Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-01

R[eEAAi exhibit IN the history OF, tiio
W H6N world is to be held In New
8 York city from May rs to
~ - June 90 Here the evolution
izxa of the great mining industry
of the United States will be
fully exemplifled. Products OF the va
rious mines and the methods OF OBJ
tanning these will be shown and COM
plete history of the industry given in
practical detail.
The principal promoters of the ex"
position idea are John Hayes HAM
mond. the celebrated mining engineer,
who is said to draw greater income
from his professional services than
any other man in the world, the
American Mining congress and the
Institute of Mining Engineers. 1t is
their hope to make this international
in its scope. and with this end In view
are zealously seeking the cooperation
of the national and foreign govern
ments. The chief aim is to interest
the public in the mineral resources or
the nation in general and of the great
west in particular. Most of the vest
ern mines are operated under eastern
capital and partly because of this Mad
ison Square garden, New York, was
chosen as the place for the exposition,
though the accessibility of this port
to the vessels of foreign countries
which may exhibit is q stronger point
in favor of the. location.
A bill has been introduced in con-
sress by Representative Frank w.
Mondell of Wyoming providing for.
government exhibit at the exposition.
The bill provides that this be prepared
by the geological survey and that 1T
consist of specimens of the mineral
resources of the United States and its
possessions and the methods of mining
and extraction of metals" The bill
also authorizes the president to invite
the nations of the world to participate
in the exposition. The bill is not meet
ing with great favor in congress, be-
cause the geological survey says 1t
can prepare an exhibit without the
proposed appropriation Of $4,000 or
$4,000. 1t is the purpose OF these gov
ernment. officials to give a demonstra-
ton of the scientific work that has for
some time been carried on by the geo.
logical survey. This includes the in
vestigation of the mineral resources of
the United States for the last twenty
five years, the black sand deposits OF
the Pacific coast and the use OF ltg-
mites and semi -bituminous coal for
gas production. Some of the survey 3
fuel tests were partially demonstrated
at the st. Louis and jamestown ex-
positions.
A number of states of the Union and
some foreign governments have already
taken steps to be represented at the
West Virginia, Nevada, Michigan,
| Wyoming, Oregon, Utah, California,
Missouri and Arizona. The exposition
will be divided into seven different de-
partments as follows: No. l, ma
chinery; No. 2, United States and for
eign countries; No. 8, state exhibits;
No. 4, metal mine owners No. 5, mis-
| cellaneous minerals; No. 6, mining
camps of the nations; No. z, precious
stones, mineral, jewelry and lapidary
| work.
That there is a wide field for the min
| ing exposition to cover in this country
alone is evident from the fact that the
mineral production of the United States
| increased five fold between 1850 and
1896, or from $364,92S.29S to $1,902. BIZ 300
! The latest figures for mines and quar-
ries show that there were 151,5 mines
ouarries and wells in this country. To
| operate these 619, ,406 men were Kept
| busy at a total annual salary OF 400000,-
900. Such are the tremendous proper,
tions to which the mining industry OF
the United States has attained since It's
beginnings.
| The first recorded finding of iron
within the limits of the United State.
was in North Carolina In 1880. Inc
| first effort to manufacture IL was III
| Virginia in 1910. The first export ol
bar iron to England was in 1717 and OF
mig iron i'm 1928. Until 1850 Massachu'
| setts led in the manufacture OF IRON
when Pennsylvania took the lead and
has retained 1t. over 4OOOO,Oo0 tons OF
| iron were mined in Michigan alone lasl
I l. 1an
| mineral production of this country Is
copper of which enough is produced
| annually to give every American man
| woman and child 81 worth each II II
were divided out. In Arizona alone
the production of copper in 1905 was
$54, 100000.
| ono of the earliest finds of gold in
the United States was referred to by
Thomas jefferson in his diary. 1t was
a lump of pure gold found on the Rap
pahannock river, Virginia. Now many
millions OF gold is produced every year
The Cripple Creek district in COLORADO
alone has produced over $l25,OO0,000 LII
California's palrny days as much az
in n single year. The surface of Alaska
has only been scratched, but upwards
of sc .O00, 900 in gold is produced there
annually. Alaska Is said to contain the
richest gold deposits in the world, the
gold placer field in Seward Peninsula
alone containing 10000 square miles
THE latest claimant for honors as a
gold bearing territory is the Nevada
desert, where the mining camps OF
Tonopah, Goldfield, Bullfrog. Rawhide
and q. number of others have sprung
into being within the last few years
From that region is pouring a steady
stream of the precious metal.
II the scarcity Of metal is any indi-
cation of its value. silver ought to be
more valuable than gold. as the world
is producing $400.o0o0OO or gold and
large part of the American production
Of these metals is consumed by the
United States mint The coinage OF
the Philadelphia mint last year was
si4s. 12S, ,051 ss. not including 100000
pieces of coin that were minted for