The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-11-03
MINE PRODUCTS
 ON EXHIBlTIOt1
 AT CONVENTl0N

ST, LOUIS, Mo.,-The governors of all states where mining is an industry have received urgent invitations from
 Governor Frederick D. Gardner of
 Missouri to authorize state exhibits of mine products to be sent to the National Exposition of Mines and Min ing, to be held in St. Louis in connec- ton with the annual convention of the American Mining congress No vember 17-22 inclusive.
 The combined commercial bodies of Missouri are cooperating with the authorities of the American Mining educational exhibit which will in clude not alone the products of the mines, but is intended to be a dem- onstration of the progress made in the development of mine machinery during the last decade.
 The government exhibit will include the devices winch have been worked out by American and European in ventors for the saving of life in mine disasters, for the prevention and lessening of accidents in the in dustry and for making man power more effective. A comprehensive eX- liibit will be made by the Geological Survey, which has during the past few years thoroly mapped and chart ed the surface of the United States for all of it's mineral deposits. The government exhibit will also include comprehensive display of the work of the reclamation service, which has been of such vast importance in the industrial development of the west, lot alone in mining districts but in agricultural and manufacturing.
 The old Southern hotel one of the famous hostelries of the south in early days, and about which there hangs glamor of southern romance is being transformed into an expo aition building, and when the doors of the National Exposition of Mines and Mining open, the mining opera tors and manufacturers thousands Of whom are expected to visit St. Louis on this occasion,-will be given an opportunity to study the historical development of the mechanical side cl their business. Locomotives and tram trains will operate in miniature mines. Automatic devices for load ing and unloading and moving ore will be shown. The advantages of utilizing electricity will be illustrated by elaborately constructed education al displays by the General Electric dnd several other of the nationally recognized electrical companies. The oy-products of coal and of rough .laterial as it comes from the mine lo the finished, scientific or com iiitfCldl product.
 In rooms specially provided and prepared for the purpose, miniature mine explosions and the methods of saving life and property in connec- tion with explosions will be demon strated by the bureau of mines. In the big auditorium life-saving and safety teams will give public exhi- bitions.
 The story of the development of coal and petroleum industries in the United States will be shown by nov ing picture stories especially prepar- d by the burea of mines in coop eiation with the industries, and in the demonstration electrally devices of machinery will carry on processes of reduction and separation~of ores and chemicals from the raw material.
 Among the interesting state ex- ilDits will be those from California, Utah, Wyoming, Missouri and from the great zinc and lead district of oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri. Sev- eral other states are expected to 
 Plans for the twenty-second annual convention of the American Mining congress, around which the exposi- ton is being built, are being rapidly developed into national industrial tend and address the congress. It is expected that large number of in dustrial and financial leaders will at ten and address the congress. It is expected that Franklin K. Lane, sec
 tary of the interior, will officially open the exposition and address the
 -.Agress during it's opening session. CAnETG