The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1903-12-12
Mines and Aietallurgy.

The Palace of Mines and Metallur-
gy at the st. Louis Exposition ol
1904 will include exhibits showing
the methods of working mines and
quarries and prospecting for mineral
deposits, collections of minerals and
stone, and the equipment and pro
cesses connected with their develop
ment and utilization; models, maps
and photographs illustrating the
nature and extent of mineral depos-
it's, methods of working them and
the equipment and processes con-
nected with their utilization; collee-
ton of ores and the equipment and
processes connected with their met
allurgieal treatment literature OF
mining and metallurgy.
The Palace of Mines and Metal
lurgy will be the largest structure
which has been provided for mining
and metallurgical exhibits at any
exposition. On three sides the walls
of this building are set back about
twenty feet from the facade, leaving
an intervening space, or loggia, well
adapted for certain classes of exhib-
its.
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
contains specimens of the various
classes of rocks, elays and other
minerals, including gems, and pree-
ious stones, natural mineral paints,
mineral fertilizers, and mineral fuels,
luminants and waters. Space will
also be set aside for systematic col
lections in geology, mineralogy, crys-
photography and paleontology.
Books and other literary materials
that deal with geology and the min
ing world and its interest will CON
stitute unique library. Room will
be allotted 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 relating to mining, met
allurgy, geology and mineralogy,
and the development of the waterre-
sources. The collections of ores and
minerals will be supplemented by ex-
hibits illustrating the process of
treatment and the finished products.
The machinery and equipment for
treating and utilizing these ores and
minerals will be shown macfual OPP
Grafton in all possible cases, so that
exhibits which, under ordinary con-
ditions would be unattractive, will
be given life and interest.
The machinery connected with
mining and quarrying operations,
including drilling, blasting, timber.
ing and hosting operations, drain
age, illumination and ventilation,
will be shown. The manufacture OF
refractory materials for metallurg-
ical purposes, such as friedrich, cru
cibles, retorts, gas generators and
furnaces; the treatment of the ores
of iron, the manufacture of iron and
steel in ingots or bars, Bessemer
metal, various processes of manu-
featuring iron and steel directly from
the ores; the refining 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
regard to elcctro-metallurgy, pro
cesses of washing goldsmith's dust,
and dust from re6ners Of precious
metals, the exact rolling and beat
ing of gold, silver and tin, electro
plating and metal 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 larg,
or too noisy for the inside of TIL
building. In the hill which consti
tutes portion of this space, tun
nels and drifts will be driven. and il
these will be shown the methods O
drilling, timbering and ventilatini
mines, and the underground trans
portation and handling of ores.
A coal mine located on a two.foo
seam of coal, discovered within tn
Exposition grounds lead and Yin
J mine and copper mine, each sepe
rate from the other. will be opene