The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1894-02-10

MENT.
ducing state in the Union, claim which
she evidently does not intend to abandon
even while doing her best to establish her
pre-eminence in fruit and grain raising and
manufactures. Some day perhaps the world
will open its eyes to the fact that California
is altogether and in all things the greatest
country on the globe. Her people awoke
to it long ago and are never tired of assert
ing it.
The mining department has been given
the eastern end of the Mechanic Arts
building in which to make its display. The
main entrance to the exhibit and one OF
its most attractive features will be the
grand arch and facade of onyx. marble and
other stones which was such a notable fea-
ture of CALIFORNIA; exhibit at Chicago The
arch has an extreme height of 20 feet and a
base line 81 feet long. 1t will be supple
mented by parapet taking up 673 linear
feet, inclosing the entire exhibit This
parapet, composed of marble, onyx, terra
Gotta tiles and decorative building stones,
will give splendid opportunity for a COM
prehensive display of all the mineral prod.
ucts Of the state applicable to building
and decorative purposes.
The mining display in the Mechanic Arts
building will undoubtedly be one of the
best and most complete ever made 1t will
contain many attractive features besides
those already mentioned, including all
sorts Of mining machinery and big quartz
mill in operation. But it will by no means
comprise all Of mining that is to be shown
at the Sunset City, for among the conces-
sions which have been granted is one for a
Colorado gold mine similar to that which
attracted so much attention at the Column
bian fair. 1t will be located on the ground
the natural formation of which will permit
the construction of an entrance to what
would be 1000 foot level, and within it
all the workings Of mine will be shown
in detail
Then there will be the typical mining
camp OF the days of (Which will undoubt-
euiy DE one OF the most interesting. attrac-
1--WE ana instructive concessions at the expo
sltion. In the center of the camp will be a
street 400 feet long, and on either side the old
dilapidated shanties that did service in the
DAYS OF gold as hotels, saloons, gambling
houses, theaters and newspaper offices Tho
saloon will be fitted up as saloons ,vere
when patrons were just as likely to shoot
the barkeeper as to take a drink. lint No in.
toxicating liquors will be sold. The most
office will be as primitive as postofiices were
when men got no letters, and the printing
Office will be rude and rough. though The
paper will have contributions from mon
who have won fame with pen and ink
The gambling house will be realist;o
An expert gambler will be there To desj
faro, and every visitor who wishes will be
given chips 20 play against the game The
chips will cost the visitor no money ana
will not be cashed at the end Of the daaI
but otherwise everything will be as II NO.
In the square game" of the DAYS Of ola
and the visitor will have the same or,,-..
tunity to discover, as many an old goId
digger did, that faro is in reality rohbsr,.
under the guise Of game Of chance
| One OF the shanties will be a barber sb,,,,
where the customer may have his wbisxers,
either shaved or shot Off as the inclipatio,,
takes him. and another, which will nroh
ably be the chief attraction of the CAM,
VIII be the theater. Some Of the old tim
actors and actresses will give new genera
ton sample OF the performances which
amused their grandfathers, with ALI ~
antiquated properties and primitive nara.
thernalia, including the candle footiigbt.
Al one end OF the camp will be an Indion
village, with real Indians, like tbosa -.
used 10 beg, buy or steal firewater fro,r ~
miners, frequently giving hot lead in e~
change Near at hand a graveyard will -
Seen or at least the mounds Of a pravevo,,S
and the headboards covered with onsin.
inscriptions. The realism will NOT n, -' .n"
RED far enough TO include the victims
the deadly bowie, the chance six sbo,,s-
and the unerring whisky, and tbonob 81, ~
VIII be an occasional lynching in M oa.'.
as in the good old times, the vict;ro mp
not be actually buried there. wiz
Some Of the houses In the carnp will ho.,
historic interest for they will be the 49,. =,
cabins OF men who made fabulous for ,,e,aai
In the mines. The huts Of Senator 'I Due
hns and Jones, John Mackav and o,he sr.
VIII be set up just as they were when S,u ,hs
millionaire miners left them, so that ,S s
,ha"sya,ls ana wondering tenderfoot from
ton OF how great oaks from littla ane-s
grow. "Sorns