Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-03-31
The Louisiana Purchase Exposi'
tion Commission Of This
Territory is Accomplish
ing Good Results.
SHIPMENTS
TO ST. LOUIS
The Mineral Collections Are Especially }
Fine and the Educational Display
will Be Noteworthy.

The results OF the efforts of the ex
position commission in preparing ex
hibits of the resources Of New Mexico
for the coming exposition at st. Louis
have been highly satisfactory. Large
shipments are now on their way to st
Louis and the pavilions and booths fol
installing the exhibits are all abou
completed and ready to be furnished
The New Mexico building will be com
pleted by the middle of the month O.
April.
The mountain counties have nearly
all responded with splendid mineral ex
hibits. Socorro County, through the
able assistance of such scientific mer
as c.. T. Brown, M. E., Professor
G. r. Keyes of the School of Mines
and w. ]. Weatherby, M. E., of Coon
ey, will have an exhibit that for gener
al beauty, as we'll as scientific inter
est, can hardly be surpassed by any eX
hibit from any other mineral section
of the United States. The general col
lection from all important mineral dis
tricts of the county is supplemented
by classified collection prepared by
the School of Mines which will attract
the attention of all persons interested
in ore deposits. The beautiful speci-
mems of zinc carbonates, and calcite
crystals beautifully colored by copper
and other mineral colorings from the
Graphic mine; together with the fine
Smithsonite crystals from the Kelly
mines, all nicely trimmed, labeled and
prepared for exhibit, will make very
interesting feature of New Mexico's
mineral collection. The School of
Mines has also furnished fine relief
map of the Territory. and many other
articles for exhibit The Cooney and
Mogollon ores contributed by w. J.
Weatherby contain some very rich Dor.
mite ores with high values in gold, sill.
yer and copper, and the irridescent
colors are beautiful beyond description
In all, the Socorro County collection
will almost fill car.
The Sierra County collection will
include the Laidlaw Science Cabinet,
one of the best ore collections in the
southwest c. H. Laidlaw is metal
lurgist of wide experience and has
spent many years in making this fine
collection. To this has been added a
large collection of ores from the
Chloride and Fairview districts. From
Hillsboro come the Hascall and court
house cabinets, as well as other ores
from the mines of that region.
Grant County will show an extensive
collection of copper ores, including ev'
cry form and variety of copper, as well
as an exhibit of native sheet copper
from Santa Rita that will not be sur.
passed by any other district in the
world. There are gold and silver ores
from Pinos Altos, Gold Gulch, White
Signal, Burro Mountains and other To-
calities. In addition to this there will
be a $4,000 exhibit of Grant County
turquoise, also a miniature turquoise
mine in operation, together with ty
pical mining camp located in the
.Gulch." In the Grant County group
will be the Abrahams Cabinet, one Of
the most beautiful collections OF ores
in this country.
Lincoln County, through the untir
ing efforts of Mrs. George w. Prich
ard, will not only have fine educa
tional and historical collection, bu
she has also secured a collection O.
minerals from that interesting regior
which includes large cabinet collec
ton of Lincoln County ores that has
been on exhibit in the Chamber o
Commerce at Ell Paso for number o
wears. Mrs. Prichard has been one
the most valued assistants the boart
has had in the Territory and deserves
great credit for the good work accom-
plished in Lincoln County.
A very large shipment has beel
made from Albuquerque by Professo
F. A. Jones, who has gathered fror
nearly all portions Of the Territory
very extensive and scientific collectio
Of minerals of every character. Thi
of itself would make very interes
;na exhibit Professor Jones is get
log1st and mineralogist Of wide expel
ience. Great importance attaches t
the excellent work he has done bot
in this collection and in the prepar'
tion of his book on the mineral n
sources of New Mexico, which will b
published and distributed at the exp
sition.
Both d. B. Wilson and L. L. Shield
of Sandoval County have made extel
sive collections and together with tn
other collections from the other noul
tain counties of the north, will /
quite noteworthy and extensive an
will include samples of coal, salt an
other mineral products. New Mexico
mineral exhibit will be the largest ~