Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-02-16

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H." ,.c work-Headqunrters For
/ M.niGL i,ngIneers.
&c at ,he chief features of the
! United States department of mining
and III, ta-tergy in the mineral palace
ut the coming Paris exposition will be
the collective exhibits of systematic
minrra!ogy and metallurgy. This ex-
| hihit Will contain examples, so far as
they could he obtained. of all the min
erals occurring in the United States
and Indicated in the eight groups OF
! Dana'S system of classification
The collection of these minerals has
been committed to representatives Of
five leading educational Institutions,
says the Chicago Inter Ocean. In or
der to bring this plan to successful
conclusion it became necessary to Sc
cure certain sums of money over and
above that which could be spared from
the national fund. The department
entered into communication with
state boards, the institutions them
selves ana private friends and patrons
of the same, the sum required being
promptly secured.
The commissioner general authorized
the directors of each institution to
name Il candidate, who should receive
| the title of honorary mineralogiSt for
the commissioner general of the United
States To the Paris exposition of 1900"
a recognition and honor fully appre-
"iated and willingly accepted by a..
IS an additional incentive to active
effort it was decided that each of these
several collections should at the end
Of the exposition, be returned to and
bee ne the property of the institution
WI Dse candidate had collected and ar
ranged it.
Although hopeful that the results
have far exceeded all anticipation, and
the complete display is certain to com
mand the admiration of all who in
SpCct it. The names of the institu-
tons and the mineralogists represent
ing thrm, together with the groups
with which they have to do, are as
follows:
gist, Ii. +. Mercer; group |, Dana clas-
Sihcation, native elements; special pa
iron, board of trustees.
Colorado College, Observation-Disclosures
alOgist Rufus NJ. Bagg, Jr.; group III,
SulphideS. etc; patron, the Hon. Hen
ry K. Wolcott.
Cornell University ty-Aineralogist. A.
~ 4 4.
sulpho salts. haloids, salts of organic
acids. hydrocarbons, etc; patron, de-
partmcnt Of education, United States
commission.
Princeton University, New Jersey
Mineralogist, Il. X. Hewitt; group V,
oxides; patron, NJ. Taylor Pyne.
Massachusetts Institute of Technol-
ogy -Miucralogist, w. o. Crosby; por-
ton Of group VI, oxygen salts; patron,
Massachusetts state board of commits
sionerS.
Chicago University -Mineralogist, j.
i. lddings; portion of group VI, sill
Gates, etc. patron. G. X. G. Billings.
In this immediate connection should
be mentioned the Field Columbian mu-
scum, O. c. Harrington, mineralogist,
to whom has been committed collec-
ton of crystals of the United States, IL
luStra1lnG cryStalogrnphy, under the
patronage of W, j. Chalmers.
In fultherance of the idea above
adopted ia connection with the system
attic collection of minerals several 9th
er students and men Of special fitness
were honored by kindred appointments,
and to them was committed the work
Of collecting certain special exhibits In
the departments of commercial ores
and minerals technical metallurgy and
literature. The names and titles Of
these special appontees, with the char
acter of their work, are as follows:
Myron l.. Fuller, special agent; Mas
sachusetts Institute Of Technology;
building and ornamental stones.
Charles kirchhotf. special agent; ed
itor of The Iron Age; iron ores.
Frederick +. Saward, special agent;
editor Of The Coal Trade journal; Goals
and cokcS.
Henry W. Nichols. special agent; Co.
lumbian museum; zinc and lead ores
and mctallurgical products.
l.. G. Laurpau, metallurgist, technical
collection of metallurgical products and
processes.
r., L. Booraem, librarian: statistics
ana publications relative to geology, to
underground topography. mineralogy,
the working Of mines, etc.
1t should he especially noted, as con-
ferrilg additional honor on all the in
div .llals named. that in no case have
they received any personal compensa-
ton either by way Of salary or homo
{ rariumS. for their constant, enthus-
astic and intelligent efforts
In continuation of these efforts to
give to this work special standing
among the savants and students the
commissioner general has set aside a
room to be the headquarters in the de-
partment of mining and metallurgy for
the members of the American Institute
of Mining Engineers, which room will
be graced by portraits of leading Amer
ican scientists. including the president
and eX-presidents of the institute and
prominent college professors and 9th
crs identified with kindred work. In
this room will be installed the library,
containing all the leading American
publications on mining and metallurgy.
Above the bookshelvcs and portraits
will be placed a continuous frieze OF
colored transparencies containing views
of mining regions, metallurgical works,
stone Quarries, ore docks etc. IhiS