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Show fnlteil States Mineral. The mineral exhibit at the world's fair promises to be incomparably finer than any ever before made, either in this country or abroad. California and Colorado each are striving to surpass all other states, and claim that they will surely do so. Michigan, Montana and Missouri, too, are making a specialty of the exhihiion of their remarkably rich, and varied mineral resources, and are not without hope of winning the highest award. Almost every stale Possesses mineral resources of especial merit in one or more particulars, and will display its bebt. From all together to-gether a "woiulcrfullv. complete and valuable exhibit is a certainty. Then, too, mar.v ff.reipn naxions, notably England, will make mineral exhibits of the most coirapicre (lcer!rtion. Canada will occupy ten thousand square feet for its mineral tbralav. Half of it is desired de-sired by Ontario province, which intends in-tends to ir.ai, r.n cxicn.: ivc exhibit, ni-.lubrt- K- 1 i - 11 f 1 ite. mica, asbestos. pm-Lpiiaie ot lime, frypsum. marl, pc-.roleum. salt, terrc. cotta clav. mciccl. silver and many varieties va-rieties of muriile. granite aud other building mater:;.!. . |