Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-03-20
"STRICTLY IN IT,"
Some Report of What New Mexico
Will Do at the Worlds Fair.

As the result of an interview with Col.
T. B. Mills, superintendent in charge of
New Mexico's exhibit at the Worlds fair,
it is evident to the New MEXICAN that
this territory is to have much more
elaborate and complete display at the
great exposition than most people imag-
inc.
Ample space has been secured in all
the more important departments, such as
mines and mining, agricultural and horti-
cultural, liberal arts, educational, floral,
etc. The necessary cases, stands, cabi-
nets, of original design by Col. Mills and
many of them unique and unlike any
others in the respective departments, are
being put in place at this time. One OF
the features of the display will be vint-
age pyramid twenty-one feet high, made
of bottles of native wine. The agricul-
tural display is to be in the form of a
huge cross 2Sx14 feet. Prof. E. A. Blunt,
of the agricultural college, has long been
gathering material for this, and he has
been contracted whit togo to Chicago and
| assume charge of the arrangement. In
the horticultural division ample room has
been prepared Tor and aside from the
splendid collection of canned, preserved
l, to December l, display of fresh fruits.
replenished daily. New Mexico's vast
range in elevation and mean temperature
enables the accomplishment of this. The
fruit space is surrounded by Ohio, Iowa
and Minnesota apartments, thus New
Mexico will be in good company.
The display in the educational, floral
and liberal arts division, also in the me-
chanical division. will, it is now believed,
be highly creditable.
But in the way of minerals New Mexlco's
showing, in variety, value and IN the
method of advantageous arrangement for
being seen from all parts of the great
hall, will be second to none. The space
allotted this territory has Colorado and
Montana on one side and Arizona and
Utah on the other. The cabinets are be-
in : manufactured after the style of those
in use by Brother Amian, at st. Michaels
college. Outside of big collection of
precious ores, coal and iron-among
which is to be magnificent coal and
coke display by the A., T. q S. F. COM
pany from its Santa Fe county pro-
perties-the following mineral cabinets
will have place in this divi-
sion: That of Brother Amian, Of
Santa Fe, valued at $4,000; from
Sierra county there will be the Haskell
cabinet of ores, valued $4,000, and which
was exhibited in Denver in 1894; r. G.
Troeger's special cabinet Of free gold ores
from the Good Hope and Bonanza mines,
for which the gentleman has refused
| $4,000, and general ore cabinet from
all the well known mines of that county
Besides these cabinets, aggregating at
least $4,000, there will be displayed minor
cabinets from private properties. From
Grant county will come the D. Abrams
general cabinet of copper ores exclusive
ly; j. E. Sherdan's cabinet, which is
largely of native silver, and valued al
$4,000, and the general cabinets of W. A
Leonard and D. c. Hobart, each valued al
$4,000. There will aso be few private
cabinets. The county will also make q
general exhibit from the we'll known
mines of the county. Lincoln, Taos and
Colfax counties will also send displays
Bro. Amian will leave Santa Fe shortly
to assume supervision of this department
The exhibits must be in place by April
20. Col. Mills experience in former
years at the expositions at Philadelphia
New Orleans, Cincinnati, New York and
Canada admirably fit him for making q
success of his work at Chicago.