Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-09-08
NEW MEXICO'S EXHIBIT.
A Most Creditable One That Is Universally
Admired - Capitalists Interested
Enough to Investigate and

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County Commissioner j. Il. McLaugh-
lin, the well known mining expert OF
San Pedro. has returned from trip to
the Omaha exposition highly pleased.
He says the fair is small edition of
! the Worlds fair at Chicago. so that
people who attended the greater expoSi-
tion readily recognize the resemblance
to it Of the smaller one. This is due to
the arrangement of the grounds. the
style and structure and arrangement of
the buildings and the disposition of the
exhibits. There was great deal
| learned from the Chicago fair about
| fair management, whereby the conduct
of such exhibitions have since profted
The interest in the fair seems to be
widespread, as the number and extent
of foreign exhibits will attest. These
latter are of great interest; but marked
| feature of the exposition is the New
Mexico exhibit in the mining building.
Mr. Mclaughlin was much gratified
to note the extended interest taken in
New Mexico's display not mere y by the
passing thrOng, but by men of means.
mining experts and men of scientific at
tainment. He found the territory re-
markably well represented in minerals.
agricultural and horticultural products,
but particularly minerals. These in
cude all the classes to be found in any
rich mineral country, such as gold, sill
yer. copper, lead, zinc and antimOny
ores: also fine specimens of coal, mar
bles, native woods, etc. While the en-
tire territory is creditably represented
in ore displays, Mr.. Mclaughlin thinks
that perhaps Grant and Sierra counties
carry off the palm for the most extern
sive and valuable display by counties.
The minerals are so arranged as to COM
mand attention and enable the exam
iner to ''get at the facts in the case in
the shortest time possible. So it can be
easily and quickly seen by people at
the fair that New Mexico is one of the
great ore producing sections of the
earth.
Then the exhibits of grains. vege-
tables and fruits are of great value to
the territory. notably the Pecos valley
fruit exhibit, whore great glass jars
filed with their rich contents success
fully invite many careful inspections,
and elicit strong Communications. Fair
Commissioner Leeson, of the territorial
exhibit, told Mr.. Mclaughlin that so
many capitalists and wealthy and in
fuential mining men had specially in
terested themselves in the New Mexico |
exhibit as to excite his lively antcipa-
tions of great times for the territory's
future in mining. Not few of the |
parties looking over the display de-
clared their intention soon to investi- |
gate personally in the districts repre-
sented with a view to investing their |
capital, and some were satisfied to in
vest with no further investigation be-
yond what the display showed.
Commissioner Andrews, OF the Mon
tana exhibit, was so pleased that he
stated his intention of re,novjN. to New
Mexico at the close of the fair.
Mr.. Mclaughlin has returned home
better satisfied than ever with the gen
eral outlook for the territory. Let all
New MeNicanS who can visit the Omaha
exposition and spread the fame of their
territory.