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REPORT OF NEYADA. STATE BOARD -u

WORLD'S FAIR COMMISSIONERS, 1894

J. A. YE^RINGrTON,

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CARSON, Nevada, December 1, 1894.
To ffis Excellency E. K. COLCORD, Governor State of Nevada.

SIR : In accordance with the Act providing for an appropriation
for making an exhibit of the State's resources at the World's
Columbian Exposition, held at Chicago, 1893, I have the honor to
transmit to you the report of the State Board of World's Fair Com-
missioners.

Very respectfully,

J. A. YERINGTON,

Chairman.

REPORT,

On March 19, 1890, the bill providing for the World's Columbian
Exposition and locating it in the city of Chicago, under stipulation
that ten million dollars would be subscribed by that city, was intro-
duced in Congress. The bill was passed by the House March 26,
1891, and April 11, 1891, passed the Senate. On April 28th it was
signed by the President and became a law.

Immediate action was taken by the Illinois corporation, known as
''The World's Exposition Company." Organization was completed.
The National organization organized June 25th. July 2d the
directory selected Jackson Park for the location of the Exposition.

This site was ratified by the National Commission September 23d.
The President issued his proclamation December 24th, notifying
the nations of the world the Exposition would be held in Chicago,
and inviting them to participate.

Hon. George Russell of Elko and Hon. J. W. Haines of Genoa
were appointed by the President to represent Nevada in the National
Commission. The Commissioners used every effort to have the
Legislature of 1891 make an appropriation of $25,000 in order to
make a thorough and exhaustive exhibit of the State's resources.
However, no action was taken until the Sixteenth Session of the
Legislature, when an appropriation was made of $10,000, providing
also for the appointment of a State Commissioner, who, in conjunc-
tion with the two National Commissioners, formed the State Board,
the lady Commissioners and all alternates to be ex officio members
of said Board.

Up to the time of the passage of the bill no action on the part of
the State had been taken towards collecting an exhibit.

March 10th the Governor appointed J. A. Yerington of Esmeralda
County to represent the State. On March 15th a meeting of the
State Board of Commissioners with ex officio members present was
held at the Governor's Office at Carson.

Present — Hon. J. W. Haines, Hon. George Russell, J. A. Yer-
ington.

Ex officio members — Hon. Enoch Strother, Hon. R. Ryland,
Mrs. M. D. Foley, Miss Lida Russell, Miss J. Torreyson, Miss M.
E. Davies (by proxy) .

J. A. Yerington was elected Chairman and Secretary pro tem. of
the meeting, and the Bank of Nevada (Reno) Treasurer.

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Matters appertaining to the collecting of an exhibit were fully
discussed. Five hundred dollars was appropriated from the general
fund, and placed to the credit of the Lady Board of Commissioners
for the purpose of collecting and maintaining an exhibit in the
Woman's Building. The State Board of Examiners were requested
to draw a warrant upon the State Treasury for $5,000, the same to
be placed to the credit of the Commission.

The following circular appealing to the citizens to co-operate in
assisting to collect an exhibit that would prove worthy of due recog-
nition, was incorporated in the minutes and 2,000 copies ordered
printed, to be mailed to all sections of the State :

OFFICE OF THE NEVADA STATE BOARD, ^

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CARSON CITY, Nevada, March 15, 1893. j

The Sixteenth Session of the Nevada Legislature made an appro-
priation of $10,000 for the purpose of making an exhibit of the
resources of the State at the Columbian World's Fair, to be held in
Chicago, 1893.

The Governor appointed a commission of three to represent
Nevada's interests. At a meeting held in Carson by them this day,
it was resolved to make an appeal to the citizens of Nevada to the
end that they would use every effort to assist the Commissioners in
making a most creditable showing. The time being limited, it will
be necessary for immediate action, as exhibits will have to reach
Chicago by the 20th of April. As many sections of the State will
be visited by a Commissioner as the limited time will permit.

Exhibits from Storey, Ormsby, Washoe, Douglas, Churchill,
Lyon and Esmeralda counties can be forwarded to Reno ; exhibits
from Lander, Nye and Humboldt counties to Winnemucca;
exhibits from White Pine, Eureka and Elko counties to Elko, and
exhibits from Lincoln county may be sent to Ogden.

J. A. YERINGTON,
Chairman World's Fair Commissioners.

This was accomplished two days later, with a result that proved
most gratifying to the commission.

During the next thirty days every part of the State that could be
conveniently reached by rail was visited, and as the disposition of
the citizens was to extend their aid in making a splendid showing,
the result of their efforts bespoke for itself.

On the 15th day of April the exhibit was forwarded, arriving in
Chicago on the 22d. In the meantime the Director-General, Chiefs
of the Departments, viz : Mines and Mining, Agriculture, Ethnology
and Woman's Building, had been appealed to for space. On
arriving at Chicago the Commission found much to contend with,
owing to the fact that space prominently situated had been reserved,

but upon ascertaining Nevada did not intend to make an exhibit,
the time for limitation having expired, and the National Com-
missioners not being able to guarantee an appropriation from the
forthcoming Legislature, the space was allotted to other exhibitors.

