The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1913-07-17
MINING EXHIBIT AN
PANAMA EXPOSITION
THIS DEPARTMENT WILL BE A
LIBERAL EDUCATION ON
MINING AND MILLING.


Andustry has contributed more tina
forty billion dollars to the wealth {
the United States during the la,
quarter Of a century, It is not surpris
ing that 1t Is planned to make an Inn
pressive display Of this Industry 9
the Panama Pacific International Eek
position, to be held in San Francisco /
1918
This Exposition Is to be by no mean
local or sectional affair, but a dis
tlnctly International event. in celebra
tion Of the completion Of the Panam
Canal, and will mark new epoch Il
the commerce of the world, an epoc]
that will be noted for readtustmen
Of trade routes and enormous expan
sion Of American export trade.
Every Feature to 30 Represented.
The manufacturer OF mining machin
cry will share in this expansion il
proportion to his enterprise. The far.
sighted man will see In this Expost
ton an opportunity that viii never
recur
Education Strong Factor.
Charles +. van Barneved, chief Of
the Expositions Department of Mines
and Metallurgy, is making every effort
to gather under the roof Of the grea,
palace that will house the mining and
metallurgic display collection of OBJ
iect lessons that will show the mineral
resources Of every country and the
methods of extracting them from the
earth. The display will be liberal
education in the science Of mining.
1T has been said that mining opera
tons do not lend themselves READILY
to exhibition" said chief van Barne-
weld recently, when questioned as to
the difficulties that might be expected
in his undertaking. and that the
legitimate mine-operator has little
commercial incentive to exhibit he has
nothing to advertise. nothing to sell
Fortunately. the mining industry in the
main is in the hands Of puhlc-spirited
men, accustomed to taking a large
low the lack of commercial incentive,
the lack Of apparent individual bene-
fit to outweigh the decided indirect,
collective benefits to be derived from
the right sort of publicity We hear
much Of the decadence of prospecting
and mining, Of the lack of security
and stability of mining investments.
The miner has suffered greatly from
misunderstanding. from public jgnor-
ance and above all. from persistent
misrepresentation We all recognize
In general way. the Importance of
education, 1t is the greatest remedy
for prejudice superstition and ignor-
ance; 1t makes for greater all-around
efficiency. A well planned exposition
Is of incalculable value as an educator
of the public mind Many important
questions in which the miner Is vitality
interested are pressing for settle.
ment The public Is taking an In
rreaslngly active part in the settle
ment. When not blinded by prejudica
md ignorance. the public Is essenti-
'lly fair-minded; 1t only needs edu-
alton. This Exposition offers to the
men at the head of the mining indust-
Y an opportunity which probably will
lot recur for decade to give the
'ublic an Insight into the Importance.
he stability and the solidarity Of tho
its legitimate speculative and
Investment features, the need of capital
t fair treatment. of wise legislation.
t public support and cooperation
urely this Is sufficient commercial in
entive."
Already Attracts Interest.
Already many applications for ey-
ibt space have been received by
rofessor van Barneveld who is san
nine that the mining display will b. -,
ell ND to expectations The fact thai
alfornia owes to mining its first :,
reat advertisement II the world IN
0 lends peculiar interest to this de-
srtment of the Exposition. in addition
the latter expansion of the industry
, large scale In Australia, Alaska
I'd now into the hitherto UNEMPLOYED
gious Of South America and Asia
Distinctive Products Preferred.
THE Department of ! Mines and
etallurgy," says Profess or van Barne-
Id, deals with the natural mineral
sources Of the world; their explora-
N. conversion into metal; their
into structural forms and X
20 raw material for various indust-
IS. It takes in the metals and nom
,tals, including cement, clay, oil, gas
L, gypsum, nitre. and the other
nerals, and their products.
The natural resources, of course.
4 be exhibited by the states Of the
ion through their several state COM
ssioners and hy the various nations
ough their accredited commissions
representatives. II Is hoped that
h country and state will make u
efullv selected exhibit. emphasizing
inctive mineral products. thereby
the usual duplication--th
ror Of an endless row of cases
Processes to BE Fully Shown.
has been suggested that the ex-
ton Of mining operations proper
is to say prospecting, develop
I and ore extraction, presents some