Show IS MINE OF JEWELS broadway has found new source of fame NOW new yorks york great thoroughfare shows show up with varieties Varlet lc of minerals mineral in rocks rock when excavations excavation are ar made mada for skyscrapers Sky craper now new york broadway most talked of thoroughfare in the world american home of the opera the drama and the lobster famous avenue of skyscrapers and tango has found additional dit ional reasons why its fame should be undying for broadway tar far down beneath the hurrying feet of Us its crowds la a gem studded treasure filled vault of the mineral kingdom unequalled unequal led perhaps by any other thoroughfare in the world in the variety of minerals to be found along its borders A paper recently written by james G manchester which now forms part of the records of 0 the new york min er club has established the th right of broadway to claim its measure of tame fame in this new direction while broadway has been known since 1814 as a mineral producing area it was not until the advent of the giant structures which dot its borders that the real extent of its wealth in that direction was realized then with almost every boring that pierced the solid rock foundation find after find was made by amateur and professional fess ional lonal collectors finally so many species and varieties had been brought from beneath the street surface that the highway actually began to attract attention from the best beat known mineral collectors in the country it Is sate safe to say mr man manchester cheater wrote that no other public thoroughfare can equal broadway in the variety of 0 minerals found along its borders his paper lists list with extensive descriptions of 0 the specimens and the location of their finding amphibole asbestos apatite beryl calcite and malachite fluorite garnet graphite gypsum kaolin magnetite manganese oxide mica clase opal pyrite orthoclase pyroxene quartz sil bite topaz tourmaline and A complete list of the minerals found in new york city mr manchester wrote consists ot of varieties or 82 species sp eclea garnets are quite common the most interesting one found on manhattan island Is owned by dr george F kunz it weighs nine pounds ten ounces and measures six inches 1 in its greatest diameter |