Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-04-01
California Will Show
Mineral Wealth
GOLDEN STATE WILL MAKE THIS
DISPLAY A FEATURE AT LEWIS
AND CLARK ExPoS,T,ON-WiLL
De HOUSED IN STATE BUILD.
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ING. $50,
PORTLAND, April While the
state of California, which with It's
100000 appropriation will make one
OF the finest state displays at the
Lewis and Clark exposition. will have
a complete exhibit Of all Its varied
resources at the western worlds fair,
especial attention will be paid to the
securing Of a mining display which
Is intended to be second to that of
no other state.
California's mining exhibit, like Its
o,her exhibits, will be housed In the
California building, a beautiful struc.
ture built In the shape OF a Maltese
cross, each wing OF which will be a
reproduction Of an old Spanish mis-.
sion. Specimens Of gold, copper and
other ores will be found there from
the different counties where they are
produced. Nevada and Tuolumne
counties have already secured some
fine specimens Of gold ores which
they will exhibit. Nevada county,
/ which won a gold medal at ST. Louis.
will, at Portland, add its excellent
collection Of ores to the state display.
The display in its entirety will show
The mining industry in every stage.
A number Of counties will make
specialties of products which are Pc
culiar to them. or in which they ex-
Gel. Among these, San Diego coun.
ty has already decided to give special
attention to its gems, it being the
chief producer of these In the state,
the number and quality produced be-
ing far superior to any other section
It's ~turquoises, garnets. tourmaline-
crystals and other precious stones,
which won high recognition at st.
Louis, will be even better displayed
at Portland.
San Bernardino county will make
a feature of it's cement and other
building materials. Los Angeles
county will have a display of tiles
with its exhibit, and Ventura will
make a feature of its sandstone dis
play.
A feature of the states display
which will be of particular interest,
will be the petroleum exhibit, which
will be comprehensive and elaborate.
Included in the petroleum exhibit will
be samples from every oil county and
district in the state and from every
producer. IL will be the most com
plete exhibit of its kind ever assem-
bled for a worlds fair. In accordance
with the exposition's policy to make
the displays at the western worlds
fair illustrative OF the processes of
manufacture rather than mere collec-
lions of finished materials, the petro.
leum exhibit will include the crude
materials, the finished article and all
the by-products manufactured from
1t, SO as to give a complete and com.
prehensive idea of the magnitude OF
the business to people not familiar
with the oil-producing industry.
Besides the display already men.
toned, there will be exhibits OF
marble, granite, terra Gotta, slate
soda. and minerals OF all kinds taken
from the different sections of the
state. The whole will be attractively
arranged, the ore displays will be
shown in glass cases. The new rnl
ing by which states are enabled t.
house their exhibits in their state
buildings. will make it possible FOL
CalifOrnians to see what their state
has to show in the mineral line, with
out having to search for 1t among
the hundreds of displays from all owe,
the world in the palace of mines ant
metallurgy.