The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-09
Missouri's, Lead and Zine: Hi
nOis's, Indian Relics; Louis
iana's, Agricultural. y
MISS0URI'S MINERAL DISPLAY.
Six Tons of Ore Is but a Portion of
1t-Flint Implements From
Mill Greek, Ill.-Big PO-
tatO From Louisiana.


rSfft bI.IC SPECIAL.
Buffalo. n. Y. June S.-The Missouri ex-
hihit I'm the Mines building at the Pan
American Exposition Is Just now attracting
more than passing notice.
Zinc and lead comprise the most rromi-
hent features Of the exhibit. A fun line of
the ores just as they came out of the
ground Is shown. The minerals are also
SHOWN In different stages of preparation for
commercial uses. Pigs of lead ready for
shipment are piled up on one side of the
entrance to the exhibit and lead and zinc
IN other commercial forms are shown.
Various crystallizations Of South Missouri
minerals. including ~calcite. dolomite galena
dead and barite occupy one case. and a
rare and extremely fine collection of crys-
VALUATIONS Of zinc occupies another and
attracts much attention. Granite building
blocks said to be equal. IL not superior. TO
the Scotch granite are shown Eao,in-
IIoih which chinaware Is made. Is shown
Win the ware made from IL. A large dis,
OF tripoii from which gravity filters ara
made Is an Interesting exhibit.
Mahy samples of lead ores from the jon
I'm district are exhibited. Another Interest,"
ing EXHIBIT from the same place consists OF
VINE lead. caught from the fumes Of a
iead furnace. Joplin Is the only pIace ex-
cept Bristol. England. in which this proc
ess OF utilizing the lead fumes is in vogue.
III a portico of the Mines building. Mis-
souri, mas an exhibit consisting of n l.500-
pound specimen Of zinc and several others
~e,shlns In the vicinity of 1.co pounds. AT
ieast six tons of ore are included in This
portion of the exhibit. I'M"
An Illinois Exhibit.
An instructive exhibit of flint implements
from Mil Creek. Union County. III occu-
pies nve cases I'm the balcony of the eth
uo'osy ouiiding. Rough pieces of hint are
SHOWN In different stages of completeness
and incompleteness on the left n n,mhar
OF docks of flint are shown. and. a. ona
walks along the line of cases. he sees the
various implements assuming a more near
~ finished condition. and finally the COM
pete flint spade. hammer. ak. knife or
Mhatever domestic or agricultural impIe-
nent the crude work produced.
IN working the rough tools a stone bear
lEg some resemblance to the shape the i'm
piement is to assume is usually selected to
save labor in chipping and taking the
Many OF the implements are extremely
crude. being hardly more than fiat stones
used. probably. in excavating: and round
the larger pieces Of flint. Many Of the
stone spades and axes. however. are
Clipped down TO a remarkable degree of
thinness and must have made very ef-
fective tools.
What Louisiana Shows.
In the Louisiana exhibit in the Agricul-
tuIdl buiiuiIiS hi1S COTTON occupies the
most conspicuous place. Forty varieties of
seed and sixty of lint cotton are shown. The
different varieties are displayed in minia-
ture bales. Several full-sized bales as they
are prepared for shipment are also shown.
Cotton seed Is shown in a large number OF
lars: cotton-seed oil in tall glass bottles.
The seed is also shown after undergoing
different commercial processes. The cot
ton-seed cake which is a product after the
oil Is pressed out is also exhibited.
Sulphur and rock salt are shown. the for
mer of 99a per cent purity and the latter 9S
per cent. Both the rock salts are from the
fields of Louisiana which contain an mex
amount of these products.
An interesting feature Is an illustration
OF the products of fat pine. A piece of the
wood is shown together with its products,
tar, tar oil. creosote, pyrolig-
neous acid. wood alcohol and charcoal. The
remains of the wood after these
products have been extracted is shown be-
side the natural wood.
A striking feature Of the exhibit Is a
sweet potato weighing 100 pounds. Thirty
five varieties Of sweet potatoes are seen.
Extremely large pecan nuts in eleven va
rieties are displayed. Along one end Of the
exhibit bales of moss are piled, one bale
and others showing the prepared product,
and the finished moss ready for use by the
upholsterer. Twenty-Five kinds Of hay, some
OF II being the famous alfalfa variety. are
shown in model bales. twelve varieties Of
wheat in Jars and five OF oats. An exhibit
that Is most interesting to smokers is one
Of perique tobacco Inc cigars. Raw tobacco
and cigars In boxes are shown in consid-
cradle quantities.