REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 13 
' THE PAN-AMERICAN GEOLOGICAL EXHIBIT. 
[From the State Geologist’s Report, 1901. Henry R. Kurnmel, State Geologist.] 
PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION. 
On March 19th the Legislature appropriated $25,000 for the 
Pan-American Commissioners. Of this sum $4,500 were 
promptly voted by the Commission to the State Geologist, to 
defray the expenses of an exhibit by the Geological Survey in 
the Mines Building. Application was at once made for space, 
but owing to the late date at which the application was received 
only a small fraction of what was requested could be obtained. 
One hundred and seventy-eight square feet were finally allotted 
the Survey upon the express condition that the exhibit be shipped 
on April 15th—in less than a month. 
Under the circumstances it was not possible to make an ex¬ 
tensive display of the mineral resources of the State, nor to add 
materially to the collections already in hand. The most that 
could be done was to select from the collections in the Museum 
sufficient material to fill the space available and make the best 
display possible. Mr. F. A. Canfield kindly consented to assume 
the responsibility for the exhibit of New Jersey minerals, and 
supplemented the Survey’s collection with choice specimens of 
his own. It is safe to say that this part of the exhibit was not 
surpassed nor even equaled by that of any other State. A 
synoptic collection of rocks illustrating the various geologic 
horizons of the State, specimens of clay, marl, sand, building 
stones, Portland cement rock, zinc, iron, copper-ores, slate and 
enameled brick filled to overflowing the remaining space avail¬ 
able for the. exhibition of the mineral resources of the State. A 
silver medal was awarded for this exhibit. 
The excellence of the various topographic, geologic and for¬ 
estry maps have always given New Jersey a pre-eminent place 
among the States. It was fitting, therefore, that this featuio of 
the work of the Survey should receive adequate attention. Seven 
relief maps or models were constructed on a large scale to show 
the topography and the geology of typical areas. Four of these 
are in the northern part and two in the southern part of the State. 
