The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-05-12
MARYLAND At
ST. LOUIS FAIR.
Prof. W. B. Clark Is Enthusiastic Over
State Display.
OBTAINS EXCELLENT RESULTS
Exhibit of Minerals, Claws And Other
Products Considered The Finest
In Palace OF Mines.

now hangs in the Palace of Mines at
the Louisiana Purchase Exposition SO
that it can be distinctly seen from any
part of the tremendous building.
/ Beneath the Great Seal, covering a
/ floor space of $500 square feet and a
! wall space of $500 square feet, is the
exhibit of the mineral resources and
/ products of the State, the gathering.
! installation and arrangement, of
which We're in the hands of DR..
William Bullock Clark, of the Johns
Hopkins University.
DR.. Clark returned Thursday from
st. Louis, where he had been for the
last two weeks getting the State ex-
hlbit into shape for the opening day
of the big Fair, and he was warmly
congratulated by the officials there
upon the fact that at the Inaugural
ton of the Fair the Maryland display
was further advanced than that of any
other in the building. In the opinion
of DR.. Clark. the exhibit from this
State is most complete one and for
number of reasons will attract wide
attention. While the competition
among the States, particularly those
within the area known as the Louisi-
ana Purchase, to outshine each other
III the display of their mineral wealth
is intense, and although Missouri, for
instance, is spending So, 900 upon her
exhibit and Maryland only $500,
visitors from the old Commonwealth
when they enter the Mines Building
will be able to hold up their heads
and point to the Great Seal with pride.
In the first place the exhibit is near
the entrance and most conspicuously
located, and the various minerals and
products have been arrangediin a way
that cannot fail to attract. The build
ing and decorative stones, including
Woodstock and Port Deposit and Gull
ford GRANTEES, Baltimore Sneiss, Har-
ford county serpentine, Beaver Dam
marble, Seneca sandstone and many
other varieties, are combined in ire
mendous pyramid, the corners of
which are extremely handsome. Pol
ished slabs OF these stones are shown
upon tables and stands, while two
huge powders in the rough, with one
side polished so as to reveal the min
eral in the raw as well as the finished
product, form features of the display.
There is booth covered with Peach
Bottom slate and large column of
coal made up Of cubes from the lead
ing mines of the State, including the
Consolidation Coal Company, the
Black Sheridan Wilson Company the
Georges Creek Coal and Iron Com
pany, the American Coal Company
and others
The display of clay and clay pro
ducts is an unusually large one, in
Guiding potters' clay, fire clay bricks,
tiling and terra Gotta. The fire clays
are from both the eastern and west
ern sections of the State, and there is
a large case of pottery made in Mary
land, mainly taken up with the exhib-
its of ID. F. Haines g. Son and Edward
Bennett & Co. The Union Mining
Company from the Mount Savage
furnaces, the Baltimore Friedrich
Company and others also exhibit clay
products. The Edward Bennett Tile
Works have likewise contributed
largely, and terra-cotta from the
Burns & Russell Company is in the
display.
The exhibit of iron ores is partic-
ularly interesting one, that from the
Muirkirk furnaces, in Prince Georges
county being specially noteworthy.
This iron is of the highest strength
and is used by the United States
Government for the manufacture of
armor-piercing projectiles and gun
/ carriages. Several of these proiec-
tiles have been procured from the
WATERFOWL arsenal and part OF
/ the exhibit.
This ore is specially interesting, as
it furnished the chief source of iron
in Colonial days, and many of the
guns and projectiles of the Continen.
tai Army were made from it. 1t was
also largely exported to England.
The geogical exhibit contains rocks
minerals and fossils from each of the
geological formations of the State
and is of important scientific as wei
as economic interests.
Another feature of the exhibit will
be the highway department, wher,
the types of the materials used a.
the methods of testing are shown. A
the testing laboratory of the highwa,
division is one of the most complete
in the country, it was thought wis
to exploit it as an illustration of tn
progressive methods used in Mary
land. The exhibit also contains tw
of the original Mason and Dixol
line stones The crown stone con