This made the situation a most trying one. The management
had expressed their gratification on ascertaining the State, although
at the last hour, had decided to participate in the great fair, and the
Commissioners took advantage of every opportunity in having this
appreciation fully shown, with the result that the State procured
space in each department where the exhibit had been consigned.

Nevada had no State building. North Carolina, Oregon and
Wyoming were the only States similarly situated.

Our mining exhibit appropriately deserved space among the most
prominent exhibitors of the world on the main floor of the Mining
Building, but 2,500 square feet of space had to be procured on the
west gallery, with additional space in Groups 48 and 51 on the east
gallery for competitive displays of the chemical and building stone
exhibits. The weight of the mining exhibit was confined to eighty
pounds to the square foot on the galleries. Through Idaho's misfor-
tune in losing a great part of its agricultural exhibit by fire whilst in
transit, the State was enabled to procure enough space to make a
most creditable exhibit, prominently situated in Section C, sur-
rounded by the exhibits of New Jersey, Wyoming, Colorado and
Utah, with California and Ontario close neighbors. Nevada's booth
occupying a space thirty feet square, deorated artistically with
choice grains and grasses, the large arches draped with salmon-
colored silk curtains, had in its center a pyramid six feet square at
its base and rising ten feet high, the top surmounted by a large
sheaf of Chinese oats, the remainder being covered with a display of
forty varieties of choice cereals neatly arranged in redwood boxes
covered with glass, a card giving the name of each variety ; a display
of twenty-nine varieties of apples and ten varieties of pears arranged
and classified according to the rules governing the Department of
Horticulture, with trimmings of silver molding on olive green cloth
and the word "Nevada" in large silver letters on each side at the
base, created much admiration. Eight frames of black velvet
encased in a deep molding of silver, fifty by sixty inches in size and
mounted on Japanese easels, were covered with forty varieties of
grains in sheaf, illustrating the growth and corresponding with each
variety as represented in the redwood boxes on the pyramid. One
corner of the booth was devoted to an exhibit of alfalfa, timothy,
redtop and grasses, also showing three crops of alfalfa from one acre
during the previous season. Adjoining, an exhibit of potatoes, soine
fifteen varieties, one weighing 5| pounds, created no little interest.
An exhibit of cheese (that was freely sampled) and vegetables occu-
pied the remaining space. Chairs were placed conveniently for the
visitors. The floors having been kept polished, the effect when the
bright light from the glass roof penetrated the booth was a most

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pleasing one. The Seal of State in bright colors surmounted the
two main entrances. By the employment of quite a force of artisans
the booth was completed in the short space of eleven days. On pre-
senting the same in the name of the State to the Department of
Agriculture, Chief Buchannan remarked, "as he did not expect
anything from arid Nevada in the agricultural line he felt disposed
to allot gallery space, but upon examining her surprising exhibit he
conceded it worthy of the most prominent space in the department."

Later on an exhibit of flour, honey, figs, almonds and grapes
were received, the latter three, six weeks ahead of ' California,
having been conveved sixty miles from Rioville, Lincoln county, to
the nearest railway station, Kingman, Arizona.

The Commissioners took great pride in bringing this exhibit to the
notice of the National and Executive Boards, who, together with the
most prominent visitors at the Fair, expressed great surprise at
Nevada's possibilities.

This exhibit fully demonstrated the benefits of irrigation, and no
doubt proved an object lessons to many of the older States. It was
of common accurreiice to have a party return the second and third
time, bringing his neighbors along to discuss the exhibit, and it was
regretted the Commission did not have the necessary literature at its
command to distribute, as the demand for it was great.

The exhibit of soils thoroughly analyzed, and obtained from the
best agricultural sections of the State, was placed by the United
States Experimental Exhibit in the Agricultural Department, the
attention of those seeking information was called to it by the Com-
missioners.

Professor N. E. Wilson, Station Chemist of the State University,
was for some time in charge of the exhibit, and Nevada's interests
were in splendid hands and well cared for.

The exhibits from the Experimental Station of the State Uni-
versity, prepared by Professor R. H. McDowell, reflected great
credit, and tended to fully illustrate the benefits the State is obtain-
ing through his efforts.

Professor Brown prepared the mechanical part of the exhibit and
Professor Jackson the mineral.

The fifth annual report of the Nevada Experimental Station for
1892, together with separate reports on beet culture and dairy
products, were freely distributed to those directly interested.

