The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-02-14
New Orleans Letter.
FRoM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.
New ORLEANS, Feb. l, 1885.


Now that the wintry or rainy season Is
oyer and the Exposition is completed, let
the people come and decide for themselves
if your correspondent has not given cor.
rect account of the Exposition so far as our
series of letters have reached.
Mardi uras, the great mythologioal mys'
terry, the anniversary Of which is now and
always have been from a very remote date,
celebrated in New Orleans with much
spleudor, will on tho 18th of February far
excel anything Of the kind ever given
here. Consequently thousands who will
attend the Exposition haye arranged to
come to this city during the famous annual
carnival.
There is no mistaking but that the rail
roads are not making exc urslon rates as
low as they might for the benefit Of them.
selves and the Worlds Show. They will
have to come to it and make cheap rates as
an inducemcnt to come here.
NEVADA.
Commissioner W. N. IIavenor is justly
proud of the Rocky Mountain State over
whose destinies at the Exposition he pre-
sides. This is almost exclusively mining
couEtry. Esmeralda and Larider counties
lead in valuable ores, Of which copper run
ming GO per cent. with cobalt crystals at
tached, taken from depth Of 5000 feet, is
displayed. Ores of gold, silver and quick
silver are rich. Nitrate of soda and salt
from Churchill, sulphur and cnnabar from
Washoe: rich silver ore from Humbolt
counties receive mnch attention. Ores con-
raining cobalt and nickle, Is per cent; cop
per ore worth 81 pound; carbonates, red
oxides are seen. Ruby silver ore worth
$40, 600 a ton is commented on. The Cum-
stock mine sends the richest ore, which ie
almost pure silver. This mine in the past
thirty years has produced over $3l 5000 900.
Specimens of orc from Overman mine
shows different formations for every five
feet to a depth Of $500 feet. An ingenious
model Of the workings of a mine from sur.
face to bottom is shown. A petriiied birds
nest containing eggs, is tho wonder of the
Young people who visit this department.
Plaster casts Of tracks Of an extinct animal
supposed 10 be an elephant of huge dimen-
sons are given; they are also Thotographed
where found some 40 feet below the surface
in quarry worked by convots. Said
tracks measure three feet in diameter. Also
tracks of immense giants of the genus
homo measure 22Xl4 inches, their steps o.
strides are feet. They were found in
sandstone we'll preserved. Sufficient to Sc
cure perfect casts and to photograph. Some
fine specimens of free gold and silver with
ores worth S20,0eO ton in glass cases-to
be seen not handled. The PiGte Indians
show much skill in pottery and glass work
sent; fruit does we'll, but agriculture better;
wheat goes 81 pounds to the bushel, and so
bushels to the acre. Fine hay and oats
are exhibited. Irish potatoes weighing
FIVE pounds are excellent Virginia city
sends a model invention ola stock car that
seems very practicable and useful.
CALIFORNIA.
Tho golden State Of the Pacific slope i;
under direction of commissioner c. b. Tur,
rill, and outside of its untold minera
wealth showing some handsome ore Of FIRE,
gold, and wire silver specimens, it has Gov
eled large space in the northwestern
corner OF the Government Building with ,
e-'llection of articles which, for variety can
not be elualed by any other State. TIL,
appearance Of the display is greatly bene
fitted by the use Of the California redwooj
for posts and shelving throughout Til,
exhibit is installed 6y counties, the collec
ton Of goods from each county being uude
.he supervision o: special commissioner
This System has bad an admirable effect il
bringing together a large display, sine
each county has put forth great Efforts 10 ex
Gel the other counties OF the State.
Santa Clara county sends q large eollec
tion of garden seels, product in whcl
large interests in that county are engaged
Some l4O0 acres are devoted to raising th,s :
seeds in this county, and Santa Barbara,
p ueghboung county, exported last year so
carloads Of the scsds, Two hundred an,
f,rty-two varieties are here exhibited b
, Strong s Co. sacramenlo county sends