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EXHIBITS IN MINES AND MINING BUILDING.
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The New Mexico exhibit contains some good material, but is not very well exhibited. The silver ores, one of the most important products of the territory, are well represented, being grouped according to the localities from which they came. A small cabin in the centre of the exhibit is composed of silver, lead and gold ores from different localities. A stuffed burro carrying a prospector's camping outfit is a somewhat sensational feature of the exhibit. A column of coal from Blossburg and Los Cerillos represents the growing coal industry of the territory.

The Arizona exhibit is very good and well arranged. It is truly indicative of the products of the territory. The most important features of it are the copper ores, the silicified wood and the gold ores. The copper ores especially are well represented, and a beautiful column of green and blue carbonates of copper from Bisbee forms the most prominent feature of the exhibit. While in the Michigan exhibit we see only native copper, in the Montana exhibit only sulphides of copper, here in the Arizona exhibit we see mostly carbonates of copper with some silicate and oxide of copper. Thus in these three copper districts we have representatives of three great classes of copper ores. An interesting feature of the Arizona copper exhibit is a series of models showing the underground workings of the Copper Queen Consolidated Mining Company at Bisbee. The Old Dominion Copper Company whose mines are at Globe, Arizona, makes a very excellent exhibit of its ores and its copper ingots in a cabinet alongside the main Arizona exhibit. The gold ores of Arizona are well represented, and some of the silver ores are also shown, while the beautiful polished sections of the celebrated silicified wood of Arizona form an attractive and interesting feature of the exhibit. Some of the so-called "onyx" is also exhibited in polished slabs.

Nevada makes a fairly good exhibit of its mining products, mostly the silver ores abundant in this region, and the accompanying minerals. A "special exhibit" from Eureka, Nevada, contains a number of interesting specimens.

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