Editorial Comment. 45 
be used for the formation of a new museum at the Canadian 
National Rocky Mountain Park at Banff in Alberta. There 
was also the graphite exhibit by the Dominion Plumbago Co.. 
besides the collection of Canadian precious stones and gems. 
The collection of Eozoon canadense Dawson formed ;i con- 
spicuous feature of the palreontological series. 
Then came the provincial exhibits. Quebec was conspicu- 
ous with its admirable and attractive display of asbestus, 
mica, and apatite, and of iron and copper ores. 
British Columbia, with its gold, silver, lead, and copper- 
bearing rocks, was conspicuous by the neatness and attrac- 
tiveness of its exhibit. A tall pyramid of gold bricks (mod- 
els), as a trophy, stood alongside the beautifully classified 
ores of silver, lead, and copper. Each district was well repre- 
sented, Kootenay. Kaslo, Lardeau, Big Bend, Kamloops. etc. : 
whilst the coal of the celebrated Nanaimo and Como collieries 
was all that could be desired. 
Ontario had a superb exhibit of nickel, its ores and prod- 
ucts. Blocks weighing 6,000, 8,000, and 12,000 pounds, were 
placed alongside the magnificent display of ore in the matte 
of calcined and partially reduced nickel ores, along with the 
refined metal and products therefrom. This was certainly the 
finest display of nickel ore which the world has ever seen. 
Ontario was also well forward with its iron, apatite, and mica, 
besides lithographic stones, petroleum, salt, and copper. 
As to Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, these two maritime 
provinces were not as well represented as might be. Nova 
Scotia with her coal, gypsum, iron ores, and other products, 
could have made a much better showing. New Brunswick 
had building stone and gypsum amongst its leading products 
of the mine, besides ores of manganese. 
The Northwest Territories of Canada, including Alberta, 
Saskatchewan. Athabasca, and Assiniboia, had building stone. 
coal, tar, and clayB, as special products ; hut these were not 
shown to great advantage. 
Nevertheless, on the whole, Canada's mineral wealth was 
well displayed and showed not only that ore- are plentiful in 
many district-, bul also, by accompanying notes of m-<;iv< of 
these ores, that many of them are of high grade and quality. 
1 1 . M . A . 
