The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-12-31
Worlds Fair Notes.

one day alter the river Is turned
Idaho World.
Worlds Fair Notes.
All agricultural exhibits at the
Worlds Fair will have to be put
under glass cases to avoid the dan
ger from fire. This will necessitate
making the samples as small as
possible, and Of the twenty shocks
of corn furnished BY Washington
county part will probably have to
be left at home.
Among Idaho's curiosities for the
Worlds Fair is a horned toad pre-
served in spirits. This animal,
though common in the west, is rare
in the eastern states. It is not as
might supposed an ungainly sight
but on the contrary is rather pretty.
Over one thousand letters have
been written from the Office Of the
Columbian commissioner for Idaho
in the past few months. These let
ters contained over 100000 words,
which would fill more than 200
columns of an ordinary newspaper.
This is in addition to the great
amount Of pamphlets, circulars and
other matter that have been isused.
This will give one an idea of the
work that is being done to repre-
sent Idaho at the Worlds Fair.
The shield for the Woman's build
ing at the Worlds Fair, which Idaho
has the honor of furnishing and
which is in charge of Col. Jay Rand
Sanburn, of Cnur de'Alene City, is
nearing completion. At the last
report every variety of wood native
to this state had been obtained ex-
cepting mahogany. Editor York,
of of the Silver City Avalanche, has
promised to supply this last named
product Of our forests. So capri
cious is this hard, cross-grained,
yet beautiful wood, that in order
to get board four inches wide and
three feet long it is necessary to
send log weighing sixty or seventy
pounds. The state seal is being
carved on the shield, and great care
is being taken to have it a work Of
art.
December IL, 1892, is date that
will become fixed in our history as
being the day on which ground was
broken for the Idaho state building
at the Worlds Columbian exposi-
ton. The construction of this
building crystalizes into actual be-
ing the preparations of the past
year, and makes the great fair seem
near at hand. The building will
be finished none too soon. Already
the exhibits are arriving on the
ground, and almost before the last
shake is nailed on the roof of the
Idaho building the place will be
thronged with visitors. From this
on there will be no cessation in the
interest of the people in the great
event until the fair closes next Oc-
tober. Even yet the people can
hardly realize the great Importance
of making an exhibit of the states
resources. Idaho will measure her
products with every other state and
country in the world, and upon the
showing made, in the inducements
offered capital and immigration, her
future development much depends.
Four samples of palladium ore
are among Idaho's collection for the
mineral exhibit at the Worlds Fair.
Palladium is more than double the
value Of gold, being worth $38 an
ounce. It is Of a steel-gray color
and fibrous structure, and is used
in pointing astronomical, survey
ing and electrical instruments. The
chief supply now comes from South
America. The samples for the fair
were obtained from the Esmerelda
mine at Gibbonsville, in Lemhi
county, and came from a dept of
600 feet. The mine has been worked
chiefly for the gold, which is free
milling, and the palladium,o of which
there is from one to two and one
half ounces to the ton, is amalga-
mated along with the gold. Captain
BARLEY, of the Esmerelda, writes
the commissioner that the amount
of palladium ore, which is found in
lunches throughout the mine, is
increasing as depth is gained, and
inquiries for some method by which
the method can be directly sep
arated from the gold at the mill.
He has been referred to DR.. Day, of
the Smithsonian Institution. AS the
palladium in the ore of the Esme-
zelda is now of more importance
than the gold, this mine, as source
Of supply for this valuable metal,
will contribute in no small way to
the fame of idaho at the Colum-
bian exposition.
THIS is what Jay Gould wrote
when he was 20 years old: "Such
reflections as history inspire awaken
within the human bosom an ardent
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