The land of sunshine; a handbook of the resources, products, industries and climate of New Mexico . and a number of denominational schools of a highorder all have exhibits which excite the wonder and admira-tion of eastern educators. The public schools of Las Vegas, Albuquerque, Santa Pe,Raton, Roswell, Carlsbad, Silver City, Gallup, Deming, LasCruces, White Oaks, Alamogordo and other towns and citiesare all represented by excellent displays in cutting and fold-ing, rafia, mathematical and English work, geographical work,etc., which show the facilities for instruction in the NewMexico public s
The land of sunshine; a handbook of the resources, products, industries and climate of New Mexico . and a number of denominational schools of a highorder all have exhibits which excite the wonder and admira-tion of eastern educators. The public schools of Las Vegas, Albuquerque, Santa Pe,Raton, Roswell, Carlsbad, Silver City, Gallup, Deming, LasCruces, White Oaks, Alamogordo and other towns and citiesare all represented by excellent displays in cutting and fold-ing, rafia, mathematical and English work, geographical work,etc., which show the facilities for instruction in the NewMexico public schools to be of the best. MINERAL EXHIBIT. New Mexico is justly proud of its mineral exhibit. It isundoubtedly the most comprehensive collection that has everbeen gathered in the Territory, showing, as it does, theproducts of a vastly greater number of mines than it waspossible to display eleven years ago when an exhibit wasmade at Chicago, and it also includes a far greater variety ofminerals. A competent authority has characterized theexhibit as containing parhaps the greatest variety of min-. THE LAND OF SUNSHINE. XI erals and mineral products shown by any state or country atthe Exposition. Certainly a significant statement and onethat calls for the consideration of mining investors the worldover. Here are exhibited, side by side, ores containingprecious metals, and coal, both anthracite and bituminous,for furnishing power to treat the ores, a combination whichmust appeal to every one interested. A four ton block ofcoal, the property of the New Mexico Fuel & Iron Company,and obtained from the Hagan coal fields, is on exhibition andis the largest specimen of its kind on the ground, with thesingle exception of one from Pennsylvania. Iron, zinc, lead,copper, silver and gold in ah the various combinations andmineralogical forms, besides sulphur, mineral paints, mica,asbestos, gypsum, salt, marble, onyx, building stone andprecious stones, aU come in for their share of attention.
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