The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-08-06
IDAHO At Worlds FAIR
7. V. PARK WRITES OF EXHIBIT
Display Of Mineral n Credit 70 the stats
Agricultural EKhibIt Attracts
Attention staay fOS student Of
saturai History.

st. Louis Aug. 8. One practical
result Of the great st. Louis Worlds
Fair will be the dissipation Of pre-
conceived ideas about countries and
people. Ia this Exposition are con
gEeRated the Representatives Of all the
people Of the earth, aud here can be
found the best examples OF their arts.
industries and productions. When
one Is confronted with ell these tbiDgs;
when be talks With the various people,
observes their distinguishing char
aeteristics, sees With bis own eyes the
things wherein their respective count.
Fiss excel, Snd actually lays bis hands
on them and comes Ia visual contract
then be DISCOVERIES how much he does
not known, how inadequate has been
bis reading. hou much be has 10 un-
iearn, or at least how much be has 20
add TO bis store Of knoWledge before
be can consider himself we'll informed.
These reflections apply not alone 10
other countries, but 10 our own as
veil.
For instance, there lie the state Of
Idaho. Ia q general way, those who
have not visited the state or have
merely rushed through IL on a railroad
train, have the idea that about all
there lie 10 IL are huge, barren. rocky
mountains, roaring rivers aud water
falls aud desolate cactus plains. Il
has never entered cur heads 10 regard
II ~ state Of commerraial activ-
titles or as producing anything worthy
Of attention or as making II desirable
for those. We have never knoWn OF
have forgotten that the scant populR-
ton 81 shout 0ns hundred aud sixty
tao thousand people Ia 1900 lie scat
tered over an areN OF more than fifty
million acres, fiteen million Of
which are agricultural land and af-
teen million grazing country.
The worlds Pair furnishes many
disillnsiona. This realize when /
casually stopped 10 examine the ex-
hihits Of tbia young state in the Pal.
aoe Of Mines and MetalIurgy. Here
IL 10 be found enc Of the most at
tractive exhibits Of mineral and min.
ina prOdoacts 10 the building. Il is
artistically aud conveniently arranE-
ed for inspection aud examination.
The magnitude of the mineral pro-
dnotion Of the state IL best asrcer.
tained 10 the statistics for the year
Of 1908, which gives the followinR
results
Gold ..s. e., 0s5, 999
Silver .=.,.=... $50. 9,3ls, CSC
Lead $3.50. 9l3
Copper ..... $50, gs4
A total OF more than twenty Que
million dollars 10 g single year add i.
ed TO the coin value Of the world is
represented here. The illustration OF
the source Of this enormous output
the various mineral products are ar.
ruRngd 10 a unique manner and serve
their purposes we'll. Not the leas,
interesting Of the exhibits IL a nina.
ture mining plant illustrating all
the processes Of mining and extracting
ores, from the lifting of the mineral
rock from the bowels of the mountains
60 its ultimate form Of bullion ready
for mintins. Crowds OF curious
people study the manipulation with
absorbing interest and in a very short
time add materially to their stock Of
Information on the subject OF min.
ing.
A Typographical mag, or rather a
miniature illustration Of prospect.
ing scene, is q work Of art that
Rover fails TO attract a thronR vi
people.
Among the Subsidiary and ornament.
al exhibits may be ooen In properly
clssi8ed cases the valuable gemstones
Of the state opals. amethyEta, moss
agats, ETC., In brilliant variety. The
opal display 10 one Of the most IN.
tensive and complete that has ever
been placed on exhibition.
This exhibit, which is valued al
%, 900, lie composed Of several hun.
dred opals varying from one TO elRh.
teen carats, and includes milk opals.
An interesting feature Of the die.
play lie a large block Of tractits
in which are imbedded ave large Ore
opals In the same state In which they
we're taken from the mine.
opals which reflect several different
colors at the same time, opals in
every stage Of cutting aud polishing,
are also displayed. All Of those arr
American GENE aud come from the
Lemhi county mines In Idaho.
Among the curiosities to be seer
here lie a pair Of horns OF the mount.
ain sheep inbedded In the heart Of I
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