Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-10-24
WORLDS FAIR ATTRACTIONS.
A "New" Correspondent Presents an
Interesting Account of Previous.
iy Mentioned Features.
cnlcAoo. Sept Il. ls0a.

few itcmg concerning the display %
minerals aud mining appliances at the
Fair will perhaps prove interesting.
These exhibits ate Displayed In the
Mlnes and Mining building situated at
TIE southern extremity VI the western
lagoon, near the center Of the Fair
grounds aud between the Electricity
building and the Transportation BUILD
ing. The Mipt- and Mining building
Il 200 feet long by $50 wide. It's archi'
lecture has Ia inspiration IN tile best
types Of carly Italian Renaissance,
with considerable French huish. The
building is entered rom all four sides
but tho entrances On the norIh anu
south cnde are the most spacious aud
prominent. To the right and lciI oi
III. entrance, inside, broad dighte Of
easy stairs iosd 10 the galleries which
are sixty feet wide and twenty-five !oot
high from thu ground njor. Both the
main door anu the galleries ats divided
into sections aud booths 10 acc0mmo.
date the exhibits rom tho different
countries aud states. Utah's minefAls
are ON exhibition In a neat pavilion
circumscrhsd by an atchi,ravc rest
ing upon c0tinlhinn COlumnfi tue
space occupied h 8jxgJ ieut, situated
centrally On the east Hidi Of the main
aisle. On either SIDE Of The entry 1
noticed the following inscription In
large lUttor'
"stotcd under hUr mouulnius, or
hidden away 'negtn the uUil Of her
valleys, Uhh has tor mun's use
granite, mHrp q, malachite, limestone,
slate, UnJx, nitrate Of sOun, sulphur
snlt, coal petroleum, nspnaitum, gii'
sonitc, aibefiitr, girlcs, opals, luf.
quoise, rock cEys,ais."
Having entered the Utah pavilion |
introduced myHuli 10 Professor Don
Maguirr, who has charge Of the Uah
mineral exhibits aud TO whom | am
Indebted Tor most OF the Information
herewith presented. Mr.. Mcguire
inst drew my attoutiOn 10 tIc
various decorations which boauti Ted
the Utah pavilion, among which may
be noticed a number o muiAl shields
hung upon tue different columns tuf.
rounding the rOJlh; the oI,ur udgcs Of
these are tuIthUr UtLAutnttu by
representations ui miniature miu.
ing tools, such us tho CAD,
tue dfill, minuIjs hammer, crow bar,
shield, pick aud shovel. There is one
Tor each important mining camp la
Umh, the respective names OF tnttr
appearing In large letters IN colorn u
silver AID black, such a. Euttkn, Mons,
OphiI bingham, Camp FiOyd, Silver
City, Deep CfcoK, silver Reef, Dixie
Ia camp fourteen milut west Of 81
George, Uiahh B,g Cottonwood, Little
Cottonwood, La Plaza, FrfcH, Alta
aud Park City. OF shields represent.
ing coal mining campo there are three,
namcly, Castle Gate, Pleasant Valley
nud Cualyiilu. There are stacks ut
coal ON exhibition from these Camps,
And also specimens from coal miues
near Ced r CITY, Iron cOuuty, tut.
nished by C0ruy q Tayl9T. san Juan
aud Grand cUuuurs are also represent.
ed IA the coal mt; tho Home Coal
company has furnished tbs specimen
from C0aivillr.
OF the Irccioua metnl'buatiug ore,
Park City has furnished hue specs.
Mons, there are exhibits irum the On.
tafiu, Day, CfrtCrut, silver kiug,
Glencoe anu Mountain Lion. bingham
has fine exhibit, furnished by the
Old felegrnl b, SampnW south Galpnn,
OH JOidau, Dalton, Yosemite Mo-. /
aud 2, the stuart No. ! aud the Naal,
Pedro, Queen anu number OF other
mints. Little aud Big Cottonwood
ate represented In specimens from the
Emma, FIHgstan, Peruvian, Mckay,
Reed q Guodsprod aud MuNdrli
minrs. rluuu mas a iiuu sGhibi, from
the keystone, BulliOu-Brck, Eureka
IAN, Centennial, Eureka aud Mani
moth. Frisco l. represented In the
Horn Silver aud the property Of the
Cactus Mining company, There arc
also Haze exhibits OF SILVER ore from the
Fish Spfings mine iu tho Deep Creek
country, Ia which Elder Angus NJ.
Cannon h largely interested.
Tue sandstone silvrr.tcafiug ore
from SILVER Reel, southern Uuh, Is
quite q curiosity on the FAIR grounds,
And Il closely scrutinI1uu by many eX.
pert miners gud scientists, There are
ON exhibition ores from twenty mines
or more Ia that district. Unill thu
precious metal was discovered at 81.
yer Reef, silver Oro had never boon
found IN paying quantities In sand
stone.
The mines In ard around Marysyalo,
Pluto county, nTe represented ny good
specimens VI Ote fro "a the Fate, Bully
boy aud the Dalton mines, La PLAZA,
IA Cache county, has n hue display VI
oTet; also the mines In the Oqulrrh
range are well Represented In exhibit
from stockton, Ophir, Dry Canyon Aud
the Mercury MINES (old Lewiston),
near Camp Floyd - Fairfield.
The bullion exhibits mprislng gold,
silver ana copper, are goou; Ia the
precious HtOue line Prof %, Cedtr.
tttOm's onyx samples invite cousi Ter.
able comments, A few days ago a
valuable addition 10 the cxhibita wa.
received IN the shape VI very nnt
specimen OF onyx from near Spring
vile, Utah county, which measure.
AKA feet, beauti ully polished, aud /,
,qual to the very finest brought from
Mexico.
AlrsHfs. Pfimm, Woolley, Lund and
Judd, oflSt. George, Utah, have On
exhibition both copper ore aud copper
bullion from their miros and smellei
Ia southern Utah, Aulimony irom
COyou Creek, Fiu,e county, 10 on
exhibit from mines owned by VIM. >,
Godhe, OF salt Lake Guy. OF sulphur
there afe ilue specimens nom Gov,
Greek, Miliari county anu from
Desert HpTinga, south u Frisco
Owued by Mr.. Nick Iiewctk
Beaver county II also reprtscntet
la specimens Of asbealus both In raw
aud manufactured state; this h a cub
stance used IN the production OF fire
proof cloth, being nou-'Ouductiye