win pine,
and the lofty roof braced with iron rods. mere Is
n rotunda at the centre, and towers at the angles.
Galleries twenty nine feet wide run aronnd the
interior There also boiler houses and an annex
building for the heavier machinery. flnanclauy
the promoters are likely TO find the Exposition u
profitable undertaking. tremendous impetus
has been given TO real estate, and the iah9 loI
which they paid $4,000 is now valued van G ~ =
500. 900. For permits to the variOus side SHOWS
which cluster about the building and permits IN
side they have received $4,000 ihey are aiso
said TO be interested in the Denver Circle halIWS
a crazy narrow gauge running to the Expos,,tion
along the banks of the almost dry Cherry Creek IN
the bed of which the first gold was discoNe,cu -,
this part of Colorado. In addition. the benNei an" ~
Rio Grande and Denver and New-Orioans iin ~ ~
the grounds each having capacity estlma.eeu 20
$4,000 daily. The ADMISSION tees; nAe otr ~ ~
cents are likely also to yield bOuntuui return A.
In organizing the Exposition the Governors VI .,io
States were elected presidents, ana Ino
Governors OF the Western States anu m nN
appointed State Comm ssi0ners 70 secuio az, ~
btbit Assistants were appointed III the different
counties and meetings held In the Ihln'ns ol;PH.
After period of lethargy the ;ntn s1rit ~
those of Colorado, were reused INTO a Spit. VI
rivalry bed literally to the expenses OF SEND
ing their specimens, and went INTO the enterprise
with the true gaming spirit fostered oy m,nlng ne
os they wonld bet on a game OF poker. When the
81 Silent Friend" sent specimen Weighing Z,3oo
pounds the miners of lineup met and resolved 10
was their exultatOn until they discovered that
Tomioh had "seen them and raised them win
lump Of two tons weight. When ne hP'dPn'
published in the Tombstone district, Arizona, an
nounced the sending of rich specimens from the
Tough Nut" and "OwPs Last Hoot," ne soma
Muldoon proclaimed that Exposition matters were
al
warned its readers TO emulate the men OF " De
Joyful Gulch." This rivalry has had the happiest
results for the Exposition.
ARRANGEMENT OF EXHIBITS.
Entering at the east door the visitor finds the
mineral exhibit occupying the north wing of the
building and its centre, while the south wing Is
taken up with machinery. and the remainder OF the
floor space with most of the galleries has been I'M
wisely allowed to be numbered up with the adver-
Using exhibits of Denver tradespeOpe, although
there are thousands of pounds of minerals for
which there Is no room. The State and county
exhibit OF mine rails shown in brightly painted
pagodas and pavlions or on shelving tables. he
large blocks are arranged on the moor around the
space accorded, while the most valuable specimens
are displayed shelves under glass protected by
Yale locks In the centre, under the T0tunda, is a
rockery and fountain. Before this. on the east is
huge block representing the mass of silver at 800
fine yielded by the Ontario mine OF the Ulntah DIS
trIct Summit County, Utah, from 1874 TO June 80,
1881 The value OF this yield has been
$ll. O12 900 10, and the output no to 1875 was
only $500. 900. that nearly ten and quarter
millions have been produced in the last three and
half years. Specimens OF the ore. zinc. blende.
gray. copper and silver copper glance. are also
shown. of which Oh, SOC tons have been extracted
with an average assay value OF ~ 40 81. On the
west side of the fountain is Obelisk larger than
the Australian Obelisk at the Centennial, which
represents in its dimensions the output OF GiIpin
County Col, in gold and sllver-an average ylcd OF
1885 annually for every man, woman and chlld In
the county. Another obesk is in size equal to the
mass OF Lake COuntys silver output. which is
valued at 500. 100000.
But while these merely represent amounts of pre-
cious metals there are tangible and dazzling Il
dences of wealth close at hand. Here are carbon
atss and pure silver from Leadyille worth 100000,
including IA silver brick that weighs 1000 pounds.
There are gold and silver bricks irom the Argo and
Golden snleteis. the chlorides OF the Silver Cllt
and Robert l.. Lee mines, worth tens of thousands
ton the true silver OF San Juan heaps OF native
silver in capitalization from near Gothic, and
retorts OF solid gold in cOnica form from the mines
in Rio Granie County owned by Judge Thomas
Bowen, who will later place on exhibition his
famous gold cube weighing 600 pounds and worth
%l50O0 Such are a few of the first objects that
You notice as you pass along the aises between
Jumps of ealena weighing tons, huge masses Of
carbonate aud copper ores, aud blocks OF coal ana
marble weigh ing thousands of pounds.