Show MINING AT THE exposition contributed in view of the fact that the mining industry has contributed more than forty billion dollars to the wealth of the united states during the last quarter of a century it is not surprising that it is planned to make an impressive display of this industry at the panama pacific international exposition to be held in san francisco in 1915 this exposition is to be by no means a local or sectional affair but a distinctly international ter national event in celebration of the completion of the panama canal and will mark a new epoch in the commerce of the world an epoch that will be noted for readjustment of trade routes and enormous expansion of american export trade the manufacturer of mining machinery will share in this expansion in proportion to his enterprise the farsighted far sighted man will see in this exposition an opportunity that will never recur charles E U van barneveld chief of th the 3 expositions department of mines and metallurgy is making every effort to gather under the roof of the great palace that will house the mining and metallurgic display a collection of object lessons that will show the mineral resources of every country and the methods of extracting them from the earth the display will be a liberal education in the science of mining it has been said that mining operations do not lend themselves readily to exhibition said chief van Dar barneveld recently when questioned as to the difficulties that might be expected in his undertaking and that the legitimate mine operator has little commercial incentive to exhibit because he has nothing to advertise nothing to sell gell fortunately the mining industry in the fhe main is in theli the hands ands of public spirited men accustomed to taking a large view of things men who will not allow the lack of commercial nier cial incentive the lack of apparent direct individual benefit to outweigh out weigh the decided indirect collective benefits to be derived from the right sort of publicity we hear much of the decadence of prospecting and mining of the lack of security and stability of mining investments the miner has suffered greatly from misunderstanding from public ignorance and above all from persistent misrepresentation we all recognize in a general way the importance of education it is the greatest remedy for prejudice superstition and ignorance it makes for great all round efficiency A well planned exposition is of incalculable F value as an educator of the public mind many ny important questions in which the miner iliner is vitally interested are pressing for ift settlement Bett lement the public is taking laking an in creakingly crea singly active part in the settlement when not blinded by prejudice and ignorance the public is essentially fair minded it only needs education this exposition offers to the men at the head of the mining industry an opportunity which probably will not recur for a decade to give the public an insight into the importance the stability and the solidarity of the industry its legitimate speculative and investment features the need of capital of fair treatment of wise legislation of public support and cooperation surely this is sufficient commercial incentive already many applications for exhibit space have been received by professor van barneveld who is sanguine that the mining display will be well up to expectations the fact that california owes oes to mining its first great advertisement to the world in 49 lends peculiar interest to this department of the exposition in addition to the latter expansion of the industry on a large scale in australia south africa alaska and now into the hitherto unexplored regions ot ol south america and asia the department of mines and metallurgy I 1 says professor van barneveld deals with the natural mineral resources of the world their exploration exploitation conversion into metal their manufacture into structural forms and into iron material for various industries it takes in the metals and the non metals including cement clay oil gasp gas salt gypsum nitre ditre and the other minerals and their products the natural resources of course w will be exhibited by the states of the union n through their several state commissioners and by the various nations through their accredited commissions and representatives it is hoped that each country and state will make a carefully selected exhibit emphasizing distinctive mineral products thereby eliminating the usual duplication the horror of an endless row of cases it has been suggested that the exposition of mining operations proper that is to say prospecting development and or ore extraction presents some difficulty it may be said that the science and art of mining is a continuous overcoming of difficulties and we confidently look to the proven ingenuity and resourcefulness of the miner to devise ways and means of illustrating the everyday every day mining processes machinery plays an important part in the operating end of mining and we expect to develop an interesting instructive exhibit of mining rna machinery with a reasonable proportion of operative features we have the metallurgical and manufacturing side to draw on f for 9 r operating g ex hibits plans are underway for working exhibits in copper smelting smelling sm elting gold mining anti and the manufacture of nitre ditre metallurgical processes the production and manufacture of cement and clay gem cutting the production of crude oil and the manufacture ot of its derivatives and products byproducts by furnish a large and interesting field for exhibitors |