The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-14
+ HAVE SPLENDID
NEW BUILDING
Railroads and Mining Concerns
Have Displayed Great Interest
in the Matter OF Collecting
and Installing Exhibits.
Entire State Is
Represented.
.Lspeelal % The T.lmes. Dispateh.l


GROUNDS, July l3.-The Virginia Min
eral and Timber Building, which is
under the care OF the Virginia Min
eral and Timber Exhibit Association
Of which Governor Swanson Is presi-l
dent. has one OF the most interesting
Instructive collection of exhibits at
the Jamestown Exposition. This build
Ing Is the result of corporation assoc
citation with cnterprising public men
Rnd the people of various sections of
the State. and was constructed with
out cost to the exposition or the State.
1t shows In the most conclusive manner
.he great timber and mineral resources.
Of the state. and this valuable exhibit
IS also without expense to the state.
The association was organized through
the patriotic efforts of Governor Swan
son and others, who called upon the
railroad companies entering Virginia
and Industrial corporations to particle
pate in the erection of the building and
the collecting and placing Of the ex-
hibit They readily responded. The
pssociation took up the task OF pre-.
sorting II thorough and truthful repre-
sentat!on OF the states resources in
timber, stones. ciays and minerals. and
has made an exhibit which will give
Virginia wide advertising and attract
10 the VARIOUS localities much capital.
In Centre of building.
The exhibit directly IN charge of the
association is largely placed In the
centre of the building 1t is complete
IN every way. 1t shows the wonderful
deposits of coal Of various kinds and
In various localities, the great coking
Industry, the iron ores of Virginia
and Virginia pig iron, and other iron
and steel products. There Is a fine
idisplay Of manganese, copper, zinc,
gold and other ores. marbles gram
ties, building stones. clays. shales
glass sand. brick. slate, marls, tale
ochrc. feldspar, asbestos, and other
mineral products. The timber dis
hlay shows all the commercial woods
ipf the State.
County Exhibits.
The central exhibit made by the as
ISOLATION is thanked by many county
exhihits. displays by q great many
mining, manufacturing and lumber
hompanies and firms. and by industrial
exhibits of the three leading Virginia
railway systems. the Southern, the
Norfolk and Western, and the Chesa.
peake and Ohio. In the county ex-
-tibits there are exhibits from Allie
tghany, Pulaski. Montgomery, Washing
sson Bland Bedford, Henry, Rappahan
mock, Wythe Rockingham. Grayson
Botetourt. Craig, Roanoke and others
brown hematite ores, manganese. zinc
pre. clay, lltha water, anthracite coal
tetc From Grayson county there arr
rollections of kaolin. copper. zinc. mag
Metic iron ore, gold and lead ore, as
7bestos, soapstone and copper pyrites
Firm Washington county, slate. copper
iFilice, shales, plaster, granite and
splendid timber display. From Warrel
'County, sandstone, copper. iron ores
lrfr
mica, schist, feldspar and kaolin. From
Botetourt county. Autograph stone
drown hematite ore, zinc ore. limeston
and onyx. From Rockbridge county
marbles and hydraulic limestone. TIL
pulaski county space includes fin
sGoal display by coal companies. build
ing stones iron ores, zinc ores, minera
hvaters and timbers. The Bertha Minera
Company has notable display, show
ing zinc ore, zinc pigs, model OF tn
bertha mine, etc j. r. IS. Bell ha
in this county display timber exhib
thowing fifty varieties Of woods, an
There are other notable timber eS
31nibits.
buckingham Products.
From Rockingham county there
bhown anthracite coal. lead ore, ony:
thales and feldspar: from Montgon
Rry county, slate building stones an
Il y v
Company and the Merriman Coal Con
pany both make fine displays. The la
Ger shows In its space a model OF tt
5ronclad Merrimac or Virginia, Thel
Us also a mineral water display. Snlyt
sTounty is we'll represented. There al
Sinc ores. limestones, iron ores. clay
and galena. Marble and iron ores al
shown from Giles county. iron or,
brom Craig county. Bland county, igl
land and Bath counties and copp,
ores from Halifax, Rappahannock al
Tazewell counties Bedford county hi
pn exhibit granite mica. clays, yello
pchre, iron ores and asbestos
Covers Much Space.
The Virginia Iron, Coal and Col
Company, with headquarters at Bri
Aol. makes a most interesting exhib
rovering large space. There a
mime views and coke ovens in we
paintings. a mine opening showir
loaded coal cars at the entrance, hui
blocks of coal, TOMS Creek Found
and gas coke, iron ores, limonlte, brow
md red and specular used in t.
company's furnaces; limestone. the p
iron product, etc. The seaboard Co
|per Company, of the Virginia distri
makes good display of its ore. al
ore samples.
Fine Coal Exhibit.
The coal exhibit is very complete
1t seen In the various railway a
county exhibits, and in the indivldu
Exhibits of mining companies The r
,cahontas Galleries Company has an G
l1libit of coal, showing blocks of co
tloaded dump car etc. There Is bio
weighing seven and a half tons, a
10 large coal pyramid, and pictures
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