Arizona weekly citizen., 1893-07-15
ARIZONA MINERAL EXHIBIT.
Mr. Brewster Cameron Says 1t Is a
Credit to the Territory.

JACKsoN PARK. CHICAGO, June 90, '93.
Editor Citizen:
In the mines and mining building at
the Worlds fair, rare treat has been
found by many visitors who, before
leaving home, hardly contemplated en-
tering ITS portals, and chief among these
may be mentioned the Arizona mineral
exhibit. Good fortune fell to the lot of
this territory in its assigned location, as
almost all visitors to the liberal arts,
agricultural AID administration build
ings naturally enter the first door OF the
mining hulld that they reach, which
Drings directly ~ their view as IA con
traI figure in the Arizona exhibit the
most beautiful grouping or oxydlsed
copper ores ever gathered together.
Enclosed within plate glass is three
ton sp clmen OF seTpentine dZurite and
malachite ore in manganese gapgue,
the block being nearly fur feet square
and SIX feet in height, surmounted by
beautiful sample OF azurite, light In
tone, of over eight hundred pounds in
weight and cut in the form of "a obe-
lick. Like worshippers at this shrine CT
mineral wealth, in four large pate glass
cases surrounding It's base, is constel-
lation of azurite aud malachite copper
that vie with each other in delicate
shading of light and deep green and
azure tones. Many of the malachIte
samples are covered with deep velvet
or messy face that the slightest touch
Afhnre, so1
liZed azurltes, rOs5-leaf in form, en-
beddei ia solid green, while in others
lustrous sheen of native silver CLEANS
through rare tintS of foliated malachite.
This line of ores is accompanied by
three models of excellent workmanship,
conveying a most instructive lesson In
underground work, and combined re-
fleet great credit upon the company
from which they come, the Copper Queen
Consolidated Mining company of No.
90 John street, New York. thu mine be
ing located at Bsbee, Arizona. Other
copper producers shown in this exhibit
are the United Verde, of jerome, the
Old Dominion and United Globe COM
panies of Globe, the Arizona Copper
company, Of Clifton, the Commercial, of
Curtis, and the Detroit, of Morenci.
From this latter is displayed large line
of azurlteIcrys alliZations and fibrous red
oxyde that are extremely rare.
In gold and silver there is a very large
line o. samples from various sections of
the territory. The showing of working
grade gold ores from over score of
properties in Yavapai county is a reve-
lation to many, and the high percentage
OF gold in the silver ores from Mahave
and Cochise counties further illust ate
the great possibilities of this territory
as the coming gold field of America.
Authentic data from the Tom bstone
district alone sboEs that In an output
OF over S26 100000 there has been an
eighteen per cent of gold valuation.
What is surprising ID one acquainted
with the resources of this territory is
the absence of rich display of native
silver and gold quartz nuggets such as
could have been furnished by numerous
properties, especially the Silver King,
the Bonanza, o: Harqua Hala, and the
gold mines at ArIvaca. These last two
districts abound with specimens of tree
gold quartz which are only rivalled in
richness and beauty by the attractive
d splay of New South Wales.
The Arizona exhibit is thoroughly la
belled so that any one may intellgently
understand the hidden wealth of mother
earth in the land OF the Aztecs. Most
of the collection is encassd in glass,
protecting the ores from discolor by
dust and the labels from displacement,
end reflects great credit in it's arrange
men and merit on an incoming star IN
the galaxy of states.
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