The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1904-03-17
FIRST CAR
OF Minerals From Kentucky to
Louisiana Exposition Goes
From Darlington
CHIEFLY LOADED WITH
COAL AND COKE.


the Louisiana Purchase EXPOSE
tion has begun with a rush. The
first carload to be shipped was
loaded with an exhibit from the
Kentucky Institute for the Edu-
cation of the Blind, and this was
started from Louisville Tuesday.
The second carload of exhibits
to be shipped from Kentucky
contained Hopkins county coal
coke, agricultural and forestry
products and was shipped from
Darlington Yesterday morning by
the st. Bernard Mining Company.
The bulk of this shipment is
made up of coal and coke of var
ious sizes and grades, from aust
to entire sections Of veins. These
large sections 60 both to the
state and national exhibits. The
entire exhibit is well arranged
and most interesting.
A special from the Kentucky
Commission headquarters says a
car of agricultural products left
Louisville yesterday afternoon
and that car of various miner
al exhibits will go from there
today. 1t is expected that car
load of lead, zinc ana flour spar
will go from Marion about Fri
day, which will include exhibits
from Blue & Num-, the Givens
Mining Co., the Kentucky Flour
Spar Co., and the Columbia Min
ing Co. Carloads of coal will
later go from the Northern Coal
& Coke Co., of Pikeville, and the
Kentucky Block Camel Coal
Co., at Camel City. The latter
is to be used in erection of a coal
arch as one of the entrances to
the Kentucky Mineral exhibit.
The shipment from darlington
included the very unique model
of the st. Bernard coal washing
and coke crushing plant, made
by Col. w. A. Toombs and his
able assistants, which was on ex-
hibit in Darlington for several
days before being Grated for
shipment. This model, together
with one column each of the No.
8 and No. IL coal veins, goes to
the United States geological sur
vey department at the Worlds
Fair, and may land in Washing
ton at the close of the exposition.
Columns of both these coal
veins go to the Kentucky miner
al exhibit also, together with
packages of coal from the COM
pany's various mines including
all sized grades. There are, too,
unwashed slack, washed slack,
dirt from washed coal fine and
coarse, machine cuttings, small
selected cubes of coal and fire
clay from below the No. 8 coal
vein.
In addition to the coal and
coke the shipment contained the
collection of native woods, 123
varieties, made into picture
frames, which are the property
of Mr.. Jno. B. Atkinson; and
the fine collection of grasses
grown on the st. Bernard farms
in 1902. These grasses were ex-
hibited at the Kentucky State
Fair held at Greensboro last year.
These include pure timothy, red
clover, red top, orchard grass,
and mixed samples, grown under
different treatment as to fertili-
ger and soil.
The picture frames were also
shown at the State Fair. They
have been exhibited at the Col
umbian Exposition Chicago, and
the Tennessee Centennial Expos
ition Nashville, and constitute
the most complete collection of
woods known in Kentucky.
The Reinecke Coal Mining
Co.'s model of that company's
plant, which was mentioned in
The BEES columns, together
with samples and briquettes are
to oc from MadiconNillp whan the