The exhibit in the Ethnological Building consisted of the sup-
posed human footprints and fossils from the quarry at the Nevada
State Prison, Carson. The space allotted on the west gallery was
19x40 feet. In order to illustrate the exhibit, the platform raised
six inches from the floor was covered with canvas, upon which was
reproduced the tracks of the supposed man, elephant, horse, tanta-
lus (or wading bird) and saber-tooth tiger. This reproduction was
from the reports of Professors Harkness, Le Conte and Davidson,
with surveys and maps by Dray ton Gibbs, C. E. Although not

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conforming geographically with the originals, as to size, step and
straddle they were perfect. The originals were placed at one end of
the platform, and a glass case contained the smaller and most
valuable relics. The entire exhibit was surrounded by a railing
three feet high, from which were suspended large bromide pictures
that fully illustrated the position of the tracks, tunnels and height
of the surrounding walls. Small maps illustrating the course and
number of each series were on the west wall, and quotations from
eminent scientists were freely posted, giving their views in full
regarding the origin of this interesting exhibit. The comments of
scientists and the press were of daily occurrence, and as one German
scientist stated, " Nevada had produced the stumbling block of the
World's Fair."

Of the remaining two thousand exhibits in that building there
was no questioning their originality.

Nearly every museum of note made application for this exhibit
in case of its disposition.

Nevada was represented by a very choice exhibit of hand-painted
china and needlework in the Woman's Building, under the able
management of the Lady Commissioners, with Miss Annie Ware in
charge. It was much admired and commented upon.

Returning to the Mining Exhibit, one was not accosted with the
remark : "Was it actually produced in Nevada" ? The State, having
become known to the world as the producer of some eight hundred
million ($800,000,000) dollars in gold, silver, and other precious
minerals and chemicals, it was not necessary to corroborate the
reports fully illustrating the exhibit. Having become conversant
with the surrounding exhibits of the mineral-producing States and
countries, the Commissioners had no hesitancy in showing that no
other corresponding area could reproduce Nevada's exhibit. Min-
erologists took a lively interest in it and considered our natural
chemical resources wonderful. Having submitted every article in
the laboratory of the Department of Mines the Commissioners had
the gratification of seeing fourteen highest medals awarded.

It can be safely averred that no other one exhibit in any depart-
ment at the great Exposition had a corresponding number of medals
attributed to it. This was freely commented upon.

Universities of all countries were furnished with samples from
this exhibit, thoroughly advertising Nevada's resources in that line.
Although the State, owing to the short space of time allotted to the
Commissioners, did not have an exhibit that was massive in its pro-
portions, it had one fully representative of its mining interests,
showing ore from the surface to the deepest point in the world (3200
foot level of the Hale and Norcross Mine, great Comstock Lode)
from which ore perpendicularly had ever been extracted.

The following list, as catalogued, comprises the Mineral Exhibit,
showing both State and individual exhibitors : Groups 42, 46, 51
and 54 were classified as State exhibits ; Groups 44 and 48 State and
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individual combined, this being done in order to give the State the
benefit of having produced the same.

Exhibit HE, Classification No. 290, was a special exhibit made
by E. G. Morrison and Dr. Snyder of Eureka, comprising some
8,000 specimens of the world. This exhibit was valued at $20,000.

Exhibit No. 9, Classification No. 290, was a special exhibit of sil-
ver and lead ores from White Pine county, made by Messrs. Wren
and Grandelmyer.

Group 42.

Churchill County — Nickel and cobalt ores.

Douglas County — Placer gold, gold in quartz.

Elko County — Carbonate lead ore, magnetic iron, native lead,
oxide of iron, gold and silver in iron ores, sulphuret silver ore, shale.

Esmeralda County — Oxide iron ore, native iron, pyrites of iron,
gold and silver in copper ores, bromide silver, chloride silver, car-
bonate of iron containing gold, silver and lead, native gold in
quartz, wire gold in crystals, native gold in iron ore, native gold in
calcite, native silver in manganese, wire silver in calcite. wire silver
in iron, native silver, gold and silver in carbonate lead ores, chloride
of silver ores, antimonial silver ores, horn silver, native turquois,
viriscite, magnetic iron ores, black metal, sulphide of silver in iron
ore containing horn silver and black metal, bromide of silver ore,
gold and silver lead ore, carbonate of lead, molybdate of lead,
galena, native lead ores.

Eureka County — Gold, silver and lead ores.

Humboldt County — Sulphuret silver ores, iron ores, antimonial
ores and sulphur.

Lander County — Ruby silver ores, gold and silver in copper ore,
gold and silver in quartz, oxide including silicate of copper, sul-
phuret lead ores, carbonate of lead ores, native lead ore.

Nevada, State of — Antimonial ores, antimonial argentiferous
ores, carbonate ores, sulphuret antimonial lead ores, magnetic iron
ores, oxide of iron, carbonate of iron, nickel and cobalt ores,
cinnabar, silicate, zinc ores, argentiferous lead ores, sulphuret ores
containing gold and silver, ruby silver, gold and silver in carbonate
ores, carbonate of lead, sulphide of lead, argentiferous pyrites, anti-
monial silver ores, chloride of silver ores, horn silver, black metal,
wire silver, native gold, wire gold, placer gold, wire gold in manga-
nese, wire silver in manganese, copper ores, gypsum, arsenical
ore, sulphur, pyrites containing 52.5 per cent, sulphur, alum, black
oxide of manganese, asbestos, mica, coal, aluminum, garnets,
white topaz, turquoise, viriscite, agates, tourmaline crystals, sulphur
and cinnabar combined.

