The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-11

there, while prizes should be offered /
for the finest, largest and most varied 1
private collection displays. If these /
prizes were made good enough to war
rant the moving Of exhibits, such |
display could, and most assuredly |
would, be made next fall, as would |
cause men, even who think they know
all about the business, to open their eyes
in wonder. Considerable of the stuff
that would be contributed by mines for
display, such as large chunks and
boulders of ore, might be held by the
fair association to help build up and
make more pretentiOns and elaborate
the displays during the years TO come
Nothing better than a good start can
be expected this year, unless senti-
ment should awaken and lot of good
fellows should get busy with the man
agement of the fair association and
crowd things. But the possibilities of
the scheme could not all be worked out
this year under any circumstance
they are too many and varied.
Mining as Miners Mine.
For instance, what is there to pre-
vent the sinking of a real, genuine, min
ing shaft say to a depth of 100 or 200
feet, this shaft to have two or three, or
maybe four or five compartments; the
bottom; the installation of pumping
machinery, drilling machinery and
everything that goes perfectly to illus
/ trate mining methods and work? Why
/ not run out several broad levels from
this station and, at different points
show Lodges Of galena ore, ledges of
/ iron pyrites, of copper, of all classes
of mineral that would shine and giisten
/ in the flood of light that might be pro-
vided? And here is where the perma-
nent feature of the display might be
brought into play and elaborated upon
from year to year at nominal cost. An
inclined tunnel might also be construct
ed and the beauty of this sort of ar
rangement would be that no great
amount Of surface space would be re-
quired. A tunnel of this kind could be
made large and substantially timbered ;
cars could be operated through it and
the same kind of an exhibit that the
shaft workings would contain, could be
made and maintained.
For Drilling Contests.
Rock drilling contests. with substan-
tial prizes could be made a feature of
entertainment in the mining division
and, and when these are on there
should be a miners day arranged
Prizes aggregating $1,000 or more could
be safely offered for these events, fol
nothing that could happen during the
fair would draw bigger crowds.
Then, on the surface, in addition tC
the hosting works mentioned, build
. ings in which to show methods Of mill
ing and smelling ores might be con-
struCted. In these the most interesting
OF exhibits might be carried on by The
! manufacturers Of milling and smelling
: machinery and equipment. In fact
there is hardly a limit to the arrange
b ment of exhibits and means of prOvid
- ling instruction and entertainment tina
a well planned and executed mineTa
division of the states annual show
might provide.
] utah is today the hub of the minin;
b. world in this country, and its import
r ance ought to be emphasized at ever!
state fair. 1t should be that the ques
70 ton; Where is your mineral exhibit p
D could be promptly answered. And tn
2 quesuoner should be able to see enough
r TO make him or her talk about it for
t year"