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EXPOSITION, COTTON STATES AND INTKRNATIONAL. 



facturws 



ricultora, Mines, and Mftno- 

 ted byJ. C. Colquitt, Sprn 

 Ix-giftlature. Theexh I 

 mmTomiM II? narilm*- th- build- 



!n7s*d~ in charge- C. Stubbs 



brati of the MnSfftoeninl ten, ..f the 



sui*. While one of the i*,t that entered th- 

 .exhibit mm one of the most complete. 

 North <ar bltoftobtceowtiinadata 



room nnihc.l in Miacco of various colors. In 

 tfceraarof the building was the exhibit of live 



The Minerals and Formtrj MMim: 



the mo* utnqur and origin*! in point <>f design 

 of all the building*. It WM constructed entirely 

 of woods of the South in their natural condi- 

 tion. u h the bark undisturbed. The sides and 

 ad* of thr building were covered with various 

 kinds of bark, and the entrances were elaborately 

 ornaroentcti with twigs and small bra 

 Imtuiiiii 1 with mow*. The whole had a length 

 of 390 feet by 80 feet, wit h an imposing octagonal 

 center 80 feet in diameter, nsndfif 80 feet 

 ahov the n-.f. on which a garden was con- 

 structed, with sides of palms and palmettos. 

 Prom il.i- r<>f garden the view was superb, and 

 it van one of the chief bftaqneting nrts of t ho 

 Klposition. The selection of .-\i.:i.ii- in this 

 building wa* mad*- under the direct superx -ision 

 hand T. Hay. of theTnitrd States Geo- 

 ' Surrey, an-i Dr. H. K. Fcrnow, Chief of 



forestry. Not only were the minerals of the 

 South represented by a grant variety of speci- 

 mens, but a series of immense ofl pfJnonga, 

 ' h 190 feet long, showed the geological forma- 

 tion of the Appalachian region, on a scale of one 

 foot to the mile. The-*- covered the ceiling of 

 the mineral half of the building, and on the 

 floor below were the minerals indicated as be- 

 longing to the sections, arranged by States in 

 one direction and by cusses in the other. Most 

 valuable, of course, were the coal and iron ex- 

 and. ind.--d. in th- collection of coal 

 from the various important seams in Alabama, 

 Tennessee. Kentucky. .rginia. (,. 



and North Carolina th.- c,,n,,n States and In- 

 ternational Klposition was held to have exceed- 

 ed any previous ex position. At no time in the 

 history of expositions, it is claimed, has such a 

 comprehensive collection of coal sections been 

 shown, the value of a "section" king in the 

 fan that iU height represents the full thickness 

 i.i, it i 



il 'if Laki :,. Th.- large. t 



coal section ever mined in the I 

 shown: it was 11 feet 6 inches high and weighed 

 4 loo*, having been taken from the big vein at 

 Bk Garden. Va, where several weeks were con- 

 susaed in mining it. The display of iron ores 

 and product* began with the first bU*t furnace 

 tw built in the fiuti-d Stateson the banks of 

 Bapfsjhannock r , 



Ijpwn by a model of that n|,l ruin together 

 wrth somr of tbe on-, fuel. flux, and pig 

 made. The clay products, which were 

 oua, wim rangeil al<M 



' wo flde * of 



ioff and inrlu.ll manv varieties, from t! 

 Bockwond nnttrrt to the earthenware hou- 

 fedsjCryofJugt. The fact that the gran- 



it.- juarries of Stone mountain in (Jeor- 

 filling an order for 2.500.000 cubic feet of granite 

 in|> titioii with the \\ell-known 

 granii- ' Deposit, Md.. only -l> mil. 



tnd accessible by water fcransportation, tet* 



titirs to the resources of the State in Imildm^ 

 .iii-l the great todustrial develoj.inenl m 

 tliis lin, . Not only was a great diversity . 

 mental building N :i in the rough at I he 



Kxposition. out column- turned, lluio. 

 Carved -ho\\,.,l that much money and talent had 



I h in\. Jt< d in quarries and' -lr--- in^-|ilants 

 in the .South. The resources in road mai 

 were also illu-trati-d. In th.- ci-nter of th- 



- cross into which I!M exhibit space was 

 formed by the arrangement of aisles. H 

 large case containing a complete collect i tl ,.f 

 Southern gems, including diamonds and -hom- 

 ing the existence of line r\i\>\<-^ ami sapph 

 Oeorgia and North Carolina. This coli 

 was made by George K. Kun/. of New Y^rk. 

 A collection of Southern fresh- water : 

 included. The possibilities of the n-j 

 refractory ores that were shown, particularly 

 those of the Carolina^, under the new ]>rn l -,^ < '< 

 for treat ing them, were particularly sugg. 

 Much interest attached to the exhibit ofmona- 



nid from North Carolina, where it wi 

 cently found and is now mined on a large 

 superseding that formerly obtained only from 

 Hra/il at an exceedingly high cost. Itspn: 

 use is in the manufacture <!' the \Yel>ba<-h in -an- 

 deacent gas burner. and the exhiliit included tin- 

 lighting of the entire building by the \\Y 

 Company. Another exhibit froni the saim 

 was that of the manufacture of acetylei- 

 The manufacture of aluminium from (Georgia 

 bauxite ore was also exhibited, as was tin- 

 ress of asbestos from the crude rock to the finest 

 textile products. The only State north of Ma- 

 son ana Dixon's line that made a display 

 mineral resources in this building was Pennsyl- 

 vania, The entire economic exhibit of the 

 United States Geological Survey was here made. 

 and included a statistical column !' 

 high, showing the total production ,,f each min- 

 eral in the South for every minute in th> 

 The most prominent feature was a cube o I 

 11 feet on each side and weighing 55 i'>u- t 

 which was surmounted by a cube of iron 4| 



D each fide, weighing 7 tons, and 

 this was a huge barrel of petroleum 

 taining 305 gallons. Opposite thiscolumi 

 a similar one showing the <|iiantity of wood cut 

 for ea f time during the year in the 



II Southern States. The base, represent ii 

 amount of wood of all kinds cut for al! 

 poses, contained 'J?r> cubic feet. The & 

 block presented the amount cut for lumber, ami 

 contained :',."> cubic feet: while the oih< 

 their diminishing succession, stood for the 

 amount cut of the different timber In - of t he 

 Smth. U-ginning with the long-leaf pine, in -1 

 pieces, each 18 inches in diameter and :!0 ii 

 nigh. Parallel ]\i\<^ on the si. 



showed the proportion of the product of 

 State, Tennessee being first in the total amount 

 of wood cut and in the amount cut for lumber. 



In addition to map. chart-, and ot I ^ 

 illustrations, a scries of 20 monographic 

 plays presented each of the great lumber- pro- 



