The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1890-09-19
A MAGNIFICENT DISPLAY.
The Colorado Exhibit at the ST. Louis
Exposition.
ST. Louis BuRRAu. CoLoRADo
MINERAL PALACE,

Exposition.
ST.. Louis BUREAU, COLORADO
MINERAL PALACE,
St Louis, Mo-, Sept. 18th, 1880.
Special rrcspondenco.
Mover In the history Of the ST. Louis OK
position has there bceu such display n
can now been seen In the north navo Of the
building, and one has only to visit the Col
orado exhibit to DO convinced that It Il the
grandest spread Of any kind that was evei
made by any State, or at any place. 1t ii
equal to whole state fair In almost
every particular. An idea OF tho amour,
Of interest that IL being taken In this
grand panorama Of mineral wealth and
i agricultural richness can BIO imagined
when 1t Is known that over 10, 000 people
visited II on the opening night Of the ex-
position. To say that this display IL a
credit to the State of Colorado, and to the
Bureau Of Immigration and Statistics,
which Is ut the head Of the enterprise,
would be but shadow Of the great praise
1t really deserves. To one who has never
visited tho State Of Colorado IL would
seem almost impossible that this immense
collection Of many thousands OF different
kinds Of specimens could be gathered TO.
gether within the exceedingly short period
Of sixty days, yet such is tho fact; and
"" no'e' every pieSo VI WV s.on''
ivory oiru' an'ms'' p'c.ure' anu III .. ."o
agricultural products, In fact everything
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San Juan, Summit, Chance, Gilpin,
Boulder, Pitkin, Lake, Clear Creek, Gun
nison, Saguache, Larimer and LII Plata
Counties are all well represented ny large
exhibits OF rich ores OF different kinds.
From Lake County there IRE samples OF
ore from lUa mines In Leadville alone, also
wonderful specimens OF hard ana soft car
Donates and ono OF argentiferous tale
worth <l2O per ton. From Saguache Coan'
" thcre Is some OF the richest iron orc
ever discovered, assaying over W per cent.
metallic iron with no Titanic acid or phos-
phorous. Gunnison and Chanee counues
also well represented by elegant specimens
Of maroie' there being twcnty-iour diher-
sa. ~'."s ,'on Su"a a a.oae on'
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'iiu' Spee'n'en. Vi ii'noRrApn .one, sur
passing III quaiv any, ni"k u ~, A'nu ~
'he country IN ,ae' .aere - no o'ner MN
oerap" s,ono .h's siae Vi rersa' ihere
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k'A"'''' o'esA""s po''sa'' a"u e"sfA'eu'
'ion s'efy quarry an '"e ''.A'e' as'o nat
u,a' "'e- o''oN uon' i'ue'i"no .oun's'
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So'o'au'' many f.'ss VI winch "'u'u
bring hundred Of dollars, II offered for sale.
There are numerous varieties Of sands and
concentrates from different counties. also
twenty nine different specimens Of gems
and precious stones, Nil OF which are neat
ly cut and cast dazzling rays upon the
sight seer as he passes by. Fremont
County presents some very beautiful speci.
mens OF aisbsster.
These are only few of the many ,boos.
anas of y,I,,eninp minerals. IN IN, aeon a,
,id, urcSt exhibit. The very small pIece.
Of ora. &c. are ir glass casc, and 10 nc.
eommodu,e the vast varieties. IL rcouIre.
fully twenty of these case. fro,n ain IN
e,vh, feet ,ous. ono foo, hivh and from
two IN three feet wide and Ind n M, hc.n
for lack n, .,.cc ,here would have hc,.n n
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