El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-23
ANNUAL MINING
SHOW PLANNED
Yearly Exposition May Be
Held in Ell Paso; Mineral
Awards Are Made.

I Paso hereafter. as a result Of the in
/ terest shown in the minerals exhibit at
! the International Soil Products expo
sition. Should such an exposition be
F.. held. il viii be upon a much larger
4 scale than the exhibit ut the Soil Pro
! ducts show. which was collected upon
short notice. b. L. Farrar. chairman OF
! the committee in charge Of the min
eral display. Sunday expressed his ap-
probation to the exhibitors for their
interest and support
I Awards Made sunday.
! Awards in the minerals section were
made sunday by a special committee
! consisting of J. / Mccullough. chair
I man, a. c. Brinker. secretary. and
| Thomas B. johnson. special mineralo-
| gist The complete list Of awards fol-
! lows:
A-Collective exhibit. which lncluue- man
/ Ter Of disply, contents, conprehensiF eness'
BNfndividuaI exhibits
Awards.
| Sweepstakes. 10 best Of all- Purple
| 1. Special award; purple
. First premium; blue
;. Second premium red
Sweepstakes CPurplel
The highest award Of all the sTeepstaliee,
was given the collective eNLlulL from
Grant county. New Mexico This exhibit.
: showed copper. silver lead zine iron ana
| ron metallic minerals It was in charge oi
[ judge W. NJ Porterfield Of silver city anu
J amounted TO several tons Of mineral
Special Awards Purplel
The highest special awards were given as
I-copper-To the Chino Copper company:
Santa Rita. y II very fine display %
ores including oxides supplies an1 crys-
tailed native copper specimens Chaicocite
| specimen OF 90 per cent ore weighing lSv9
pounds Another large specimen or ~ P ~
cent copper showing oxides. Wel6hlhs 49,
pounds. Two sheets OF native copper. tour
and a half feet wide and five feet Ions
weighing 5fs pounds Curcos OF buIIalo hlle
buckets and water bags. with ancient hoist
1 ing rope. lsI years old. and timber. an
used in the mine by Spaniards in 1.S5- EN-
hfbit Of J. NJ Sully general manager
e-Zinc-Special award 10 the Empire
Z Zinc company from its mines at Hanover
and Cleveland camps. Grant county. New
I Mexico. including carbonate SUI noes anu
! concentrates Of zine Furnished oF T. 4
! Brown Of Socorro- general supeEllit -iitlsl-l-
special award on b1illoh; SlllsLs-- 49, -
! ucts and mineral collection Exhibits MADE
I by the FL Paso Smelling works huno Doer'
5EIesd-T6 FL Potosi Mining company.
Santa Eulalia- state OF Chihue hua- This col
lection was included in the beautiful grotto
| or cove erected by ". J. Quigiy. general
| manager and A L. Eaton superint endent-
| SPECIAL award on the exhibit OF Texas
state school Of Mines and MetallursS- his
| exhibit included department OF ,issas ms a.
ranged by W 5 Worrell. PLASTER anu
Frank Seamo1s consisting Of standard equip
ment for modern ASSAY oItices lpuLtLt
1 ASSAY furnace operated by gasoline under
I pressure: a fine Huesser balance Tor weigh
ing minute quantities Of gold a special
! balance for weighing silver beads ana pulp
: balance Ores are assayed in the presence Oh
! spectators and attract cons:derapIe a tlsu-
1 ton. students OF the school do the assaylHs
and explain the method OF NoTS. -
l schools collection Of minerals eNhinlted wa
1 selected from the school Of mines celIeetlon
Z to show the more important minerals ORES
and rocks About 500 varieties are on e1nl-
bitfon The mineral collection proper 4 mace
| Up Of specimens from all parts OF the MoIi ~,
| Graphite from Ceylon. sulphur from lt1tiS-
= gold from Mexico and the soutnWes-. natlNs
IRON from Germany. silver from Canad4-
Mexico Texas etc. lead ores from Missouri
ullonis New Mexico. Arizona etc Inercurs
ores from Hungary. California anu i eNe-'
zinc ores from Missouri. and the southwest
) Among the rarer ores are those containlns
radfum from Texas and Colorado ores d
4 anthony. arsenic. platinum. nlckel, ron
: manganese. cobalt molly bdenite. etc IN lar-'
! she collection is very complete In ore miner
ais. Among the gem minerals are sm .l vs.
EarnetAmazon stone. etc \ type rocA c0i-
lection is also exhibited
Prizes on Copper Exhibits
First prize tbluel-to ca!uInel q -, = i@oils
! an kinds Of copper Exhibit by J. c GREEN
way. general manager
second prize (redt-To Old Dominion
Mining COMPANY. copper ores Exhibit made
| by general manager, Globe Arlz-
Third prize whitel-Exhioit Of me Cen-
anea Consolidated Copper company ot -
anea. sonora Furnished by George Kingdom
Prizes on Lead Ore
First prize Cbluel-To Calumet a sonora
I Mining company Csnanea- sonora
second prize lredl-Tombstone. Ariz- sam
pies by Douglas Gray 49,.
Third prize twhite9-stepnenson- f'@nIe'l
Prizes OF Zinc Ores
First prize tblue)-To RI Potost Mining
! company. chihuahua. Mexico Furnished nS
! ". J. QuiEly. manager
Second prize fred l-Hanover. y IL UT
ufShad by Becker q Thomas
Third prize twhitel--owen Brothers. san
1 "A Rita y. NJ From the Royal John mine
Special Mentions
Special mention Is made OF tne hlbH
grade silver ore from the Silver Cell mine
Pinos Altos. y II. Furnished p4 hllaIl1
One chunk. 80 per cent native silver,
weighing zee pounds that has taken prl1e7
in several exposition assayirg lAvuv oune--
special mention Of asbestos specimen
/ Of Johns Manville. Globe Ariz-' SHOWING
silken fiber Of great length
Especial mention Of the lapls laZui sam
piles. from near Columbus. \ NJ. tqrnLsIiea
! by - 4 Brown and associates. being "A
new discovery and the rarest OF It's KIM 'i-
North America -.
Special mention Of gold specimens from
Flviug Dutchuan mine Bouse- Ariz- furn-
! ished by Fenchler Bros Of Fl Paso-
Special mention to tungsten minerals
! OF Gilleis Norman and Prescoll rom -
chuca mountains. and samples by Critehet'
and Furgeson-
Special mention Of sulphur samples
! rative and manufactured by Michigan sui
/ phur company. Orla- Texas furniSned os
I ". A. Doyle. manager
SPECIAL mention or the copper ores *
! hibited by the s. mine. Lordsburg. y ~
Special mention OF sulphide ores from
Orogrande. y n. by the Colorado uei -
! Iron company
1O-specisi mention % the beautiful cal
cite on turquois specimen from lnr SiNeI
I Bill mine. near Tombstone exhibited pF
Mrs r g Earle. taken 10y M Earle. Tor
mer manager Of the FL Paso smelling
works from the mine
1l-Special mention Of the carnotte AMI
, radium ore from Arizona by Er~ard Knee
individual List Of Exhibits Of Minerals.
1-El Potosi Mining company. Santa Euls-
lia. chihuahua. Mexico
Texas.
Sci Paso smelling WORKS
Minerals Of the Southwest
Orogrande district-Ores from Lincoln,
Garnet. Providence. Mizpah and BY Chance
mines.
Johns-Manviu company - Globe. Arizonl
asbestos