Nye County — Carbonate of lead ores, magnetic iron ores, sulphide
of lead, gold in quartz, flake silver ore, gold and silver ores.

Ormsby County — Magnetic iron, gold in quartz, white topaz, .
pyrites of iron containing 52. 5 per cent, sulphur.

Storey County — Sulphuret gold and silver ores.

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Washoe County — Cinnabar, quicksilver, arsenical ore carrying
alumina, iron ores, copper ores.

White Pine County — Native lead ores, zinc ore, gold and silver
lead ores, native silver ores, gold and silver in quartz.

Lyon County — Native gold in quartz, copper ore.

Douglas County — Native gold in quartz, native gold in manga-
nese, native gold in calcite, placer gold.

Group 44.

Elko County — Marble.
Esmeralda County — Breccia.

Linsey, W. E., Carson — Alabaster, sandstone, onyx, white marble,
sky-blue marble, creole marble.

Group 46.

Elko County — Asbestos.

Elko County — Native mineral soap.

Lincoln County — Mica.

Group 48.

Aluminum Lustre Company, Hawthorne — Silica natural and
ground.

Conn & Trudo — Borax, refined and crystals, tincal and soda ash.

Columbus Borax Company — Borax.

Pacific Borax Company — Borate of lime.

Griswold, E. , Ragtown — Soda (unfurnaced).

Inyo Development Company, Carson — Natural soda water, car-
bonate of soda, bicarbonate of soda, and natural soda crystals.

State of Nevada — Salts, sulphur, borax, borate of lime, soda (car-
bonate and bicarbonate), tincal.

Occidental Alkali Company, Hawthorne — Salt, soda, soda ash,
native carbonate of soda.

Nevada Salt and Borax Company, Rhodes — Salts, borax (crystals
and refined), borate of lime, tincal.

Washoe County — Sulphur.

Alex. Wise, Winnemucca — Sulphur (native and refined).

D. Bonelli, Rioville — Rock salt.

Group 51.

Douglas County — Oxide copper ore.

Elko County — Copper ores.

Esmeralda County — Native copper, sulphide of copper, oxide of
copper, carbonate of copper.

State of Nevada — Carbonate of copper, native copper, sulphide of
copper, oxide of copper.

Nye County — Native and carbonates of copper.

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Group 54.

Humboldt County — Antimony.
Lander County — Antimony.
Nye County — Antimony.

Group 61.

William Wilson, Pine Grove — Improved miner's pick.

The following table shows the appropriations made by the differ-
ent States and Territories, the cost of building, including furniture,
and the amounts received from sale of buildings. At the time of
writing this report several of the State buildings had not been sold :

. States.

Appropriations _ ._ _.

Cost of State Building,
Including Furniture-

Amount Realized from
Sale of Buildings

States.

Appropriations _

Cost of State Building,
Including Furniture.

Amount Realized from
Sale of Buildings

Arkansas _

$25,000

§16,500

Nebraska

$85,000

$20,000

$75

Arizona

30,000

Nevada

10,000

Colorado

147,000

32,000

$300

North Carolina

36 000

Connecticut

70000

15,000

New Jersey

130 000

20 000

2 000

California. _ ___.

510,000

115,000

500

New York __

600,000

150,000

1,000

Delaware

21,700

9,500

North Dakota

49,100

12,500

150

Florida

10,000

100

New Mexico

32,000

Indiana

12~5,000

57,162

1,200

Ohio

189,000

35 000

1 650

Iowa _ -__ _- _

138,096

40,000

Oregon _____

60,000

Illinois

800,000

240,000

1,650

Oklahoma _

17,500

11,090

Idaho

50,000

28,000

New Mexico

32,000

Kentucky

100,000

27,951

250

Arizona

30,000

Kansas

65 000

24000

200

Pennsylvania

300 000

121,100

2 600

Louisiana . -.

40,000

23,000

500

Rhode Island __

50,000

11,000

Michigan __

147,000

60,620

South Dakota

65.000

17,000

76

Minnesota

150,000

39,000

275

Utah

53,000

12,000

200

Massachusetts

175,000

44,000

Vermont

30,000

14,750

97

Maine

59000

32 ObO

Virginia

33,000

20,000

400

Missouri

150 000

45 000

350

\Vashington

160 000

60000

Maryland

60,000

25,000

450

West Virginia _

60,250

22,070

950

Montana

100,000

19,200

350

Wisconsin

165,000

38,080

1,680

New Hampshire

45 000

20,000

100

Wyoming

30,000

OFFICE NEVADA STATE BOARD WORLD'S FAIR COMMISSIONERS, \
JACKSON PARK, 111., September 10, 1893. /

Hon. WM. IRELAN, JR., Judge on Board of Awards, Department E,
Mines and Mining Building, World's Columbian Exposition, Jackson
Park, III:

DEAR SIR: I herewith submit to your consideration the certi-
fied copies, after careful and thorough analysis in the official labora-
tory of this department, of the native and refined products of the

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State of Nevada, as exhibited in Group 48, Department E, of the
Mines and Mining Building.

