The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-08-26
although a purely agricultural state, Il

although a purely agricultural state, ID
enabled to make q very creditable
showing in minerals. 1t is impossible
to fully appreciate the value of this
coal supply when it Is fully worked and
developed, but it is safe to say that it
will be of i~ncalculable benefit to the
people of a prairie agricultural state.
Minnesota's display covers the iron
ore riches of the state with q fair de-
gree of comprehensiveness, but, unfor-
tunately, 1t does not give any idea of
the fact that the state has the largest
continuous area in the world Of Bessem-
er iron ore fields, nor is here anything to
show what a vast quantity Of the Bes-
semer quality Of ore car be turned out
annually by the iron mines Of the
North Star State. There are large
samples In the shape Of columns, pyr-
amids and blocks Of stone from the
leading quarries Of the state. The
| specimens Of granite, sandstone and
Kasota stones are among the very best
! for building purposes which are dis
played in the mines and miAina build
ing. "A neat wrought iron railing runs
around the entire exhibit, suggestive Of
| Minnesota as an iron state destined to
lead them all. A Roman archway fur.
nishes an entrance, which Is construct
ed out of building stone from each
county OF the state. There IS a huge
bowlder of amethyst crystals from the
Lake Superior regions. which iS two
feet or more long and q foot and o half
In thickness. a full set of the eeOlog-
iical maps Of the state prepared by the
state gelllogast adOFA the walls Of tho
booth. The most interesting thing In
the exhibit il the working model Of
Chandler mine at Ely, MINI. There Ia
also q sectional drawing Of the great
Minnesota iron mines ut Soudan, In ST.
Louis county.
from q historical and poetical stand
point, one OF the most interesting oh.
jects In the entire mining buildina Ia
a column cut ~sectionally from the fam
GUS PipestOne mines, near PiDestonc
City, Minnesota, AL the great c.,lumu-
cts OF peace pipes celebrated In song
and story are made from tho stone
which has been taken from. this mine
located on the Pipestone reservation
and held to be sacred hy the Indians
The section shows the exact p%ealoaica,
formation from the surface 10 tho bot.
tom Of the vein Of ~pipestone as il lies
In the earth. The famous Dinestnna Il
given a local habitation and 4 name
In LOngfelOW's Hiawatha.
The Iowa exhibit is particularly No,
ticeable on account OF two fcafnres
Its marble display is oil nlaped ii a
mantel, IN the CONSTRUCTION of which
several thousand specimens OF dlfer-
colors were used. The whole niece
Of work a very beautiful and consti-
t1tes q great novelty. The manteI Il
valued at &1,OO0. Another UNIQUE fea.
ture Of the display Is a model OF s.black
diamond hollow" constructed Ia soft
coal. y represents a section Of 4 coal
mine. One OF the decorative features
q the display il q relief picture of the
American coat Of arms constructed 81
SOFT coal and rock salt.
n IAe Wisconsin mineral exhibit occ,1-
pies very conspicuous place Ia the MIN
eral building and IN many ways it is q
very oreditahle display. -Four mono
Aths twenty-five to thirty-hye feet il
length, constructed Of Lake Superior
sand stone adorn the four corners Sc the
display. IN the center Ii q saxon style
~pagoda7ike fountain constructed out az