Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-11-02
MILLIONS IN
The MINERALS

NOdQS, near the Clues OI NOIlOlh,
Portsmouth and Newport News, next
year none will prove more attractive
or comprehensive in scope than Mines
and Metallurgy. 1t will include eX-
hibits of every known specimen of
minerals, ores, mining machinery,
etc, showing every phase in the pro-
duction and marketing of these pro-
ducts.
Structural materials and building
supplies that are derived and manu-
featured from mineral ores will be
especially emphasized, while an eff
fort is being made to have the build
ing and ornamental stones from the
Atlantic coast states thoroughly rep
resented. These include granite,
sandstone, marble, limestone, slate,
and such decorative stones as serpen-
tine, obicular diorite, leopardite, all
OF which will be grouped together
in one section of the building.
Cement and cement products in
Guiding the raw materials, various
brands of manufactured cement. con
crete, and cement blocks of different
types, also machines for making
them, and lime and plaster will form
a separate display. Materials made
from clay including brick, terra cot
ia, sand lime, brick, etc, will be eX-
tensively exploited. Asbestos blocks
with samples of the various products
that are manufactured from it, will
be included in this group.
Another important feature will be
the display of the iron and steel har-
dening metals; minerals from which
they are derived, and the various
products in whose manufacture they
the used. Under this classification
will be included these metals: Man
ganese nickel, chromium, tungsten,
m%olybdenum, vanadium, cobalt, ira
mum and titanium. The various fer
ro and other alloys of the metals will
be represented, together with ores
from all sections of the world. The
demand for these metals is constantly
increasing and it is the intention to
have the deposits of the country COM
pletely represented.
The gem and gem mineral exhibit
will be novelty, and a section in the
center of the Mines and Metallurgy
building will contain a beautiful dis
play of these minerals. The United
States is producing some beautiful
gem minerals including the sapphire,
of Yolga Gulch, Mont. the pink tour
maline and kunZite, of California,
the turquoise, of New Mexico, and
Arizona, the opals, of Idaho; the
green and pink tourmalines, of Maine
and Connecticut, the rhodelite, beryls
and rubies, of North Carolina; the
amethysts of Georgia, besides num-
erous other gems hat are found in
quantities throughout the country.
Minerals from which certain chem
ical compounds are derived for light
ing purposes will be completely ex-
plotted, including monazite, used ex-
tensively in the manufacture of man
ties for in~candescent lights. zircon,
gadolinite, columbite, and t~antalite,
which contain the metal tantalum.
Besides the structural and build
ers' supplies manufactured from
clay, especial attention will be de-
voted to the general exhibit of clay
products, comprising samples of clays
and a complete display of the pro-
ducts produced from them. Exhibits
of the mineral resources of the vari-
GUS states properly classified will also
be c~onspicuously displayed. Mining
machinery aside from that of the con-
centrating plant is to be an attractive
feature. Efforts are being exerted to
have rock drills represented, and ar
engagements are being perfected for
a competitive contest of this class of
drills.
A USEFUL ALLOY.
Experiments in the Sibley labora-
tory at Cornell University have shown
that an alloy of two-thirds aluminium
and one-third zinc possesses some re-
markable qualities. 1t is hite and
takes a fine finish, and is equal in
strength to good cast iron. but SUI
perior to it in elasticity.
On the other hand, it melts at 500
or 900 degrees Fahrenheit, and can
be liquefied in a ladle over an open
fire. In the liquid form 1t fills a
mould, running into all the small
parts, which better than brass, but
is more brittle than brass. Winth it
small castings can be made without
the use of a foundry furnace.
Newest Fancy IN Floral Decorations.
In floral devices the new form OF
doll" decoration will be very fash
ionable this winter. A pretty design
for a wedding breakfast would be d
wedding procession of the bride and
her maids. The bride-a pretty wax
doll-would wear a gown of lilies of
The valley, while her court train
would be composed of white rose pet
ais. She would wear a coronet OF
cal orange blossom, and a tulle veil,
while a miniature bouquet of exotics
could be fastened to her hand.
The bridesmaids dresses would be
charmingly carried out in Parma VIC
lets, with hats and miniature muffs of
white v~iolets, trimmed with pink
rosebuds. The muffs can be hung
around the dolls necks with pink sat.
in ribbon.
A number of floral dolls dancing
the minuet is a design planned for a
debutante's ball supper.
The floral costumes will be differ
ent, one table being carried out in
v~iolets, another in %snowdrops, while
a third couple will wear a gown and
suit of pink anemones.
Delightful doll" decorations for
large children's parties will prove a
great source of attraction this winter.
The dolls can be robed in flower
dresses of scarlet anemones: Gin
dprQlla' ran he radiant in mbita INTO, |