The Helena independent., 1892-10-17
FERGUS COUNTY EXHIBIT.
Minerals, Cereals, Grasses and Var
ious Curiosites In the Way
or Fossils.
Part of the Northern Montana COL
lection for the Worlds
Fair.
Head OF the Last Buffalo EiIied In the
judith Valley in the ColIee-
tiOn.

Prof. @. G. Morrison, assistant executive
Worlds fair commissioner for Montana,
has spent a month in gathering exhibits in
Fergus and part of Cascade counties. Ho
covered tho whole northern part Of the
Judith basin. going as far east as Flatwil.
low and Ford creeks. western tributaries OF
the Musselshell, and as far south as the
town of Utica. He also visited that por-
tion Of Cascade county on tho head OF Ar
row creek. He gathered exhibits of min
erals, cereals, grasses and various valuable
cnriosities in the shape Of fossils and rev
| remarkable unique curios. five span OF
mules brought to Great Falls the exhibits
which weigh over 5000 pounds. The freight
will be store until the time comes to ship
| it to Chicago, probably Jan. ]. 1888.
| The minerals weigh IN the neighbor-
| hood of 5000 pounds and are ronghiy
| estimated to contain between $40, 900 and
| $4,000 worth of precious metals. The
professor feels very proud of the results OF
his researches, ard thinks that northern
| Montana will be able to make one OF the
| finest mineral displays at the fair. The
bulk of the minerals were obtained in and
around Maiden, from the Cone Butte dis
|
The minerals consist OF four kinds OF
| gold bearing rock, ebont eleven of silver
and lead one of telluirum, and specimens
of ore containing copper, zinc, antimony
bismuth, magnetic hematite and apeculaI
irons, asphaltum, corundun,, natural ano
yellow paint and varions forms of crystals
of gold, silver and barlum, chalcedopy, etc
| There are some fine coal specimens from
ha Mats will IaWiRtOWn
fields, consisting of bituminous and came
| GOALS The professor also secured tint
sample of coke made from Belt creek GOAL
The minerals as we'll rs the other exhibit'
will be labeled and indexed in catalogue
The cereals gathered consist OF wheat ant
oats in three different styles, viz: Will
the roots, in the sheaf, and the clear grain
| gathered at Warm Springs creek. Lewis
town, Philbrook, Utica and Arrow creek
barley from Utica and yellow cornstall
from Belt, seven feet long. There are ais
several samples of club wheat which has
| branching head.
; In the line of grasses the professor Sc
cured nineteen different varieties from tn
slopes Of the Big Snowies. He has tlmoth,
from A row creek with heads seven lnche
in length, alfalfa from Warm Springs cree
and other places. Ftom the slopes of th
Judith mountains comes gigantic Sui
flower FIVE feet in length with seed hea
ten inches in diameter.
The ladies of Phlbrook send fine bo
of fruit bearing trees. No vegetables hav
yet been gathered, az the commissioners d
not want them until the last thing durin
the exposition next year, Among valuabl
relics Professor Morrison was fortunate il
securing the loan of the magnificent butfal
head which for the last twelve years ha
: been nailed over the door of the Hay broth
efs' barn on Arrow creek. 1t is that of tn
last buffalo killed in the Judith basin, an
has never been in the hands of the taxidel
, mist. The hair ovet the eyes is nearly one
half foot long, and all who saw the ami
, NAL after it was killed say they never sa
such large buffalo.
, The professor can we'll take pride in whe
he is doing to show the people of the worl
something of the mineral and agrlcultur,
, resources of northern Montana.