These products all being of such an important nature to the
future welfare of the State, I have had no hesitancy in placing them
on exhibit in competition with the world, and to that end have
endeavored to show them as they exist from the natural soil and
lakes to the refinery. Probably a few remarks as to the importance
of each will be in keeping with this report.

EXHIBIT NO. 21.

Aluminum Lustre, exhibited by the Silex Manufacturing Com-
pany of Hawthorne. Analysis as follows :

Silica, natural and ground (native) 91.43 per cent.

Alumina 6.49 per cent.

Protoxide of iron 1.29 per cent.

Magnesia 0.79 per cent.

This remarkable deposit exists in a ledge reported thirty feet
wide, being free from grit and foreign matter detrimental to its use
as a polishing compound. It is being placed upon the market.

BORAX.

It is not necessary to enumerate the many uses to which this
product is adapted. The deposits are quite extensive and have a
great commercial value. The certified analyses show the quality of
both the native and refined as follows :

Columbus Borax Company, Columbus.
Concentrated borax 99.01 per cent, pure

( Alkali 11.56 per cent.

Crude borax < Sodium bi-borate 28.75 per cent.

(Water 27.75 per cent.

Nevada Salt and Borax Company.

Concentrated borax __T 99.10 per cent, pure

Native tincal 97.09 per cent.

Conn & Trudo.
Concentrated borax 99.72 percent, pure

Sodas and salts are extensively manufactured. The exhibit of
the Occidental Alkali Company of natural carbonate of soda proved
it to be remarkable, the analysis showing 90.50 per cent. The same
company exhibit soda ash (crude) 62.78 per cent., manufactured
soda 91.90 per cent. Their works are situated on a marsh about
three miles from the line of railroad in Esmeralda county.

The Nevada Salt and Borax Company exhibit table, dairy and

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milling salt, the analysis of which has not been submitted by the
chemist but will be ready in course of a few days.

D. Bonelli of Rioville, Lincoln. county, exhibits native rock salt
of which there is reported to be a very extensive deposit. The analysis
proves it remarkable, viz : Insoluble matter, . 025 per cent. ; no
lime, no magnesia; moisture, .005 per cent. ; no sulphates; 99.925
per cent. pure.

The Inyo Development Company of Carson, operating at Owens
Lake, makes a special exhibit of natural soda water. The latest
report of the United States Government estimates 20,0000,000 tons
as the capacity of the lake, making it inexhaustible. Analysis
proves the water to contain :

Carbonate of soda (per gallon) 1,026.82 grains

Bicarbonate of soda (per gallon 1,150.84 grains

Carbonate of soda from precipitation 69.43 per cent.

Bicarbonate of soda, manufactured 98. 24 per cent.

24.— A. WISE, HUMBOLDT COUNTY— SULPHUR.

The report made by the State Government (p. 106 Report Sur-
veyor-General): "These sulphur mines exist in beds from seven to
ten feet in thickness, and are mined similar to beds of coal."

The analysis proves it'almost pure in its native state, 99.526 per
cent.

Non-volatile mineral matter .058 per cent.; no arsenic.

Non-volatile organic matter .016 per cent.; no sulphuric acid.

Moisture .41 per cent.; no chloride.

The exhibit of natural mineral soap is one that has created no
little interest, and owing to the fact that it has the appearance of
mottled castile soap, it has been utilized for commercial use, giving
in result all that is required of the best soaps. The mine is situated
'in Elko county, has a perfect ledge, a tunnel traversing it on its
pitch some distance into the mountain. The samples submitted are
perfectly free from any animal matter whatsoever, the analysis
proving this to be the case, viz :

Sand, 5.55 per cent.

Clay, 62.97— Silica 46. 15, iron and alu. 14.73,CaO 0.40, MgOl.81.
Soluble in hydro acid, 16.61 — Oxide iron and aiu. 10.53, CaCo3
5.18, MgCo3 0.^90.

Alkalies, 14.87 — Sodium borate, sodium carb, sodium sulph.
In finally closing this report I would like to show the importance
of the salt, soda and borax industry in Nevada by quoting the report
of the Assessor of one county, viz : Esmeralda, in which he enumer-
ates 210,980 tons produced, with gross yield or value f 2,370, 032;
net profit, $448,649 30.

Most respectfully,

J. A. YERINGTON,
Chairman Nevada State Board.

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AWARDS.

The following list of awards is copied from the original certified
list as signed by the Chief of Awards in the different departments,
under approval of the various Boards and approved by the Chair-
man of the Executive Committee on Awards :

Agricultural Department, A.

GROUP 1.

Reno Flour Mill, Reno — Flour.
State of Nevada — Barley, millet, oats, seeds, grasses, wheat, corn.

