Arizona silver belt., 1906-01-04
THE MINERAL EXHIBIT

Building Already 0utgrown-Annex Will be Built
 The Phoenix Republican has the fol- lowing interesting account of the mines exhibit building at the Territorial Fair:
 It has been left until this time to make special mention of the mining building, where are gathered together the exhibits representing the largest individual resource of the territory and the full value of which no man could even begin to guess, for it is likely that hundred years from now there will be more big mines in operation in Arizona than people now living dare to think about. The building of E ructure to be devoted enti ely to mining exhibits, is an acknowledgement of the import ance of mineral development and the permanencs and expec. ed z owlh of the industry. The building is 40x6O fee. in size and it is completely filled with exhibits. l. is said by those in charge that 95 per cent of the exhibits will remain on display permanently, for it is the inten ion to keep .his building open the year round for the education of tourists who come here, concerning the mineral ;esources of Arizona. The actual receiving and placing of exhibits has been under the direction of Ernest E. Ford of this city, assisted by Fred c. Christy. It would be hard to conceive of better arrange ment of the exhibits either from an artistic standpoint or for the purpose of display. The building is full and next year an annex or a second build ing will surely be a necessity. Messrs. Ford and Christy have been very ma terially aided in the planning and exc cutionof the display by two gentlemen who are here in special charge of indi- vidual or county exhibits. One of them is H. R. Brown, who brought down and installed the United Verde exhibit, and the other is Joseph Sabourin, whose special charge is the Gila county dis play. MT. Sabourin is about as enthus- iastic as a man can be and has good reason for being so, but he says his interest in mining is not merely for Gila county but the whole territory.
 Pyramid of Ore
 The central setting of the mining building is pyramid IA feet high made from small pieces of ore from all over the territory. It is the one la.ge piece that was constructed primarily for the purpose of spectacular effect. It re presents nothing in par icular, bul all Arizona in general. The cap piece is an immense block of green copper ore. Between the pyramid and the east door and also between the pyramid and the west door are found in each case a large block of carbonate copper ore f.om Gila county.
 I Four large show cases surround the pyramid in circle, one filed with cx- hibi.s Of the United Verde, one win exhibits from the Shannon Copper com pany, one with exhibits f.om the Calu- met & Arizona and the other contain ing an exhibit of assay'ng supplies, etc., by J. o. A. King, of Phoenix. In the south end of the building are show cases devoted to the Copper Queen display and in the north end show case filled with Aiizona marble and petr fieG wood.
 Gila County Prominent
 In the center of the south end is the general exhibit of the copper ores of Gila county. This is the particular pride of MT. Sabourin and above the exhibition case or rack in big copper colored letters is painted "Gila County Monster Copper District" The Gila Monster badge here, ore spoken of IS also distributed there and is surely one that attracts attention. Speaking of his county Mir. Sabourin says thaG Globe and vicinity now has twelve properties all of which are now on a paying basis. Some of them are not actively worked just at the present time and some are shipping their ores, but every one of them has pr owed ore bodies that show them to be profitable mines for the owners. Renamed them as follows: Old Dominion, Big Johnny, Copper Hill, Gibson, Welsh prope .ty, Five Poin>s, Inspiration, Cole & Good win, Keystone, Live Oak, Geneva and Black Warrior, which are now shipping ore. And there are many othe-s un-