Identifier: worldscolumbiane02whit (find matches)
Title: The World's Columbian exposition, Chicago, 1893
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: White, Trumbull, 1868-1941 Igleheart, William, (from old catalog) joint author
Subjects: World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)
Publisher: Philadelphia and St. Louis, P.W. Ziegler & co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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MONTANA SILVER STATUE. 256 MINES. The petrified wood exhibit from this State Is also exceptionallyfine. A miners cabin In the centre of the New Mexico space, builtof varied minerals, calls to imagination the wild scenery of moun-tain and canyon of this far western country, and is suggestive of
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IOWA EXHIBIT. its abundant underground wealth. A circle of marble columns ofnative material adorns the Colorado space, and the low parapet isfaced with new light-colored varieties of Colorado onyx. TheBreckenbridge collection of gold nuggets and free gold is valued ata quarter of a million dollars. The different counties of the Statehave each contributed cabinet collections, so that one may easilylearn the geographical distribution of Colorado minerals. NorthCarolina Is another gold and gem producer, and consequently herspace luxuriates in jewels and a thousand and one rare and deco^rative minerals. West Virginia, Kansas, Indiana, Oregon, Virginia,New Jersey, Minnesota, Washington, Wyoming, Tennessee andLouisiana also have representative displays on the ground floor. MINES. 257 A trophy in copper, copper alloy, nickel and steel furnishes avariegated effect in colors at the main east entrance. Hard by arethe heavy exhibits of the great iron ani steel firms, one showingthe first steel c

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