GROUP 3.

State of Nevada — Sorghum.
E. A. Moore, Reno — Honey.

GROUP 4.

H. C. Wilmings, Lemoille Valley — Potatoes.
W. H. Joy, Reno — Potatoes.

E. Odells, Elko— Potatoes.

F. Drowns, Elko — Potatoes.

GROUP 7.

Reno Creamery, Reno — Cheese.
Theo. Winters, Washoe — Cheese.

GROUP 15.
Multimotor Company, Reno — Windmill.

The foregoing list of awards to exhibitors from Nevada has been
carefully compared with the records of this department, and is
found to be correct.

(Signed:) J. S. BROWNING,

March 30, 1894. Chief of Awards for Agriculture.

Horticulture, Department B.

GROUP 21.

State of Nevada — Apples and pears.

The foregoing list of awards to exhibitors from Nevada has been
carefully compared with the records of this department and is
correct.

(Signed:) HENRY HOLZAPFEL, JR.,

Chief of Awards, Department Horticulture.
February 27, 1894.

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Department E, Mines and Mining.

GROUP 42.

Notice is hereby given that the following awards have been made
by the Board of Judges of the Department of Mines and Mining at
the Columbian Exposition :

NEVADA.

Grandelmyer, Joseph, Hamilton — Ores from White Pine county.
Morrison, E. G., Eureka — Mineral collection.
State of Nevada — Mineral collection.
Humboldt County — Antimonial ores.
Lander County — Ruby silver ores.

GROUP 44.
Lindsey, W. E. , Carson — Sky-blue marble.

GROUP 48.

State of Nevada — Sodas, salts, etc.

Inyo Development Company, Carson — Natural soda water, carb.
and bicarb, soda.

Occidental Alkali Company, Hawthorne — Soda ash (unground).

Columbus Borax Company, Columbus — Borax.

Conn & Trudo — Saline, tincal, borax from precipitation.

Wise, A. , Winnemucca — Sulphur, native and refined.

Silex Manufacturing Company, Hawthorne — Aluminum lustre.

Nevada Salt and Borax Company, Rhodes — Refined borax.

Bonelli, D. , Rioville — Rock salt.

Inyo Development Company — Natural soda crystals.

Occidental Alkali Company, Hawthorne — Soda, native and
refined.

Booher & Alberti, Elko — Natural mineral soap.

GROUP 61.
Wilson William, Pine Grove — Improved miners' pick.

The foregoing list of awards to exhibitors from Nevada has been
carefully compared with the records of this department, and is
correct.

(Signed:) F. R. GAMMON,

Chief of Department Mines and Mining.

February 20, 1894.

Notice is hereby given that the following awards have been
made by the Board of Judges of the Department of Manufacture at
the Columbian Exposition :

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NEVADA.
GROUP 91.
Bray, Miss Ollie, Carson — Decorated china.

GROUP 106.
Mills, Mrs. George T., Carson — Embroidered tea-cloth.

The foregoing list of awards to the exhibitors from Nevada has
been carefully compared with the records of this department, and is
correct.
* (Signed:) F. K. GAMMON,

Chief of the Department of Manufactures.

February 17, 1394.

NEVADA.

ETHNOLOGY.
State of Nevada — Fossil footprints from Carson.

The foregoing list of awards to exhibitors from Nevada has been
carefully compared with the records of this department, and is
correct.

(Signed :) H. W. CANNON,

February 17, 1894. Chief of the Department of Ethnology.

The foregoing list will show the relative merit of Nevada's exhibit,
having been ratified by the Board of Awards, consisting of 44 mem-
bers in each department, after having been carefully examined by
the committee appointed as individual judges.

Department A, Agriculture.
Exhibitor — E. A. Moore, Reno, Nevada.

GROUP 3, CLASS 26.
Exhibit — Honey.

AWARD.

Extracted honey — Exceptionally high excellence, its specific grav-
ity being entirely satisfactory, its flavor all that can be desired, and
the color remarkably good.

Honey in comb — Fine appearance of comb and contents.
(Signed :) EUGENE SECOR,

Individual Judge.
Approved : GEORGE C. TAYLOR,

President Department Committee.
Approved : JOHN BOYD THACKER,

Chairman Executive Committee on Awards.
Dated. April 23,11894.
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Department A, Agriculture.
State of Nevada — Reno Flour Mills, Reno.
GROUP 1, CLASS 11.
AWARD.

Purity, good color and strength, well milled.

(Signed:) GEORGE H. PARKS,

Individual Judge.
Approved : N. B. CRITCHFIELD,

President Department Committee.
Approved : JOHN Bo YD TH ACKER,

Chairman Executive Committee on Awards.
Dated July 19, 1894.

Department A, Agriculture.

Exhibitor — State of Nevada.

GROUP 1, CLASS 4.
Exhibit — Wheat, oats, barley, timothy and grasses.

AWARD.

