Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-11-11
Among the Mines
Devoted to the Large Min
ing Interests OF Fergus
County General Notes.
Minino at the Worlds Fair.


gy at the ST. Louis Exposition of 1904
will include exhibits showing the
methods of working mines and quar-
ries and prospecting for mineral de-
posts, collections of minerals and
stone, and the equipment and process.
es connected with their development
and utilization; models, maps and
photographs illustrating the nature
and extent of mineral deposits. meth
DDS of working them and the equip
ment and processes connected with
their utilization; collection Of ores
and the equipment and processes con-
nected with their metallurgical treat
ment; literature Of mining and metal
lurgy.
The Palace of Mines and Metallur-
gy will be the largest structure which
has been provided for mining and
metallurgical exhibits at any exposi-
ton. On three sides the walls OF this
building are set back about twenty
feet from the facade, leaving an in
tervening space, or loggia, well adapt
ed for certain classes Of exhibits.
One of the largest groups in the
building will consist of ores and min
erals in their rough-hewn. sawed or
polished states. This group also con
tains specimens of the various classes
of rocks, clays and other minerals, in
GLIDING gems and precious stones.
natural mineral paints, mineral fer
tilizers, and mineral fuels. luminants
and waters. Space will also be set
aside for systematic collections in
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and paleontology.
Books and other literary materials
that deal with geology and the mining
world and its interest will constitute
a unique library. Room will be allot-
ted for geological maps, charts, or
models of underground topography
and geology, also for relief maps,
models and working plans of mines,
statistics and other publications relat-
ing to mining, metallurgy, geology
and mineralogy, and the development
of the water sourc The collec-
lions of ores and minerals will be sup
plemented by exhibits illustrating the
process of treatment and the finished
products. The machinery and equip
ment for treating and utilizing these
ores and minerals will be shown in
actual operation in all possible cases,
so that exhibits which. under ordi-
nary conditions would be unattractive
will be given life and interest.
The machinery connected with min.
ing and quarrying operations. includ-
ing drilling, blasting. timbering and
hosting operations, drainage. illumi-
nation and ventilation. will be shown.
The manufacture of refractory mater
ials for metallurgical purposes, such
as friedrich. crucibles, ~retorts, gas
generators and furnaces; the treat
ment of the ores of iron. the manufac.
ture of iron and steel in ingots OF
bars, Bessemer metal, various pro
cesses of manufacturing iron and
steel directly from the ores; the re
filming of the metal, the carburization
of the metal, and the manufacture OF
various finished products in iron and
special steels will be demonstrated
The same will be arranged with re
gard to electro-metallurgy, processes
of washing goldsmith's dust, and dus
from ~refiners of precious metals, the
exact rolling and beating OF gold, sill
yer and tin, electroplating and meta
plates. Space, too, will be provided
for an exhibit of drawn tubes and
piping in iron. steel. copper. tin and
lead.
Contiguous to the Palace OF Mines
and Metallurgy an area of twelve
acres will be set aside for the display
and operation of exhibits too large OF
too noisy for the inside OF the build
ing. In the hill which constitutes
portion of this space. tunnels ant
drifts will be driven, and in these
will be shown the methods OF drilling
timbering and ventilating mines, and
the underground transportation ant
handling of ores.
A coal mine located on a 2-foo
seam of coal, discovered within th'
exposition grounds), a lead and zin'
mine and a copper mine, each separ
ate from the other, will be opened vi
within the outdoor space described
above. These will be supplied with {
full equipment for the handling ant
transportation of ores, and will
pumps for drainage, and in them vii
be shown the different systems o.
draining, Illuminating and ventilatini
mines. These three separate mines
will be connected by an electric min'
railway, which has a total length o
more than 1000 feet.
Alder Gulch a Good Property.
e. w. King, of Bozeman, formerl.
of this city, is here, returning to hi
home from the mines Of the Aide