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Show AN INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. An Interesting MutalurKleal D uplaynt tlie Crystal I'alaee. ' Loxnov, Sept. 11. Special. A very interesting international exhilii-tiou exhilii-tiou of mining and metalurgy was opened op-ened today at tho Crystal palace. Tho colony of New South Wales is tho largest lar-gest exhibitor, and a striking feature of its display is a silvered column seventy-live seventy-live feet high, bearing a ligure of Atlas supporting the world. This is to represent repre-sent the output of silver, 1(5,500,01)0 o.'s from a New South Wales mine between 188(1 and 185)0. Huge show cases, containing con-taining specimens of all the most valuable valu-able ores in the world make up au exceedingly ex-ceedingly interesting feature of tho exhibition, ex-hibition, and the display of mining machinery ma-chinery in motion is very fine. South Australia, South Africa, Scandinavia, Mexico, New Caledonia, Scrvia and Natal are among the contributors. Thn show has been organized for the benefit of science, and with no financial object ob-ject in view. |