Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-05-19
OUR MINERAL EXHIBIT.
An Open Letter from N. Q. Mur- phy to the Miners of Ari-
 ZOna Concerning Et.
PRESCOTT, ARIz., May 5, 1888.

To THE MINERS OF ARIZONA:
 Your atten ton is invited to the pres ent status of what is known as the Ter ritorial Mineral Collection, which has been on exhibition at various places for a number of years, notably at Denver, Chicago, New Orleans and St. Louis, with the suggestion that the mining in- terests, which represent the leading in dustry of the Territory, take such steps as they may deem advisable to derive all possible benefit from the exhibition of the collection.
 After the close of the North, South and Central American Exposition at New Orleans, in 1886, such portions of the collection as belonged to individuals were returned to them, as per agree ment by the commissioner of the Ter ritory, and the balance or bulk of the exhibit, with the glass cases and other | appurtenances, stored in private ware ritorial officials, upon payment of stol- | age charges; this was done, as no pro vision of law existed and no appropri- ation had been made to return the col lection to the Territory, or exhibit 1t elsewhere
 In September, 1887, just previous to the Grand Army reunion, which took place in St. Louis, committee of Bar rett Post, No. 3, Grand Army of the Re public, located at Prescott, called upon Governor Zulick requesting authority to display the exhibit at St. Louis during the encampment He informed them, that while he had no authority of law to grant their request, he having no specific jurisdiction over the collection, that he considered 1t a good move, and that he would make no objection, providing they would pay the storage charges at New Orleans and release the territory from its semi-respousbility therefor, and also pay all expense of removal. These con ditions were accepted by Barrett Post, and steps were immediately taken to move the collection from New Orleans to St. Louis, the cost thereof being, storage charges, exchange, etc, $84; transportation, carriage, etc, $S5; total, SI79.
 The above sum was contributed by Barrett Post alone, and was quite a severe tax upon the members. It then became necessary, in order to make the exhibition a success, to send representa- tives to St. Louis to personally look after and display the collection. For this pur- pose Capt. w. F. R. Schindler and my self were selected, Captain Schindler on behalf of Barrett Post, and myself on behalf of the Board of Trade of Prescott. Capt Schindler's expenses were vcrT largely paid by his Post and by himself, while contribution by the Board of Trade and citizens of Prescott was made to pay the expenses incurred by me while on this du.y. On reaching St. Louis, We found that, owing to the late arrival of the exhibit from New Orleans, the inclemency of the weather, etc, it would he impossible to make successful exhibition during the short meeting of the Grand Army, we therefore cast about us to secure the very best place possible to exp )se the collection.
 The regular St. Louis Annual Expo sition was then in full blast and pre- sented very fine exhibition of the cGun. try's industries. The Exposition Asso- citation own and occupy one of the finest exhibition buildings in the country, con structed for beauty, permanence and convenience, and We did our utmost with the management to secure space for the collection. The building was well filled, but we succeeded in getting sufficient space to exhibit small portion of the collection, principally from Yavapai county and the vicinity of Prescott-this neigh borhood having borne all the ex- p nse of this effort, we deemed it ouI duty to give it precedence, although we | found place for SC 7eral other districts | The large bulk of the collection we could not exhibit for want of space, but we were able to make such arrarg ments for the future as in my opinion will bt of great benefit to the Territory. Rec ognizing St. Louis as being very favor ably located for representing our minera resources as 1t possesses the very bes facilities for exhibition purposes, myself and associate commissioner entered into the following contract with the Exposi tion management:
 ST. LOUIS, Sept. 20, 1887, To J. H. Johnson, Secretary St. Louis
 Exposition Association:
 SIR-The undersigned, Commissioner from the Territory of Arizona, beg leav to submit to you the following proposi tion We have here for exhibition ou territorial collection of minerals, former ly exhibited at the W orld's Fair at Ney Orleans, La., together with valuable ad ditions. It is our wish to place tn same on permanent exhibition with you Association, providing proper arrange ments can be made. The exhibit wa brought here particularly for exhibitio at Armory Hall of your city during tn Grand Encampment, but recognizing tn advantages of your Exposition, we hay deemed 1t advisable to propose exhib tion with you upon the following terms viz:
 1st. That you furnish sufficient an conspicuous space in which to expose tn exhibit.
 2d. That you furnish men to unpac and expose the same, clean and repa cases, etc.
 Sd. That all expenses of making tn exhibit other than the personal expense of Arizona's representatives shall borne by you.
 4th. That two Commissioners of Ar zona shall have access to the buildin and exhibit during the progress of tI
 present and future Propositions, an shall have the privilege of superintenC
 ing and adding to the collection.
 9th. That you shall exercise care ar
 caution in preserving the exhibit fro