Show CANADAS EXHIBIT A Is mineral lineral display which will bo be a surprise canada is preparing a surprise for american competitors in some lines of exhibition the fisheries agricultural 0 and live sto stock contributions from the dominion are to be significant both in magnitude and quality another great display from across the border will come to chief skiff of th the C M mining inin rr exhibits department ontario has a great mineralogical display about ready for shipment mr david boyle has charge of it and has outlined its principal princia al features some of the best specimens are gold ores of great value some of the contributions by individual mines reaching half a ton in weight the belmont und and crescent mines are especially well represented nickel ore will be arrayed on a scale beale never before attempted one specimen alone weighs seven tons and one piece picco of matte nickel after rough refining weighs five tons the sudbury district with one of the richest nickel deposits in the world will have a special exhibit prepared by R II 11 alm aim perhaps the most curious because unusual will be the magnificent specimens of mica in the ontario collection is a crystal eighteen by twenty inches and nine inches thick r weighing four hundred pounds another bit a foot thick weighs one hundred and twenty pounds graphite is also to b be e shown from perth where it is is claimed the largest deposit in the world is found marble granite phosphate of lime tale sulphate of asb ostus all are comprised in the collection lithographic stone of unusual value is a also so to be shown the alie rarer specimens echi exhibited eted in cases include topaz ame garnets agates and zircons cons altogether two thousand square feet in the mines building is set aside for the ontario section of the canadian exhibit |