Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-10-13
EIks' Band of Twenty Pieces
From Silver City viii Let
People Know What a GOoj
County They Have,
EXHIBITS ATTRACTING
CROWDS TO BIG TENT
Roosevelt, ChayeS, Sierra and
Eddy Make Splendid Show
Ing and Prize Awards Are
in Great Doubt.

This is Grant county day al the
fair. ana Grant county proposes to
let everybody know it, She Will be
here with rings on her fingers and
bells on her toes, and if there is any
body in town tonight that isn't con-
WINGED that she is the best county in
the state II will not be Grant county's
fault
Howard Belts, vice president of the
state fair commission, admits that he
Is from Grant county, and adds that
he isn't ashamed to make the adj
mission. Mr. Belts hasn't grabbed
off any great amount of hmelisht
while the fair campaign has been
going on. but that isn't any sign that
he hasn't been at work The SPLEEN
did showing made by all the south
western part Of the state during the
fair has been due i'm large measure
10 his efforts, and he has seen to it
that the Grant county bunch Will do
their part in contributing to the sue
cess OF the fair.
Elks' Band a Feature.
The Elks' band Of Silver City, TWEEN
~ strong, will arrive this morning.
and with them viii arrive delega-
ton of Silver Cityites that are COM
ing along to see that the thing is done
right The motto suspended from a
trolley wire in Central avenue, The
Town Is Yours" will greet them as
they get off the train and they are
expected TO take the motto at its face
value,
The Grant county mineral exhibit
Is one Of the chief attractions at the
state fair, with n beautiful display
representing almost all of the com
mercial minerals.
Grant county is especially strong
on copper, having one of the largest
producers OF copper in the world, the
Chino Copper company of santa Rlta
and Hurley, which mines and mus
from six thousand to seven thousand
tons of ore daily and yields between
scventy-five million ana one hundred
million pounds Of the red metal per
unnum. In the Chino collection on
the fair grounds is exhibited one
great sheet OF native copper Just as
it was mined out, weighing over seven
hundred pounds Another of the
worlds great copper mines rs pelhe
developed in the Burro Mountain dis
trict by the Phelps-Dodge interests
who have millions of tons OF proven
ore and are expending vast sums IN
lmthei development and in the con
stuction of a concentrating plant ana
In town building.
But copper is not all that shines IN
Grant county In her exhibit booth
her resources and ADVANTAGES are
tersely set forth by placards with the
Grant county slogan DO You
KnoW?" and reading as follows:
Do Won know? That Grant county
is the treasure vault of New Mexico
yielding gold, silver, copper lead
zinc, iron, venadium, meerschauH
and turquoise.
DO you know? That Grant county
produces one hundred million pounds
OF copper per annum.
30 YOU know? That the ChinC
Copper company of Santa Rita, Gram
county, is one of the largest produc
ers of copper in the world.
DO 20 uknow? That Grant county
is one Of the largest producers OIL
gold and silver in the state
DO you know? That Stauoer a
Wright have made every mine in th'
gold camp of Pinos Altos valuable bN
solving the problem of separating th'
different metals contained in th'
ores.
Do you know? That the Silver Cal
Mining company has on exhibit her
the largest ana richest piece OF soh'
silver ore you ever saw-Worth $40,
600 a ton.
Do You know? That the 85 min'
and the Lordsburg district are snip
ping a large tonnage of rich ores.
30 YOU know? That the Philadel