The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-11-29
Assured BY the Preparations Being
Made by Montanas Worlds
Fair Commission.
One of the Best Locations on
"Bullion Boulevarde" Has
Been Secured.
Plan Adopted Has Been Highly Compile
mented by the Chicago Onicials-
some Mines Preparing Exhibits.

CHICAGO, Nov. o. Special. THE main
gallery of the mining building at the
worlds fair grounds has been laughingly
styled bullion Boulevarde" by the clerks
and office boys IN that department. and IL
will not be strange If the name clings to it
after the exposition opens. On the east
side Of 'Bullion Boulevarde" and in near
proximity to Colorado's exhibit, is the apaca
allotted to the state of Montana. 1t con.
talns ,220 square feet and will be devoted
to the display Of the ores, bullion. marble
and buildine stone, fire, porcelain and briok
clays, gold nuggets and gold dust. silver
copper, tin. mineral. coals and artificial
cokes, and the sapphires, garnets. came
lions, agates. amethysts and other precious
stones of the state.
Hon. w. M. Bickford. commissioner for
Montana of the Worlds Columbian exposi-
tion. has taken official charge of Montana's
mining exhibit. and is assisted by Prof. +.
W. Traphagen. These gentlemen have di-
yided the state into districts with fifteen
storehouses. In which will be collected the
specimens. They will then be arranged
and shipped to the exposition about jan
unry ]. All the important mines in the
state have been covered By these districts.
The Gilt Edge and Ida May. at Maiden;
Wandering Boy and Orphan Boy, between
Monarch and Barker. and Silver Tip and
Galena, at Barker. are in charge of r. Ga
hagan.
Il. It. McClay will collect specimens from
Monton. Huxley. Unity, Hartley and Alice
mines at Nehart.
John X. Castner has charge of the collec-
tions from the Top Hand at Barker and the
cool bed at Belt.
Q. l.. Parker will collect from the Queen
of Hills at Neihart. and H. G. Foster from
the Silver Bell Mt Parker.
The Spider, on Belt creek below Florence.
the Lexington group on Snowshoe and the
Mountain Vein and Union, are represented
by Daniel Linnv.
Hon. I. G. Power has charge of the
Wright and Edwards collection, and j. L.
Arlington of the Silver Bell, May and
Edna, Carter, and the Pride of the West,
of Barker.
The Morston and Woodhurst and the Sir
Walter Scott, on Running Wolf, near Bar
ker. and the Cornucopia and Sweepstakes.
and all the iron ores of the state are il the
handling of Hon. Paris Gibson.
ii. o. Chowen represents the l X l. and
others at Neihart and Snow creek; C. p.
Downing, the Queen of the Hills and Gault,
at Neihart.
The Cornucopa on Snow creek, Ontario,
Mabel, Abatross. Albatross Fraction,
Woodbine, Sherman. Hyacinthe and JAS
mine, all on Baldy, are in charge of Col.
w. Thomas Hart.
Prof. +. w. Traphagan has occurred
number of fine specimens in Butte.
Tie Gulf, of Barker. Nos. /. g 3 and 4, on
the head of Gold, and Vikings Home lode.
near the Nav and Edna mine, in Barker.
are being districted by the Atlantic Milling
and Mining company. Samuel Dean has
the district in charge. and among other fine
specimens will send u block of coal four
feet square and fifteen feet high. showing
abe tull development of the coal bed at
Sand Coulee.
With 80 complete a lnn for collecting the
specimens there is no doubt but that Mon
tana will be fully represented in the mining
department at the fair.
1t is estimated that the exhibit will weigh
something like 2S, coo pounds and will be
seventeen feet in height. Besides the qnan-
tity of specimens that are being collected,
arrangements have been made for the con-
struoton of two glass models which will
show the underground workings and the
engineering processes of the mining indus
trs. Nothing has yet been decided upon
concerning the illumination of the exhibit.
The mining building. though rapidly
nearing completion, as yet presents a very
crude appearance in the interior. Nothing
has been done towards tho installation of
the exhibits but with six months time yet
to come everything will donbtless bs in
place by the time the fair opens.