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Special exhibits 



INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITOR 

 Wetherill Separating Co., New York city, Wetherill magnetic separator, 



type E, no. 3, working on New York magnetic iron ores 

 Robins Conveying Belt Co., New York city, belts and conveyor on separator 

 Rowand Expansion Pulley Co., Denver, Col., pulleys on separator 



2 Department of paleontology 



The publications of this department on the subject of the paleontology of the 

 State of New York consisting of 35 volumes, 1847-1904. This series of pub- 

 lications received the grand prize at the Paris Exposition of 1900 and the 

 gold medal at the Pan-American Exposition in 1901. 



Slab of Potsdam sandstone representing a portion of the primordial or Cam- 

 brie beach laid down about the shores of the Adirondack continental 

 nucleus. This slab bears the trails of what is believed to have been a 

 simple primitive type of mollusk which dragged itself back and forth over 

 the beach at the ebb of the tide. Taken from Bidwell's Crossing, Clinton 

 co., N. Y. 



Stratigraphic and paleontologic maps, original drawings and lithographs 

 Restoration in plaster of paris showing the structure of the fossil crustaceans 



Eurypterus and Hughmilleria 



As the awards made to this exhibit by the juries of the Louisiana Pur- 

 chase Exposition have been announced as this report is undergoing pre- 

 paration it seems appropriate to notice them in this connection. They are 

 as follows : 



Grand prize for the Museum exhibit in the Education Department 



Grand prize general exhibit in paleontology, including paleontologic publi- 

 cations, slab of Potsdam sandstone with trails, restoration of fossils, origi- 

 nal drawings and lithographs 



Grand prize : salt products, Solvay Process Co. 



Grand prize : gypsum, United States Gypsum Co. 



Gold medal : general scientific publications of the Museum 



Gold medal : minerals and building stones, Museum exhibit 



Gold medal : cement, Helderberg Cement Co. 



Gold medal : slate, Mathews Consolidated Slate Co. 



Gold medal : iron ore separator, Wetherill Separating Co. 



Gold medal; electric insulators, General Electric Co. 



Silver medal : salt, Empire State Salt Co. 



Silver medal : salt, Onondaga Coarse Salt Association 



Silver medal : salt, National Salt Co. 



Silver medal : salt, Worcester Salt Co. 



Silver medal : sandstone, Medina Quarry Co. 



Silver medal : sandstone, Hudson River Bluestone Co. 



Silver medal : collective exhibit 



Silver medal : geologic maps 



Silver medal : garnet, Herman Behr & Co. 



Silver medal : iron ore, Witherbee, Sherman & Co. 



Silver medal : clay products, N. Y. State School of Clay-working and 

 Ceramics 



