The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-10-28
BIG IRON MAN
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Attracts Much Attention as Ala
bama's Exhibit.
AT The WORLDS FAIR.
LITTLE EGYPT" WRITES OF
MINES AND METALLURGY
BUILDING, WHICH Is A
SCHOOL HOUSE or
LEARNING.

4 opttlai ~ lie hHllEAtu.
st. Louis, Oct. 25.--John has al
ways prided himself upon being diff
ferent from the ordinary run OF mas.
culine mortals and yet | noticed tina,
he did exactly as nine out of every
ten men do who pass between the
legs of the giant statue of Vulcan, in
the mines and Metallurgy building.
he raped him en- the shins TO see Ii
he WAS real iron or Just painted wood.
III Vulcan were not cast iron his
ankles would have been worn out
long ago. for nearly every person who
walks under him either raps his legs
with the end OF an umbrella or a knife
or with the palm Of the hand | stood
near the statue long enough to count
twenry-seYen who took crack at the
legs OF the big iren man. The most OF
them. of course, wanted to see wheth-
On he was hollow or solid. while a few
no doubt. suspected that he was cut
our of wood and painted black.
Who Vulcan Represents.
But Vulcan is not only the real
thing, but decidedly the biggest thing
in the mines and Metallurgy building,
He towers like a Colosas above the
colannades. spires and arches of coal
and metal that surround him. He
was cast by the Commercial club of
Alabama, to typify the
mineral wealth of that state |
He is Sc feet high. weighs 10000
pounds and cost $4,000 He was cast |
in twenty sections AMI 1t took seven
freight cars TO bring him to the fair. |
His big ice, severed from one of his |
feet. is about all the ordinary man |
would care to lift. The Alabama ex- .
libit. in which the big iron man" is |
he central figure. took three gold
medals. four silver medals and one I
lronze medal.
Regular School House Of Learning.
A few days spent in this building
will yield more information concern
ng the mining methods and mineral
-esources of the country than e year
spent in school of mines and me. ai
urgy. In no building is the idea OF
notion and demonstration carried out
o more complete and interesting de-
all than in this one. There is a great
quantity and variety OF mining ma.
hinery In operation, including model
coal breakers, coal tipples,
oke ovens, slack bins, stamp mills
sed in the Michigan copper mines
nd zinc concentrating mills.
Mlsscuri's Fine Exhibit.
Missouri las l'y far the most ex-
ansiye snd instructive exhibit Of her {
aiming industry and her mineral re-
Missouri's mineral wealth
! certainly a revelation to mos,
orthernars. Judging from the dis
lay that is made, | should say that
he state had In its sell about every
nown metal except gold In an open.
az cut into the hoo. of the Missouri
xhib!t appear twenty-one cars in sue
ession each loaded WITH a separa +
re taken from the soil Of Missouri.
he cars are connected with a cable |
nd they come In view as though
merging from a mine. The Missouri /,
Shibit shows large zInc-concretinE ,
I'LL in operation. also a large coal !
line tippe with self.dlmping cages.
oal trains with miniature Iocomo- 8
yes are running around the exhibit
n elevated rrfr
hissouri's Zinc Production. c
Missouri produced 42l ,2ls.OGo Il
oands OF zinc ore in 1903. valued at h
5,790.21i, which was so per cent OF I,
u the zinc produced in the world. =
he ais produced 4.2G5.32s tons of r
pal in 1903. Interesting exhibits Of t
1al.hrelklng plants. tipples. mining 4
and mineral products are
$50 made by Pennsylvania. Ohio. In d
lana, Illinois, Minnesota, Michigan Z
nd other states. +
John he's learned that there is to d
G the biggest poultry. pigeon and L
et stock show here ever held in this a
'untry and that many Of the birds a
re on the ground. have an idea We i
III have H. lock up 10 the birds to =
borrow before we can go any further y
! the exhibit palaces. a
LITTLE EGYPT"