The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-11-23

At the Midwinter Fair-It Must Have
Been IL Good Display,

At the Midwinter Fair-It Must Have
Been II Good Display,
The awards for Montana's mineral ex-
hibit at the midwinter fair have been
received by Thomas G. Merrill, who had
charge of the display at San Francisco.
Montana as a state got an award of
honor for the best mineral exhibit, a d.
ploma and a gold medal for the best col
lection of ores and gems. The Anaconda
company received a diploma and gold
medal for the best display of copper
ores, bars, plates, and refined gold and
silver. Other awards were as follows:
A. +. Way, diploma and silver medal
for best collection Of minerals.
DR.. a, II. Mitchell, diploma and gold
medal for besticollection Of gold, silver.
and copper ores.
G~lengarry mine, silver medal for the
best exhibit of copper ore.
The Merrill Miller company, silver
medal for exhibit Of silver ore.
Golden Sunrise niue, silver medal for
exhibition OF gold and copper ores.
Beatty e. Vaughn, silver medal for ex-
hiDits OF silver ore.
j. G. Slavery, gold medal for exhibits OF
gold ore from the Cable mine.
j. Chauvin, gold medal for collection
of minerals, crystals, etc.
Mrs. NJ. A. Comfort, gold medal for ex-
hibit of crystal silver.
Silver Bow Columbia Association, gold
medal for Silver Bow shield.
High Ore mine, silver medal for exhi,
bition OF copper ore.
Drum Lummon mine, silver medal for
exhibits of gold ore.
Butte and Boston Mining company,
silver medal for exhibition of copper ores
and concentrates.
Boston and Montana Mining company,
silver medal for copper ores.
Toledo mine, bronze medal for silver
and lead ores.
Goldsmith Mining company, silver
medal for gold and copper ores.
j. A. Leggett, silver medal for copper
ore.
This list of prizes awarded indicates
that Montana was prottably represented
at the midwinter fair. 1t is an open
question whether this state got it's
moneys worth or not at Chicago. The
Inter Mountain a few days ago inter-
viewed Mr.. Merrill, who had charge OF
Montana's exhibit at San Francisco, and
it appears that the entire expense of the
exhibit at the midwinter fair, including
the shipping charges and tho cost OF
taking care of the exhibition at the fair,
did not exceed $4,000. At the Chicago
exposition the cost was 100000, and Mr.,
Merrill believes that the California
exhibit will do the state fully as much
good in advertising its wonderful mineral
wealth as the Chicago exhibit has done
The good effects of our mineral display
at San Francisco are already apparent.
Mr.. Merrill says that on Montana day
at the fair 1900 Montana sapphires
we're distributed. These sapphires, while
all could not be cut and polished into
gems, we're pure sapphires and helped in
a measure 10 advertise the state. Mr.
Merrill also says that mining men and
experts OF the coast we're attracted by
| the Montana exhibit and seemed sur
prised at the immensely of Montana't
resources. The Stanford university wal
very anxious to secure the entire Mon
tana exhibit, but could not. A few o.
the exhibitors, however, agreed to divide
their exhibits between the state cabine'
of minerals at San Francisco and thu
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