i8o Reminiscences of 



the first class. This was a large medal intrinsically 

 worth fifty dollars. Upon one side was the raised 

 bust of the Emperor Napoleon and the words, "Ex- 

 position Universelle Francais, 1867," and upon the 

 other my name and award for exhibition of Colorado 

 ores. In addition to the award was a recommenda- 

 tion of the International Jury of special recognition 

 for the exhibit in its completeness, which had been 

 conveyed from such a distant region. This recom- 

 mendation of the jury to the Emperor, which was 

 made in a few exceptional cases, occasioned an addi- 

 tional expression of high consideration, which I 

 received from the hands of the Emperor at the dis- 

 tribution of recompenses at the Palace of Industry 

 on July i, 1867. 



France at the period of the exposition was at its 

 height of prosperity, and Napoleon the Third at the 

 zenith of his power and influence. 



The Emperor had designed the occasion of the 

 distribution of the exposition awards to be one of 

 unequalled grandeur and effect. The scene occurred 

 at the Palace of Industry on the Avenue des 

 Champ Elyse"es, midway from the Tuileries to the 

 Bois de Bologne. 



This Palace of Industry, of iron and glass, was of 

 stupendous capacity, capable of seating thirty thou- 

 sand spectators about a central area of large extent. 

 In this area were erected half a dozen large groups 

 representing the various industries, leaving large 

 spaces intervening with a wide promenade around 

 the whole. On one side, centrally located, was a 

 raised dais or platform from the floor of moderate 

 height, and two hundred feet in length, reached by 



