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Adirondacks, and a group of photographs contributed by the same 

 company show the surface and underground equipment of the 

 Mineville mines, the sociologic conditions and other features of 

 interest. The peculiar configuration of the largest of the Mineville 

 deposits, the so-called Old Bed, is brought out by a glass model. 



The exhibit of titaniferous magnetite from Lake Sanford, al- 

 though the ore is not actively exploited at present, has current 

 interest on account of the experiments that have just been carried 

 out at Port Henry in its use in the furnace. A full set of the 

 materials employed and the product from the furnace run is in- 

 cluded. 



The small petroleum industry is represented by samples of crude 

 and refined oils from the fields in Allegany and Cattaraugus 

 counties. A typical oil-well rig, such as is employed in that section, 

 is shown by a model to scale prepared by a pupil of the Wellsville 

 public schools. 



The unique garnet mines of Essex county have contributed 

 samples of the garnetiferous rock and the prepared products, among 

 the specimens being a large block of the Gore mountain amphibolite 

 containing several crystals. The uses of the garnet are exemplified 

 by suitable displays. 



Graphite is another interesting product of the Adirondacks that 

 is represented. The exhibits illustrate the crude material, its con- 

 version into marketable forms and the various applications of 

 graphite, prepared by the principal enterprise of the kind in the 

 country. Artificial graphite, which is made at Niagara Falls, is also 

 exhibited, as well as a model of the electric furnace employed in the 

 process. Other electro-metallurgical products in the display include 

 carborundum, aloxite and silicon from the works of the Carbor- 

 undum Company at Niagara Falls. 



Among other products represented in the exhibits are pyrite, 

 talc, feldspar, gypsum, slate, building stones and mineral paints. 

 They are shown usually in crude samples as they are taken 

 from the ground and in the various stages of preparation they 

 undergo before being put to commercial use. To illustrate the 

 geological associations and distributions of the various useful 

 minerals a large scale chart of the State in water colors has boon 

 prepared which will be placed in a central position for reference. 

 The separate mineral localities are shown by pins with heads of 

 different colors and patterns. The chart is bordered on either side 

 by statistical diagrams giving the relative positions held by New 

 York in the several mineral industries. 



