The San Francisco call., 1898-02-02
PACKED LOADS
 FOR PRIZES MOuntaineerS AmuSe the Crowds at the Mining
 Fair.
Given Hearty Klondike Dinners at the Finishing
 Post.
The Displays of Mineral Wealth the Great Attractions at the
 Exposition.

The Mining Fair and Klondike Ex- great Mechanics Pavilion, where it is being held, is crowded daily. The ex- hibits are proving to be far more at tractive than it was expected they would. Particularly is it so of the mineral displays from the mining coun- ties. Crowds finger about them all day and then go away without seeing all that there is to be seen.
 The miniature placer mine was put in operation yesterday for the first time, and it was a great attraction to the visitors. Two giants sent four-inch streams of water against a gravel bank and all the features of placer mining were fully demonstrated.
 The performing bears were the spe- cfal attractions during the afternoon, and in the evening six stalwart miners and mountaineers gave an exhibition of how supplies are carried over the hills. They were each given a hundred-pound pack, and a course of about 2500 feet was arranged along the aisles of the building with several trips up and down stairs, and they were given a
 
 the course and he won the first prize.
 J. T. Kewish was second with Will liam Jones third. The others who en- tered for the race were William Down. ing, James Reed, Edward Engel. Harry Howard and George Wilson. The end of the course took them to the Klon- dike kitchen of the second floor, and there an Alaska miners dinner was ready for them. It was cooked by Miss Edna Davies, a graduate of Mrs. Rorer's cooking school of Philadelphia. Miss Davies has for months been ex perimenting with suitable foods for Klondikers. The meal commenced with evaporated pea soup. It was made in a kettle over a camp fire. Beans cooked in the Mexican style was the second course. While the miners were eating the soup and beans the cook made Indian bannock. The dough was mixed in a tin can before the fire and then put in the frying pan to bake When it was only partially done the cook needed the frying pan to cook the bacon. She took the half cooked bannock and propped the loaf close to the flames and there completed it's cooking. About the time it was ready for the table the bacon was fried and the red-shirted miners made a hearty meal.
 The food before it was put in an edible shape by the cook did not weigh more than one pound, yet it made a hearty meal for the six men, and each one of them had a good appetite The Klon- dike cooking kitchen has become one of the most attractive exhibits to pros pective Alaskan gold seekers
 It was intended to have a whipsaw- ing contest last night, but the logs that the miners would cut into boards did not arrive, and the feature was post poned until some night next week. The Klondike wedding that was an- nounced to take place on Friday even ing has been postponed until Tuesday night of next week. When the pros pective bride was told that Friday night had been selected for the cere- mony she protested.
 The programme of music for to-day Is as follows:
 AFTERNOON.
 Scenes from Carmen '...................... Bizet Sandpaper Dance. Wilson Waltz "Sweethearts' '...................D D. Albert FackeItanz No. .Meyerbeer Intermssion.
 Finale from Aida"
 W. B. Rogers.
 Gems from ''Isle of Champagne" ......... First Dance at the Forge .Sugg March, King Carnival '................ Rosey
 EVENING.
 Overture '"The Mill on the Cliff' .... .Reissiger (a) "An Indian Sun Dance Abram (b) "A Kansas Two-Step Pryor scene from Les Huguenots' ..... .Meyerbeer Solo for xylophone
 James Reed vtY., IlJ,xxsr