El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-12

A letter was received today by the
Southwest-Internatio Miners asso-
citation. from David T. Day. superinten-
dent of mining in the Pan-American
exposition, confirming his telegram of
February 7th, Offering to the state of
mining building. Superintendent Day
says:
1T was very difficult for me to find
even 100 square feet IN the mining bull
ding at this late date. but I am very
enthusiastic in the hope of showing
to our people the wonderful resources
of your state and hte way OF mining.
am thinking particularly of your new
ly discovered deposits of quicksilver
ore at Terlingua, your new sulphur
deposits, and especially your new pc
troleum fields. If / can ala you by
giving you a list of the producers in
this new quicksilver field, advise me-"
The following letter has been receiv-
ed from Prof. Phillips, of the Univer-
sity of Texas, by the Ell Paso chamber
of commerce.
ENCLOSURES of clippings relating to
the action of the Chamber of Com
merce and the Miners Association in
regard to the Pan American Expo
sition. l thank you for them as also
for the information as to the tin
deposits in your county. The edition
of the little pamphlet on the mineral
production of Texas is about exhausted
but 1 send you four extra copies. If
the bill for the establishment of the
mineral survey goes through l shall
issue another and enlarged edition for
distribution.
AS to the Pan-American: / have
had something to do with such things,
having collected and arranged the eX-
hibit from North Carolina at the At
lanta Exhibition in 1881, the Birming
ham (Alabama) exhibit at the Oma-
ha exposition. and having acted as
chairman of the Jury on Minerals at
the Nashville Exposition.
The Birmingham at Omaha was col
lected through private subscriptions
and by the aid of the Commercial
Club of Birmingham. The State of
Alabama was not officially represent
ed there. although l was appointed
the commissioner from that state.
All that was done at Omaha was done
by private subscription and the eX-
hibit won two gold medals. a silver
medal and honorable mention. L
spsak of this merely to show what has
been and can be done through pri-
vate subscription.
| think it understands itself. as our
German friends say, that if any cred |
liable exhibit is sent to Buffalo from |
this state it must be sent through pri- !
vate means and by those whose inter-
eStS would be directly conserved, i. |
e., by mining men and those who are |
most directly concerned in the devel- |
opment of the mineral resources of
the state or some particular portion |
Of it. Taking that little pamphlet as |
a basis of remarks you will see that |
the following industries might be ap-
preached with reference to a sub
scription: Cement. cinnabar, clay |
products. coal. gold and silver, gran
tie. iron Gre. limestone, mineral waters,
pig iron, salt. and sand
stone. In addition a display of such
other mineral products as could be
secured might well be included. such,
'or instance as kaolin, tin ore. as
)estos. mica. marble. etc. copper ores,
cad ores and the like. A limited
amount of money, say $4,000, could
pest be expended on some special line
If exhibits and it would be well. If
seems to me. to make the exhibit of
such a nature that all of it could be
placed together in the building de-
signed for special exhibits If
his amount of money was spent on