The World's Columbian exposition, Chicago, 1893 . ad,copper, zinc, antimony, bis-muth, tellurium and quicksil-ver ores, with a list of gemsshowing topaz, garnets, opals,malachite, onyx, agates andcrystal quartz. The collec-tive display of California isentered through a triumphalarch faced with marbles ofdifferent varieties from thequarries of the State. Thee-reat seal of the State is themost conspicuous object inthe immediate foreground,and the rear wall is adornedwith an oil painting of thefirst discoverer of gold in Cal-ifornia, Marshall. The Ari-zona and New Mexico ex-hibits are in the same
The World's Columbian exposition, Chicago, 1893 . ad,copper, zinc, antimony, bis-muth, tellurium and quicksil-ver ores, with a list of gemsshowing topaz, garnets, opals,malachite, onyx, agates andcrystal quartz. The collec-tive display of California isentered through a triumphalarch faced with marbles ofdifferent varieties from thequarries of the State. Thee-reat seal of the State is themost conspicuous object inthe immediate foreground,and the rear wall is adornedwith an oil painting of thefirst discoverer of gold in Cal-ifornia, Marshall. The Ari-zona and New Mexico ex-hibits are in the same relationthey sustain to each otherterritorially. Arizona revelsin copper and copper huge oblong block of beau-tiful azurite with streaks ofmalachite, just as taken fromthe mines of the CopperQueen Consolidated Com-pany, forms a centre piece. At the base are cases filled with agreat variety of copper combinations, carbonates, oxides, and cop-per mixed with gold and silver. The contrast in colors forms oneof the richest effects MONTANA SILVER STATUE. 256 MINES. The petrified wood exhibit from this State Is also exceptionallyfine. A miners cabin In the centre of the New Mexico space, builtof varied minerals, calls to imagination the wild scenery of moun-tain and canyon of this far western country, and is suggestive of
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