Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-11-30
SOME FEATURES
 OF EXPOSITION
Which Are of Special
 Interest.
Mines and Metallurgy Among the Most IntereSting-Beauliful
 Specimens of Cut Glass.


 pondence )-raey tell you here in St. Louis that ih, fair is practically over, but we woula never think so from the crowos that come aud go every day. Prices of rooms and board have been lowered all over the city and for the last month the railroads have offered extra inducements in the way of low rates to fair visitors. The weather is not really cold yet although the past week was rather chilly on account of a rain storm.
 One of the most interesting of the large buildings is the Mines and Met allurgy. This is one of the most cas- fly distinguished of all the buildings on Account of its tall pryamidal pillars on either side of the main en- trance. The immense building is crowded full of mineral exhibits from all parts of the United States, Canada and Mexico, and there is great deal of machinery in operation showing the latest and most improved method for handling and working these pro- ducts of old mother earth. Arizona has a good display of rich ores al, though the exhibit does not contain as many beautiful specimens as might have been obtained.
 One has to be a judge of good ores to be able to appreciate the value of the exhibit but it is one which has at tracted great deal Of attention from the mining world. There is large assortment of polished petrified wood from Arizona petrified forest and the pieces are for sale for almost their weight in silver. Tbere is an exhibi- tion of pottery in this building made by an eccentric genius of the Missis- sippi valley. Not one piece is for sale for less than its exact weight iu gold. The articles are of most peculiar shape and glaze and it is easily seen that the entire process is by hand and requires matchless skill for the execu- tion of the work. In quite long harangue this queer fellow tells the | public that if they don't pay his price 1 they can't have the articles and con- cludes by saying, "I don't want your money so much as l want my pots"
 w. c Greene's exhibit is in charge | of ". $. Behan, former Prescottite. | The exhibit is a fine one and displays i the marvellous richness of the Cananea | copper mines as we'll as the placer | mines which are owned by MT. Greene. The method of washing and siuicing | the dirt is illustrated in this depart ] ment and nuggets as large as pigeon | eggs are to be seen lying in the sluice boxes. 1 may as we'll remark that i these boxes are we'll protected by glass cases from a too Inquisitive pub lie.
 Alabama has no state building and | not great many exhibits, but in the Mines and Metallurgy is an immense ron figure of Vulcan which weighs more than fifty tons and is 61 feet high. A carriage and horses may be driven between the feet. This is the work of the Birmingham Alabama iron works and is to be removed after the fair and placed in one of the public parks of that city.
 There is also the largest block of coal ever hoisted from a mine. 1t weighs more than fifteen tons and is from the coal fields or Pennsylvania.
 Lots wife is here in salt from the salt mines of Louisiana. Tiffany has magnicfient display for ore and pre- cious stones and the aisles containing this display are patrolled constantly by fonr Jefferson guards, but my opin- ion of thee guards is that the majority of them would be scared with a fit at the sight of real highwayman.
 l watched a great many of the ma chimes at work in the building and was impressed with their simplicity and labor saving devices. So much of the machinery is worked automatically that it is wonderful to watch it being operated without human aid. often hear 1t remarked that the liberal arts, the manufactures and varied industries buildings are so much alike in their exhibits that when you have seen one you have see2 them all and that they were like so many large department stores done on a very elegant and costly scale. T. 1 casual observer this might seem to be true but discovered vast difference in them.
 The liberal arts exhibits are plainly to show what education and culture has enabled man to do with the forces of nature. Photography holds an i'm portant place among the exhibits, also book binding with all the latest de