Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-05-24

GATEWAY
TO IDAHO
~
Worlds Fair Exhibit Which
Reveals The Resources Of
Great Northwestern
States
FINE SHOWING
At SMALL EXPENSE
Good Mining Exhibits Little
Nugget Which Weighs 4 Ton.
Splendid Agricultural
Display
tBy N, c Mccarty


Idaho ii getting herself talked about
At the Worlds Fair. No state makes
amor Interesting dispiay Of products
In agriculture, horticulture. and min.
Ing than does the Gem State OF the
Mountains,
Other states have spent more money
In displaying their charms: they have
erected more costly State buildings,
have used more gold leaf on their
exhibits, and have covered more
space on the floors of the exhibit
palaces; but 10 one can 2 the
Idaho exhibits ii the departments
named without recognizing tho fact
that idaho has something worth ones
while to investigate.
The state Legislature appropriat
cd but $4,000 for the display, but
the commissioners have made every
dollar count. In the mines exhibit
there are ores shown that would sell
in the market any day for $4,000.
This mining exhibit "a particular.
" aiiuring. IN one pyramid Of ores
there Ii one huge boulder. II Is q
silver nugget that weighs more than
Ave tons, has 300 unces Of silver In
ii, and 90 per cent Is lead. There Is
another nugget In the same pyramid
that weighs four tons. These nuggets
come frosn Wallace, Idaho. The
HALEY mines furnish even d richer
nugget. Il weighs 1000 pounds,
contains 40 ounces Of silver. and Is
20 per cent lead. There are shown
ITO samples Of copper, and some
specimens show al much AZ 40 Der
cent pure copper.
The gold nuggets are particularly az.
tractive. These are chunks Of pure
gold just as they come from the placer
mines.
The beautiful gems from Idaho have
been admired by oil Worlds Fair
visitors who have cen them. There
Is The opal, garnet. crystal, topaz
amethyst and toran,tse. They are
displayed In all conditions and show
that the artistic was not forgotten
when nature formed The great North
western state.
A large sign In gold letters on ths
wall of the mining booth shows Ida
hos mineral outpu, for 1908 % be NJ
follows;
lsald. nc. ~ .oSt .a93H6
silver. ss SIS .9seal
Lead ......... : e,sSs,2 isIs
Copper. a... sS36.g540l
Total s2f lbs, l473l
Superintendent Mcbride was read,
for visitors 81 the opening day. and
Idaho was one u the six states I,
have all mineral exhibits Id place
when The Worlds Fair opened.
II was In the Palace Of Horilell
tnre that Idaho most surprised yis
etors who wife unacquaintesl With
that states wonderful On
the opening day supt. Vessels dis
played 200 plates of apples. covering
Is varieties. The mingling of III,
colors, and the delicious fragrancs
caused every passer nv to pause ant
admire. The winesaps were largs
and red; the Arkansas Blacks were
apparently carved from ebony ant
were Al Arm as could be: the Vol
River WAS 40 large and se wildly rel
~ 10 cause wonderment. Then Their,
was the Banana apple, the Whit.
Winter Pearmann. the Rome Beauty
the Newton. the York Imperial and ID.
Hen Davis. All were developed Il
the highest degree and demonstrate,
that apples raised on the high irrigat
ed lands o. Idaho. with lis fertil,
roiI and wonderful climate, can no
be surpassed anywhere After max
Ing this big display on the openin,
day there were yet d thousand boset
0f apples In cold storage and thes,
will last until fresh fruit comes 10 IL
place Il.