Mohave County miner., 1883-07-22
The Mineral Exhibit at tho
 TertfO-RIiIIcnnia

After sll the advertising and pufing that l, the Tertio- Millennial celebration has re
 oeived we certainly expected to see some
 thing more than we did on our recent trip
 Perhaps enough can be said when We say
 that in two hours stroll one can see all
 that is to be seen. That the exhibition is
 not the complete success that it should be
 and that the display is meager, we believe
 is not the fault of the management, but
 rather the fault of those who have hamper
 ed the management Tn every way, shape and form by their petty iealousies and personal
 spites and have done everything in their
 power to retard it's efforts instead of aiding
 them. Adding to this the great jealousy
 and rivalry existing between the different
 counties and cities in the territory and es- pecially between Albuquerque and Santa l Fe, we are of the opinion that the manage
 ment are worthy of great praise in getting 1 together as good an exhibit as they have
 done. The main exhibition building is 450
 feet long by 75 wide. About one sixth of
 the space is devoted to the display of min erals and coal, the balance being filled with
 exhibits from the different business houses
 ill the territory who have seized this oppOr
 tunity to advertise both themselves and
 their wares. Outside of the mineral dis
 play the exhibition is an exact counterpart of an average county fair in California or
 in the Eastern States. but lacking the dis play of fruits and flowers which are usually the greatest attractions of such fairs. We believe We did zee three or four sickly ger aniums III the hall, and even they looked | ashamed of themselves, and well they might, | for to call three or four geraniums horti- cultural display is considerable stretch of | the imagination. But it is to the mineral | features of the exhibition that we desire to devote our time and space. Of the various counties in New Mexico Socorro takes the lead and makes splendid showing from most of its prominent mines, the specimens exhibited weighing from fifty pounds "p- wards, ill one or two instances the exhibits weighing several tons. The exhibition was intended to show the mineral wealth of the territory and the commissioners from the different counties decided that this could better be done by sackful of ore instead of few fancy specimens. If the parties who sent ore from this county had taken this view of the matter and sent sackful 0f ore where they have sent fancy speci- snen tbe Mr,have count; exhibit would have attracted more attention than it has,. Mir Moses, who has the matter in charge, has Jone the best he could with the m ,teriai Jn hand and has shown up Molave county ores to their best possible advantage in ii neat cabinet and with neat labels. Sc. As lar as richness and variety of ore shown we , think eur exhibit the best. and as 1t now 'tands 1t makes a pretty cabinet suitable ' ;Or an office, store or library. but as an ex- q libit of the mineral resources of Mohave s county 1t is farce. If inc managers desired f good display from MOhave county they
 mould have appointed some prominent mining man residing here to attend to il I nd not an outsider who knows little or ;, lothing about Arizona. Outside of the :, 're sent from this county, most of that on !, at Santa Fe is of low grade anging from S2O to SlO0, tboueh there are instances as in the case of the . lake Valley and Old Man mines, from winch specimens are sh,wn containing 75 per cent. of their weight in silver. Taken $ a whole the exhibit of ores is very good P That there is of it and that there IS not Il nore respectable showing is due largely to e he reasons given above. Of othsr matters ertaining to the exhibition we shaii have I' acre to say in our next. |!