New Mexico state record., 1921-05-06
FIRST EXCLUSIVE MINING
SHOW EVER HELD WILL
az AT CHICAGO NEXT FALL

bE At CHICAGO NEXT FALL
Chicago, May s.-National inter-
est in the Twenty-fourth Annual con-
ventiou Of The American Mining
Congress and the National Exposi-
tiop of mines and mining machinery.
which will open in Chicago, Mon
day, October 18th, is evidenced by
the fact that already most of the
metal, oil and mining states in the
West have reserved space in the
Exposition and are laying plans TO
participate in what promises to be,
one of the most interesting National
Expositions ever attended.
Chicago, this year, is to be the scene
of the first exclusively mining show
ever attempted, and the General
Committee of Arrangements OF whict.
Hon. Francis S. Peabody, OF Chicago
is Executive Chairman, is laying its
plans along broad and comprehensive
lines for the Installation OF the min
ing industry to the nation at large
upon such basis that there will re-
suit more definite knowledge OF the
Ol III tilS
program readjustment.
The Chicago Coliseum has been
leased for this mining Exposition. A
great electric fountain will play its
myriads of colors upon the Alaskan
exhibit which will occupy the center
of the show, and, with the mining
operators of Alaska backed by the
Governor of that territory, thorough
ly aroused to the importance OF
bringing Alaska into public notice at
this time, it is expected that the Al
askan exhibit will be one of the most
interesting of its kind ever made in
the United States.
Grouped around the great electric
fountain and the products of Ameri-
cas- northern-most mining camps will
appear the various states, including
Minnesota, which will exploit her vast
storehouses of iron and unlimited mil
lions of tons of commercial peat
Montana, which although, until re-
Gently known most widely as being
the greatest copper producing state
on this continent, is now breaking
into the public eye with unusual Pc
troleum possibilities; Washington.
with her silver and copper, her vast
storehouses of magnesite which have
released the United States from
commercial bondage 10 Austria, with
the newly found copper fields and
vast coal resources; California, which
first made possible the gold stand
ard for the world through the unlim-
tied hidden wealth of the gold in her
hills, with hundreds of various min
erals and non-metalliferous substan-
ces, with her petroleum. marble and
onyx; Nevada, which in itself is q
treasure-house sufficient for the ma
tion at large, and which has already
assembled one OF the finest mineral
exhibits ever made by any state in
the union; Utah whose hills are fill
ed with almost unlimited and undev-
eropcd mineral supplies, with coal
and marble as commercial back
ground and with an incoming petro-
leum field which is now attracting
the attention of the world; Colorado,
noted for gold, silver, lead, zinc, phos-
phate, potash, and inumerable sub
stances which have brought, and will
still bring, unlimited wealth to the
people of that state; Wyoming, until
recently practically unknown as a
mineral producer, but which now oc-
cupies leading place in the petro-
leum world, and whose hills are filled
with iron, copper, asbestos and many
other commercial substances; Oregon,
with her great resources in gold
platinum, silver and many other
wealth producing eommercialized de-
posts and Arizona, underlaid with a
wealth Of copper, gold, asbestos and
similar metals and minerals.
Several other states are organizing
committees through which participa-
ton may be possible.
Surrounding the states will appear
the various exhibits OF the coal pro-
ducing centers, some of the exhib-
its being made by states officially
and some by organizations of coal
producers. Mingled with these met
ais and coal exhibits it is expected
that the commercialized by-products
of the various substances shown will
be demonstrated both As to method
OF manufacture and commercial use
1t will be shown that copper, znc
iead and other basic substance. reacl.
into the daily life of the nat on, and
an effort will be made to demon
strate the economic Importance of
the protection, development and con-
slant production from all phases OF
mines throughout the nation. The
cost of production, the method Of
handling. the hazards in operating
and methods Of distribution will be
illustrated so far as is possible
throughout the entire Exposition.
There will be seven grand divisions
of the Exposition, including coal and
metals, construction materials, fuel
standardized machinery and equip
ment, general machinery ard acces.
sories, safety and life saving devices,
transportation, petroleum, oil shale
and oil shale products, etc.
A number Of governors have al
ready accepted invitations to partici-
pate in the Twenty fourth Annual
Convention Of The American Mining
Congress which will be held in con-
nection with the Exposition, and it is
expected that the program will be
one of the most notable discussions
of vital national problems ever stag
ed in the United States