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Show fistt , ''V caoflCKraaoGa 0. Vol. 1 No. IT June 23, 1969 25c per copy Gemboree offers odd sights, valuable minerals Tell someone you saw a cow tail holder or a ladys mustache cup at the National Gem and Show and hell think youve got nicks in your head. But its true. Both items are part of a priceless California collection from the early West and 1819 Gold Hush, one of more than 150 exhibits on display last week at the Gemboree of the Rockies, at the Salt Gly Salt Palace. Viators could sec anything from dinosaur bones to uncut emeralds and samples of precious gold at the show. There were also intricate miniature pieces of furniture made from tin cans and a spectacular rock recreation of the Taj Mahal. The Gold Rush collection, guarded continuously by Salt Lake City Police officers, included a moustache comb and curler and gold nose rings, in addition to the cow tail holder which allowed early settlers to milk their cows without gelling flipped in the face. Unusual photographs, also part of the display, illustrated the Salt Lake Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints, in construction. They picture the huge granite squares marked and waiting to be fitted in place. Other photos show the Mineral e Lake County Salt Palace during the National Gem and Mineral Show, called the Gemboree of the Rockies. Kay Underwood of Bayfield, Colo., displays a $950 Bisbee Turquoise necklace, one of 500 exhibits at the Salt original Eagle Gale and interior view of the Temple before 1900. A giris best friend was not always a diamond in mining camps, reads the description on an old knife, typical of those carried in the rough mining camps of the mid 19lh century. The scores of cases at the show were filled with interesting historical momenlos such as a button from Buffalo Bill and Pawnee Bills Wild West Show. Also on display, of course, were precious gems, minerals and rocks from many There were couples displays such as Mr. and Mrs. Walt Loser of Salt Lake Gty who worked on an unusual wishing well covered with patterned rocks for more than four months to get it ready for the show-worki- ng sometimes day and night. The well is the result of a dream by Mrs. Lozer. Or Dr. A. Worth Hobby, a chest physician from Atlanta, Ga., who intricate carves figurines from opal stone. The medic says he often ends a day by working on his opal carvings which have won several prizes at national shows. 67-year-o- ld 14-ho- ur These rocks are just like fishing or golfing to me and help take my mind off worries, he says. . Broker named president of S L. Stock Exchange George (John) Pother, president of Potter Investment Co., has been elected president of the Salt Lake Stock Exchange. Mr. Potter, who served two previous terms in 1965 and 1966, succeeds V.E. Anderson of V.E. Anderson & Co. Election board of meeting of the history governors Exchange. Newly elected governors were Richard Andrew and Earnest Muth, both of Goodbody & Co. Mr. Andrew served as a governor several years ago. Mr. Anderson to the board. was also Glen L Davis, general partner Exchange. native of Salt Lake City and active in the Mr. Potter-- a brokerage 1949-not- cd highest business since that 1968 was the dollar-volum- e year in the Second firm eyes second CHALLIS, Idaho-- A mining company, Taylor Mining Co. of Denver, is now exploring a potential molybdenum mining operation in the heart of the While Cloud Peaks area, the of the was at the annual Challis National Forest Office has confirmed. F orcst Service officials said the Taylor Mining Co. is now operating drilling rigs in the sa me area that the North 81-year-- ed in the firm of Davis & Co., was elected vice president of the Exchange. Potter graduated from the University of Utah in 1944 Mr. with a degree in business administration. He earned a degree in 1949 from the Stanford Universitys Graduate School of Business. He worked for two years as an account executive with a nationwide brokerage, and later sold mutual funds. For a year and a half he was New England manager for an investors statistical service. ine in Challis National Forest American Mining and Smelting Co. is planning a large open pit molybdenum mine. Congressmen, hunters, fishermen and other conservationists over the state have protested the North American Mining Co. projected mining operation near the base of Castle Peak in the center of the lake-lace- d Governor country, while Don W. Samuclson and residents and legislators in central Idaho have backed the mine. Forest Service officials said the Taylor Mining Co. crews are (See Page 2) |