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Show ' Iron Ores for the Centennial. The Philadelphia Centennial Commission Com-mission is to have a department for -th& exhibition of the iron-ores of the ncontiT. These' oresLarev lobe'snm-pled, lobe'snm-pled, analyzed, and labeled with tlie name and location of the mine from . which they came. ,:Thc various States I and Territories are to 1 called on to ' contribute to the department, and Utah should improve the occasion to show what she can do, in this line. A circutarTOTeiredrorr thisr-snrrjert; suggests-th at"? samples-' should Uerfair .average ones, not pickal specimens, weighing not le&sahan fiilyd poruids each. In some cases it may be advisable- to. ha ve,largci specimens, and some choice rhrmp3 as large as tan be conveniently- transported. It is desirable, tllat all Ujo lejuliug and .characteristic ores should, be analyzed analyz-ed and tlie results given, with what ever other information mny be ' considered con-sidered important:" i A e'en trill commission com-mission will soon be appointed Lo be stationed at Philadelphia, when it is probable directions r as to shipment will -be givoni 'Meanwhile it" would be well for our owners of iron- mines to collect their samples and prepare them for transportation.' The' task of gathering; a .complete ' assortment of the irou ores of the country is quite an-undertaking, and , will require all of 'the time' before the opening of the Exposition, in 1870, to get them in shape for exhibition The iron industry in-dustry of Uttvh promises to become an important one, and wo can make "a very-pair showing atPhiladelphia if so inclined, r r( j .- . ; r. -r r, : |