Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1902-02-09
A MAGNIFICENT chimney.
Nevada Minerals Are Used 70
Decorate a Los Angeles
Fire Place.

Mrs. Ida Mecham 6.rowhridge Ic
writer Of western frontier life, and &
at one time a resident OF Neyada) has 7
Just completed her rev residence III
Los Auseles a charming bungalow that |
is attracting g great deal OF attntlon1 or I
lis artisticlines ard finish, ami which
she hs named "Artemisia" becuse ii
ner we'll known love for the Sage
brush State. In it she has built fire
place that is unequalled any where for
for it's unique beauty. 1t Is the first
object that attracts the attention OF
any one entering her den, where the !
| floor and quaint furniture are covered |
with skins, of scores OF wild animals.
and the redwood pannel!ed walls are
| lined with crowded book shelves or
bristle with dozens OF anrlcrs that
have place among the many hundreds
OF curios OF her own collecting in far
places and the treasures that have
come to her from friends in the liter
airy world.
The lofty room has been built en-
closing the gabled ends the walls ten
feet at the corrice line. with q height
Of seventeen feet from The floor 10 the
annex o. the roof. 1t the ned CT the
room opposite the "dens'' main ertran
ce which is through a cirtaincd al
- cove. rises this truly nlagnlticent FIRE
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Mainly built OF large. dull-surfacei
tile that blend in tint with he natural
J., sides of the redwood walls, it mar
= rows from width of seven ieet at the
where its pointed top is scarcely dis
tingushable among the shadows of
5 the high ceiling
Against the corniced finished tiers
of tile that begin at the line of the
q mantel, slants triangular portion
" seven feet wide at the base, and as
many feet high. 1t is here on this
gracefully sloping surface, and its tap
lie ering sides, that Mrs. Strowbridge ha;
- had rare collection of minerals in
laid in cement and closely set.
Each piece-varying from those the
&C size of walnut to others as large a!
w ones doubled fist is a product o
n Humboldt county, Nevada. When on
considerers that no State in the Tn
ion has so great variety of mineral
lat as Nevada, and that Humboldt lead
Ct all her other counties in that particu
VS.. lar. one in part can realize the valu
as we'll as beauty of such a collection
I'M 1t is a cabinet in itself-tight cement
al ed into the walls of "Artemisia" q
his "hlcn any collector might De Justl
proud. Here, is gold quartz shown
grains of the precious metal as big a
10 wheat. There ARE crystals. pierce
ps- with needles of silver. The brigl
no green or blue Of copper ore attract
20 the eye here: there is the blood re
er of cinnibar. Of the vivid yellow of su
ed phur. Galena, anthony, sulphure1
NV of iron ,pyrites, mica and many a
other. reflec THE light of the electr
bulbs and glisten and CLEAN throug
'ay out the Kaleidoscope mass. Pebb
at, tin; nickel and cobalt, gypsum al
Dry salt: borax and potash; zine and ire
eV- they are all there, a patchwork
oW minerals that you might travel Il
ide world over and never be able TO dup
In cate, Tor they are the collection
DIRK thirty years. Viewed as minerals TIL
Of are OF unusual value. considered as
tistic decorations, they are OF uns1
passed splendor.
The huge redwood shelf that s.
rounds three sides Of the great fl
~. pace as it juts into the room, is s
-'i" portedby immense brackets OF /
same wood; and down below
roars up the SCOT blackened throat
18th ~,
the big chimney. The oak logs r
on curiously wrought fire dogs" Il
1 are made of steel which has been US
II working Mrs. Strowbridge's mil
in Humboldt county. Pieces of d
steel perhaps two feet long, have bs
threaded through the eye of pic
and then both pick and drill h:
Val oetE Dent, ana twisted, and welded
g ar 70 the shape necessary 70 form a
dred irons. The drills show both the
bout tered hammer ends and the DC
eed with It's Snapped and sharnened
for and serve as a finish to an odd :
ran most attractive pair of andirons-
admirable adjunct to an attrac,
'ton, and odd ire place-Gazette
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