The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1893-07-01
NEVADA AT THE FAIR.
Splendid Showing Of Minerals-AGri-
cultural Possibilities Of the silver
state-LabOrtng with Little Money.

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cisco Chronicle, writing from Chicago,
gives the following sketch of Nevada's
exhibits at the Worlds Fair:
The State is well represented with
display of choice minerals. One
large case is devoted to the ores of the
Comstock, showing the character of
the ore obtained from every mine on
the lode, including a bunch of Savage
ore taken from the 5000 level, the
deepest point from which ore has been
extracted in the world. All the min
ing districts in the State are repre-
scented. The gold ores are quartz,
wire and placer. The silver ores in
clude ruby Zone piece weighing 108
pounds, from the celebrated Manhat-
tan at Austin, assaying 1000 ounces
to the tony, black metal, native, wire
and horn.
Besides there are splendid speci-
mems of lead, galena, anthony, iron,
nickel, cobalt, tin, copper, cinnibar,
manganese, zinc, salt borax, soda,
sulphur and mineral soap. There are
also specimens of garnets, viriscite,
tourmaline, agates, rough amethysts,
onyx, marble of different grades and
building stones.
White Pine sends a special exhibit
of rich silver ores, which was sent out
and maintained by Wren and Gran
delmyer. The Morrison and Snyder
special exhibit from Eureka, valued at
$50, 900 is, one of the finest private
exhibits in the building and attracts a
great deal of attention.
On the east gallery, in section 48,
display of soda, borax, silica and
salts is placed in competition with the
world. This exhibit shows the pro-
ducts named and their native states as
taken from the marsh, comprising
borate of lime in mud, cotton balls,
tincal in mud, tincal crystals, soda in
native state, trona, soda ash and
soda crystals, salt in solution, table
and dairy salt made by solar evapora-
ton, silica in a pure state as mined,
and then all these things in refined
state. making the only display of a
similar character in the building, hav-
ing, through the courtesy of Idaho,
obtained a space on section G, on the
main floor, near the center stairway
leading to the gallery. Men are en-
gagged in erecting "a suitable booth
2Gx24 feet, and when this is arranged
it will show the people who believe
that Nevada raises nothing but sage
brush how mistaken they are. Eight
large velvet frames, 50x60 inches,
covered with the choicest variety of
cereals and surrounded with deep
silver moulding, call for special atten-
ton, together with sixty varieties of
grain neatly arranged in redwood
boxes with glass covers, being the
work of Professor Mcdowell of the
United States experimental station at
Reno. Grain, corn, alfalfa, timothy,
are shown in sheaves with a bale of
each. Potatoes, corn, fruits, vegeta-
bles, almonds, peanuts, honey and
cheese, will be in the exhibit. No
arrangements were made for display
in the Horticultural OF Dairy build
ings, 80 the latter products will be ex-
hibited in the Agricultural booth.
Many States have made similar ar
rangements.
This exhibit should prove of the
greatest benefit to the State. Proba-
bly, many years will elapse before an
other opportunity will be found to
show to the world what can be done
in State where thousands of acres
are lying idle, only awaiting the hand
of the settler to make them blossom
into veritable paradise. Maps and
pamphlets will be displayed, with the
reports of the State officials and agri-
ricultural stations and societies, to-
gether with many letters from old
settlers to show what has been done
and also what can be accomplished.
The mining interests, so far as sill
yer is concerned, being in dormant
condition, it becomes necessary for
| the people to bestir themselves IT.