The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1904-10-07
PAPER READ BY cHks. L. WOODS
Before the Missouri Press Association,
Wednesday, Sept. %, 1901, on the
Missouri Mineral Exhibit at
the Worlds Fair.

llllllE tli' Nl's'l Nlhkf7t 10 ~ a. Wv - |
hibrs Of her mind and her mines her
factories her fields and her farms bear
witness TO the truth of this assertion
But 10 the inquisiive thinker In this
age of progressive civilization. none OF
these exhibits offer greater evidence of
actual wealth than Is presented by the
Missouri mineral picture, so to speak,
made and arranged by The artistic
hand OF Dr. Geo + badd, director OF
the Missouri School OF Mines, from the
riches oi her mines.
In approaching this section Of the
Mines and Mctalmrgy building the ey"
is not met with the snmencss Of the
ordinary Enclosure or exhibit facade,
but your attention Is drawn in lha. di-
rcction by something that indicates
movement and progress. 4 model
double track elevated railway sur
rounds a space OF over eight hundred
thousand square feet. tn" largest al
lOtmcnt of space TO any state in tho
Mines and Mclalurgy building; and |
upon this mode! railway are SIX minIa'
turc trains constantly in motion, rep
rcscuting the leading systems Of this
state; the Frisco. tho Missouri Pacific
the Wabash. tho Iron Mountain. the
Hannibal 4 s. Joe. and The Chicago
Alton Each train i- made Hp OF mini |
aurn cars loaded with the mineral |
produce OF Missouri.
I Under this railway, ana as entrances
a.. ma al |
/ finished arrhways. upon either side OF
witch "a cmba2ourd in letters Of gold
the motto ana cont Of arms ri this i'm
prr,M commonwealth.
] Once within the enclosure. the eye !
becomes fascinated with the variety OK
| the riches and resources # Missouri
/ The mines of nirkol and cobalt val
urd a. 5000 per ton. aud OF which Mis-
souri, Is the Target producer IN IN"
! tinted States are represented 10y pyra
mids .. ere ana show ca" specimens
, silver. Of which Missouri produces a
small quantity. is also "Ni 5il"d here.
Plate glass sand which b. found In
large quantities in our s.at". is repro
scented by plate glass show cases anu
mirrors
Missouri is also ono Of he largest
. limo producing states in he union, and
Of this there is handsome exhibit
Manganese another important product
Of this state. is for the llr-' limo. pre-
ynntod In a Mis-. mineral exhibit
Practically all the barite 'nnt Is pro
durcd in the United States. j. miucd in
Missouri. and OF this there Is Il fine cX-
hibiI The great fields of lead and
zinc. and coal and iron, are pr scented
on more elaborate scale.
In the outside exhibit or what IL
known AZ the Mining Celeb Mis-
souri, has large pavilion, In which
there are many carloads of different
ores There is here, also, a sixty ton
ore conccUtra Ing mill in operation as
we'll AS compressed air mino pump,
invented hy a professor of the Mis-
souri, School Of Mines and which has
been adopted by the city % New York
for the difficult task of cmptyinc the
Cro,ou reservoir which is required to
be pumped ont in the shortest possible
time.
Buf within the space In the Mines
and Motallurgy building tho exhibits Of
these ores are most attra,'iycly ar
ranged and will he considered COGsnr-
utlyrlv The curious obsa'vcr would
probably he led 10 watch the working
of the model lead and zinc ore con
crnfratinr mill unc-hfrh me size Of
tho rcrular mine mill. and which is be-
ing opcratcd by students # tho Mis-
sonrl School of Mines and Mctallurgy.
I,nod and zinc are round in thirty seven
cnur,lrs IN Missouri and specimens
from eorh goun,y are on the space. ar
r,nrnl in ryran,lds 80 a4 10 attract the
attention Of oven the mos. Indifferent
,ulrgrr, Th.-o az, also largo show
r1.as r.a.a.u'rg luaHnrg. 81, b'aui-
fuI .prrimprs al ullriir ami crystals Of
lead md zinc. fer which N, Joplin dis
t,r,ct T., osporiaIly noted
rho now, mnving attraction f. the
r,,I Tip,Ia which show, the method
~, ho,.,i,o rooI from the mines,
yyoi,b,rr screening and luld.ng same
80, c,rs all automatically Authorities
80, ,ho .,,i industry tall us tLa, twen.
- 200 ,,,o,y,rl sorare mil,s ar auout
n,o.,hird If tho state is uuacrlain with
aa,i ,.,r,.,,., IN ,biclness rom TWO TO
civ foot This iudustry vast and great.
IL represented by immense Jumps OF
cool os wcll as show race specimens
from every working mine In the state.