The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1901-01-12
MINERALS AT THE PAN
AMERICAN EXPOSITION.

sented at the Pan-American IN a
manner intended to illustrate the
Importance and great progress of
this industry. Modern improve
ments in Metallurgy and the
science of mining have advanced
80 rapidly and have attained such
proportions that the task is not
an easy one.
The Mines Building is one of u
group of three handsome huild-
ings which have been arranged in
the general form of a horse shoe.
The Mines Building occupies a
position of heel calk in the
group. 1t is connected with the
Horticulture Building, which
would correspond to the toe calk,
by means of one of the two hand
some Conservatives that flank the
Hol ticulture Building north and
south. The Mines Building is $50
feet square. having four corner
pavillions. each reaching to a
height Of 100 feet.
Material for the mining exhibit
will be drawn from all parts of
the United States, and from every
country of South and Central
America, Canada. Mexico and the
islands of the sea. While the ex-
hibits win be under the auspices
of the various governments, many
individuals and mining companies
will be Represented bv individual
displays representing their special
interests. The list of minerals
represented will be a large one,
comprising every production both
useful and ornamental which is
procured from beneath the surface
of the earth. Ores and their
treatment, showing the products
derived from what will appear to
the uninitiated very commonplace
material: machinery for manipu-
lating refractory ores will be a
feature of more than ordinary in
terest. Specimens of large and
important beds of valuable sub
stances will be shown, together
with data representing the extent
and value of the deposits Some
of these will develop surprises, as
they indicate wealth still unde-
veloped that is little thought of
and impossible to realize without
q thorough representation of their
extent and Importance. For IN
stance. in Southern California,
there is a bed of asphaltum of SUI
parior quality, the quantity of
which is estimated to be sufficient
for the paving of every important
street in every city of the United
States. Other deposits of great
value, such as coal, and its allied
mineral connections, building
stone, marble, and a great variety
of precious stones. such as onyx.
agate. jasper, ETC.; deposits of
grinding and polishing substances,
corundum and certain clays; other
deposits including asbestos, graph
lite, mica, kaolin, lime, cement,
gypsum, sulphur, variety of
salts, fertilizers, manganese, al
minimum clays- etc.
Machinery for quarrying, cut
ting and carving stone; tunneling
and lifting machinery, together
with a great variety of appliances
for underground work, such as
boring, drilling, blasting, light
ing. telephoning. etc, including
many things to which the casual
visitor has never had his attention
called.
There are few things in the
mining list that are not produced
in abundance in some of the
Americas. Even tin ores are now
found in California of more than
ordinary richness. which no doubt
will be developed in the near
future. Statistics which are or
dinarily dry enough will be inter
esting as represented in the mining
exhibit. They will show that the
United States and Mexico are at
present the two greatest silver
producing countries. They will
also point TO the value of the iron
industry of Canada. A great
many other items of interest will |
be shown, but the main feature
will be the illustration of the
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