Yield, weight and general excellence of the different kinds and
varieties. The exhibit comprises black barley, white sage, fricks
and smooth hulless barley, white, Dutch and Chinese oats, golden
millet, Jerusalem corn, bunch grass, baled timothy, alfalfa, grasses,
lentils, canary seed, Chili wheat, Australian wheat, Polish wheat
and Folger's early sorghum.

(Signed :) GEORGE C. TAYLOR,

Individual Judge.
Approved by : G. C. TAYLOR,

President Department Committee.
Approved by : JOHN BOYD THACKER,

Chairman of Executive Committee on Awards.
Dated August 21, 1894.

Department B, Horticulture.
Exhibitor— State of Nevada.

GROUP 21, CLASS 133.
Exhibit — Pomaceous fruits.

AWARD.
A fine display of twenty-nine varieties of apples and ten varieties

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of pears, all of good size, beautifully colored, free from blemish es-
and in every respect rating high. This surprising exhibit graphic,
ally illustrates the horticultural possibilities of the State of Nevada.
(Signed :) E. F. BABCOCK,

Individual Judge.
Approved : B. STARRATT,

President Department Committee.
Approved : JOHN BOYD THACKER,

Chairman of Executive Committee on Awards.
Dated March 21, 1894.

Department E, Mines and Mining.
Exhibitor — State of Nevada.

GROUP 42, CLASS 290.
Exhibit — Mineral collection.

AWARD.

A very important and instructive exhibit, showing a complete
and beautiful collection of one of the most important silver and gold
mining sections in the world.

(Signed:) CELSO CAPACCI,

Individual Judge.
Approved : H. M. HOWE,

President Departmental Committee.
Approved : JOHN BOYD THACKER,

Chairman Executive Committee on Awards.
Dated June 4, 1894.

Exhibitor — State of Nevada.

GROUP 42, CLASS 291.
Exhibit — Sulphuret gold and silver ores.

AWARD.

Historic value of some of the specimens. Educational value as a
representation of the nature of the ores met with at great depths in
the largest and most productive silver lode yet discovered.

The special interest attaching to the specimens from the lowest
level reached, viz: 3,200 feet.

The exhibit consists of a collection of silver ores from the famous
Comstock lode, included in which are a number of characteristic

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samples, collected by Mr. Mack ay, from the most remunerative
portions of the lode, during its most successful working.
(Signed :) JOSEPH E. CARNE,

Individual Judge.
Approved : H. M. HOWE,

President Department Committee.
Approved : JOHN BOYD THACKER,

Chairman Executive Committee on Awards.
Dated July 11, 1894.

Exhibitor — State of Nevada.

GROUP 42, CLASS 291.
Exhibit — Ores.

AWARD.

Excellence of a collective exhibit by the State of Nevada. The
following counties are represented : Douglas, Churchill, Elko, Es-
meralda, Humboldt, Lyon, Eureka, Washoe, Storey, Lander, Lin-
coln, White Pine, Nye and Ormsby. The exhibits consist of gold,
silver, copper, mercury, nickel and cobalt, iron and antimony ores.
The cinnabar from' Steamboat Springs, Washoe county, is of especial
interest. It is shown associated with free sulphur, and impregnat-
ing and staining a coarse quartz grit. The nickel and cobalt
deposit is reported as offering considerable promise of successful
working.

(Signed:) JOSEPH E. CARNE,

Individual Judge.

Approved : H. M. HOWE,

President Department Committee.

Approved : JOHN BOYD THACKER,

Chairman Executive Committee on Awards.

Dated July 14, 1894.

Exhibitor — State of Nevada.

GROUP 42, CLASS 291.
Exhibit — Ores.

AWARD.

The beauty and interest of the gold specimens and the richness of
some of the silver ores displayed in a collective exhibit from Esme-
ralda county, Nevada. It consists of gold, silver and lead ores.
Some of the gold specimens show very interesting examples of
elongated crystalline forms known as ' c wire gold " ; others occur

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associated with earth, manganese oxide, ferric oxide, and carbonate
of lead. A considerable number of reef quartz specimens are
exhibited, which show coarse gold in exceeding richness. Samples
from a recently-discovered vein in the Oest mine, Silver City, are
almost pure gold. It is reported from this find four men in twenty-
seven days extracted gold to the amount of $27,000.

The silver ores consist of ores containing native silver and chlor-
ide of silver and argentiferous galena.

(Signed:) JOSEPH E. CARNE,

Individual Judge.

Approved: H. M. HOWE,

President Department Committee.

Approved : JOHN Bo YD THACKER,

Chairman Executive Committee on Awards.

Dated July 16, 1894.

Exhibitor — State of Nevada.

GROUP 42, CLASS 291.
Exhibit — Ruby silver ore.

AWARD.

Size, beauty and richness of a handsome block of ruby silver ore
weighing one hundred and eleven pounds, and assaying, according
to the State Commissioner, $22,000 per ton. The exhibit contains
a number of small specimens. The whole are from the Manhattan
mine, Austin, Lander county, Nevada. The mine has been in
operation for over twenty years, and has been the largest producer
of ruby silver in the State.

