Show aa A remarkable EXHIBIT it sounds like a fairy tale but it is absolutely true one of the probable items in the exhibit of a far western state at the approaching american mining congress gathering at chicago will be five bars of solid gold worth in all just in excess of this exhibit is not remarkable so much on account account of its value as from the facts surrounding its production which are these this gold was taken from a surface trench about twenty feet ion long Z six feet wide and at no part deeper than a mans height the contents of a trench of th this is size is less than fifteen cubic yards fifteen ordinary dum dump p cart loads at a load some pay dirt the writer sa saw w this remarkable lot of gold at a local western exhibit and is makin making an effort to have it taken to chicago as part of the national exposition of mines t and minin mining 6 equipment to be held in the coliseum chicago october 1722 17 22 but the problem of its safe keeping has Y yet et to be solved it was shown under the protection of a team of alaska huskie dogs trained to watch anything left leiten in their cara care and it is a question which attracted the greater attention the gold or the dogs from this same state will be an exhibit of platinum nur of 0 great b reat richness of the more precious metals platinum 1 really the most useful more valuate than gold it has haj prop arties that make it indispensable in certain mechanical pro pr besses particularly in electrical equipment of high qu alith and is largely used in the manufacture of jewelry six thousand square feet of floor space will be and d voted to exhibits of this character from six states f 0 alaska the total tota I 1 value of which will run to over a r mi anillio Is dollars th the e guarding and safe keeping of this treasure treasur to only one of the problems the show management nas bas solve |