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although purely agricultural state, is
enabled to make a very creditable
shor'ing 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 incalculable 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 comppehensiYeness but, mfor-
tunately, it 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 can 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
Dlayed in the mines and mining 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 eacn
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 foot and half
in thickness. A full set of the geolog-
licaI maps of the state, prepared by the
state geologist adorn the walls of the
booth. The most interesting thing iR
the exhibit is the working model of
Chandler mine at Ely, MINI. There is
also a sectional drawing of the great
Minnesota iron mines at Soudan, in st.
Louis county.
From historical and p9eHcal. stand
point. one of the most interesting OBJ
| jects in the entire mining building is
a column cut sectionally from the fam
GUS Pipestone mines, near PiDestonc
City, Minnesota. All the great column
cts or peace pipes celebrated in song
and story are made from the stone
which has been taken from this mine
| located on the PipestQne reservation
and held to be sacred by the Indians
| The section shows the exact geological
formation from the surface to the bot
tom of the vein OF pipest0ne as It lies
in the earth. The famous pipestQRe is
| given q local habitation and q name
in LOnSfellOW'S El1aWatha.
| The Iowa exhibit is particularly no
| ticeable on account of two features.
| It's marble display is all placed in q
mantel, in the construction of which
| several thousand specimens Of differ
| ent colOrs were used. The whole piece
! of work is very beautiful and cOnsti-
tutes a great novelty. The mantel Is
| valued at 81 900. Another unique fea-
ture of the display is a model of ''biack
| diamond hollow" constructed in soft
| coal 1t represents a section OF a coal
| mine. One of the decorative features
| of the display is relief picture Of the
American coat of arms constructed OF
soft coal and rock salt.
The Wisconsin mineral exhibit Occu
| pies a very conspicuous place in the min
! eraI building and in many ways it Is 8
very creditable display. -Four mono
| litbs TWENTY-FIVE to thirty-five feet in
length, constructed of Lake Superior
sand stone adorn the four corners of thf
display. In the center Is Saxon style
pagoda-like fountain constructed out o1
rustic stones, which is kept continually
running with pure fresh water. Neal
the front of the mining booth Is a large
exhibit of Wisconsin, pearls, which at
tracts a larger crowd OF visitors thai
anything else in the mining building
with the exception of the south Afric;
diamond display and Tiffany's diamond
cutting exhibit. Pearls are displayed
here valued at all prices, from $40 t.
$4,000. It is n magnificent collection
containing specimens, all cplors of th'
rainbow. These pearls are gIQwiH;
more valuable year by year on accoun
Of the fact that they are becoming yer!
rare indeed, The exhibit also contain
a very full collection OF all the othe
mineral resources Of the state IN tn
shape Of iron ore, copper, etc. AS