The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-01-25
North Cardinals Exhibit
AT THE PARIS EXPOSITION WILL
BE VERY CREDITABLE.


BE VERY CREDlTABLE.
A Good Showing Will be Made at
Small COst-r1erchentable Timber OF
the State to be Shown in. Sections
Four Feet Long-Minerals and Pre-
cious Stones VIII be ArticticalIy
Arranged.
(Col r. A. Olds in Charlotte Observer }
RALEIGH, January 13.-Your cor
respondent had a special interview
with Mr.. L. X. Bruner, secretary of
the agricultural department, and
asked him number of questions re-
garding the exhibit North Carolina
will make at the Paris Expo.ition:
''Replying to your question as to
the plan and scope Of the proposed
North Carolina exhibit at Paris this
year, I can only say that the plan is
in exact conformity with the regula-
tions of the United States commission,
which has modelled its display in ac-
cord with the regulations of the
French commission. There was no
room for variation from the rules of
these supreme authorities, and in
fact, there was no disposition to depart
from them, established as they have
been by the highest export authority
in France and the United States. 1t
would have t1attered our State pride
to have been able to Ego it alone" so
to speak, in some we'll located space,
installing our resources in our own
way and thus giving emphasis to GER
tain features, but this could not be
done under the rules, and from a
lofty view of the worlds progress, as
portrayed in an international exposi-
ton such as will be held in Paris, it
is well that this was not permitted
1t lifts the whole enterprise to the
lOftier heights and eliminates the
crude, the commonplace and the in
artistic.
The scope of the North Carolina
exhibit will be as broad as it has been
possible to make it, dealing of course
with the most valuable of our natural
resources. The forestry exhibit is
confined to the merchantable timbers.
These are shown in sections four feet
long, four inches thick and cut from
the centre-bark to bark-of the trees
about three feet from the stump.
These sections are finely dressed on
one face and half of the dressed face
hand rubbed and polished to show the
finish of the grain. These timbers
embrace curly poplar, curly ash,
NAPLES. birch, (mountain mahogany
wild red cherry, sycamore, pines, oaks,
etc, ranging from two feet to nearly
five feet in diameter. 1t is a notable
collection and must attract much at
tention abroad where such timbers
are so scarce.
Supplementary to the above COM
mercial timbers, nearly 400 official
plants, herbs, barks and berries are
to 90. These are of recognized medi-
cinal value and must stimulate ex-
port. They are put up in handsome
cut glass bottles and labeled with
scientific (same in all languages) and
common name. Then the next i'm
portant exhibit is from the mines,
including minerals and gems. The
gold ores from both the placer regions
and from tissure veins of the gold belt
of the State. They show the sands
and soft slate ores, the auriferCus
pyrites, arsenopyrites and auriferous
chalcopyrites. There are several
hundred of these specimens. which
have been carefully selected from the
best properties of the State. These
arc supplemented with about 800
pennyweights of nugget gold making
beautiful exhibit of the precious
metal just as it comes from mother
earth. The silver ores embrace the
galena group, and come from the
most prominent mines in the State,
notably Silver Hill and Silver Valley
in Davidson county. The collection
from the former will include nuggets
of pure native silver of five or six
pounds in weight: the largest weigh
ing Sc ounces.
The copper ores are not only valu-
able, but beautiful, showing bornite
from the Blue Wing district; chalco-
pyrite from the counties of Guilford,
Davidson, Rowan, Cabarrus and Neck
lenburg: blue and green carbonates
from the Ashe and Rowan mines, and
masses of native copper, glance,
azurite, malachite, and cuprite from
the Union Copper Mines in Rowan
These are all exceptionally y fine, attrac-
tive ores and must attract favorable
attention from all intelligent visitors.
Besides these there are a number of
massive ores of gold, silver, copper
and iron weighing several hundred
pounds each. The iron ores of the
State will be represented in 4 famous
collection Of very handsome speci-
mems from all the most noted locali-
ties; including the magnetites and
limonities. Many of these are typical
ores, i. e., containing the maximum
Of metallic iron and the minimum OF
phosphorus.
Among the economic minerals will
be sent mOnaZite, (OXide of thOrla),
zircon, tale, barite and mica. Other
minerals sent are columbite. samar-
skite, gummite, uraninite, etc OI
crystals and gems noted collection
Will 90. There is one lot OF hlghl
modified quartz crystals ranging in
color from almost black to limpid
white. and from six pounds down tc
| a few grains in weight. Inventive
crystals Of fine corundum, including
sapphire and ruby. make up another
group: six elegant clusters OF brightly
colored amethysts make up another
and these will group around about
two hundred cut gems. The hiddenite
rhodolite, beryl, garnet, amethyst
sagenite, cairngorm and citrine topa,
are the most notable gems in thi
collection. Some exceptionally tin'
gems are among the semi-preciou
stones, single specimens being valued
at more than a hundred dollars.
Besides these about 200 sample
of cotton and tobacco have been taker
from the State, and about 3j varietie
of apples, which are in cold storag