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accompanying descriptive matter. There are now being issued 

 15,000 copies of these plates, printed on an inexpensive paper, with- 

 out serious loss of color effect, and bound in cloth portfolios. It 

 is the purpose to place one of these books in every school in the 

 State, excepting such of the high schools as have already received 

 the larger volumes for their libraries. It was decided to hold 

 volumes i and 2 of Memoir 12 for sale at $6. This cheaper edition 

 of the plates can be sold at 60 cents, and those remaining, after the 

 distribution to the schools, will be so held for sale. 



The State mining exhibit at the Panama-Pacific Exposition. 



A collective exhibit of the mineral resources of the State and 

 their industrial applications has been prepared for display at 

 the Panama-Pacific Exposition which is to be held in 19 15 in San 

 Francisco. The plans for the exhibits were approved by the State 

 Exposition Commission who granted an appropriation to cover the 

 cost of assembling the materials and their installation. It will be 

 displayed on a site of 3360 square feet in the Palace of Mines and 

 Metallurgy. 



The exhibit includes a fairly complete assemblage of mine and 

 quarry products — in variety scarcely inferior perhaps to that obtain- 

 able in any other state — • besides many chemical and metallurgical 

 materials in whole or in part derived from the local resources and 

 much illustrative matter in the way of models, photographs, maps 

 and charts. Although the collection has been brought together with 

 a view more especially to illustrating the technologic and commer- 

 cial features of the subject, for that is the main purpose to be sub- 

 served, nevertheless there is much of popular interest and much 

 attention has been given to the explanation of technical methods and 

 processes so that they will be understood by the general visitor. 



The scope of the display as well as the form of the individual 

 exhibits, has been controlled to a considerable extent by the limited 

 time available for preparation and the distance to which the exhibits 

 must be transported. The funds available for the purpose also 

 were less than in the case of some of the previous expositions in 

 which the Geological Survey has participated, although an actual 

 increase in many items of expenditure was to be foreseen. 



The exhibits in most instances have been provided by the mining 

 enterprises themselves in conformity with the plans of Mr Newland 

 who has had charge of the exhibit and the efficient assistance of Mr 

 A. C. Terrill as the field representative. The cooperation of the 