(Signed :) JOSEPH E. CARNE,

Individual Judge.
Approved : H. M. HOWE,

President Department Committee.
Approved: JOHN BOYD THACKER,

Chairman Executive Committee on Awards.
Dated July 11, 1894.

Exhibitor — Lander county.

GROUP 42, CLASS 291.
Exhibit — Antimonial ores.

AWARD.
High percentage of antimony, and being an important industry

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of the State, as shown by several specimens, ore being over a ton in
weight, representing the Big Creek mines.

(Signed :) WM. IRELAN, JR.

Individual Judge.
Approved : H. M. HOWE,

President Department Committee.
Approved : JOHN BOYD THACKER,

Chairman Executive Committee on Awards.
Dated July 11, 1894.

Exhibitor — State of Nevada.

GROUP 48, CLASS 320.
Exhibit — Collection of sodas, salts, etc.

AWARD.

A large and beautiful case of borax, soda, and other mineral salts
and sulphur found so abundantly in Nevada.

The exhibit is made by the State as a collective one and is repre-
sentative, large and excellent, as shown by the foregoing analysis :

Bicarbonate of soda — Bicarb, soda, 98.24 per cent. ; carb. soda,
trace.

Rock salt — Insoluble matter, 0. 25 per cent. ; moisture, 0. 50 per
cent. ; traces of iodides, bromides and potassium found, but not
determined ; no traces of lime, magnesia or sulphate found.

Natural sulphur — Non-volatile mineral matter, 0.05 per cent. ;
non-volatile organic matter, 0.02 per cent. ; moisture, 0.40 per
cent. ; arsenic, sulphurine, and chlorides and other impurities tested
for but not found; sulphur by difference, 99.526 per cent.

Borax (4 samples) — Soda biborati, 44.94; containing 47. 2 water.
84.99. Sodium biborati, 47.15; containing 47.2 water, 89.22.
Sodium biborati, 46.71; containing 47.2 water, 88.40. Sodium
biborati, 46.96 ; containing 47.2 water, 88.81.

Soda ash — Total alkali expressed as carb. soda, 79.97; alkali
present as carb. soda, 77.21.

Water (Inyo Development Company) — Sodium carb., 1,026.82
grs. per gal., or 1.044 per cent. ; sodium bicarbonate, 1,150.84 grs.
per gal., or 1.23 per cent.

(Signed :) J. D. IMBODEN,

Individual Judge.

Approved : H. M. HOWE,

President Department Committee.

Approved : JOHN BOYD THACKER,

Chairman Executive Committee on Awards.

Dated July 23, 1894.

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Exhibitor — D. Bonelli, Rioville, Nevada.

GROUP 48, CLASS 314.
Exhibit — Rock salt.

AWARD.

High grade (99.92) of samples of a very large bed of the material.
(Signed:) WM. IRELAN, JR.,

Individual Judge,
Approved : H. M. HOWE,

President Department Committee.
Approved : JOHN BOYD TH ACKER,

Chairman Executive Committee on Awards.
Dated July 13, 1894.

Exhibitor — A. Wise, Winnemucca.

GROUP 48, CLASS 317.
Exhibit — Sulphur (native),

AWARD.

Its high percentage, viz: 99.52 per cent.

(Signed :) WM. IRELAN, JR. ,

Individual Judge.
Approved : H. M. HOWE,

President Department Committee.
Approved : JOHN BOYD THACKER,

Chairman Executive Committee on Awards.
Dated July 13, 1894.

Exhibitor — State of Nevada.

Exhibit — Fossil footprints from Carson.

AWARD.

A painstaking presentation by means of specimens, diagrams,
etc., of the discovery of footprints.

(Signed:) F. W. TRUE,

Individual Judge.
Approved: W. F. TERRY,

President Department Committee.
Approved : JOHN BOYD THACKER,

Chairman Executive Committee on Awards.
Dated April 23, 1894.

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In many instances where the exhibit was individual, the copy of
the award, similar to those just enumerated, was forwarded to the
individual, consequently the Commissioner has not the data apper-
taining to such award.

The Multimotor Company exhibited, under the able management
of Captain Griffin of Reno, one of their air motors. It was promi-
nently located in Department A of the Department of Agriculture,
in the section known as the " City of Windmills," and received
much comment favorable to its becoming prominent.

The exhibit of pomaceous fruits was not in Department B of
Horticulture, as indicated by diploma, but in Department A of Agri-
culture. Attention was called by the National Commissioners to it,
and the judges in Department B, receiving special jurisdiction from
the National Board, visited the exhibit in Department A, and, upon
carefully testing same, extended the highest award. The Commis-
sioners had no similar occurrence brought to their notice, and it
proved most gratifying to them, tending fully to illustrate the excel-
lence of the exhibit. They were later advised of the shipment of
twenty-nine carloads of apples during the fall months preceding the
fair.

The building stones and marble of Nevada were exhibited in
Group 44 and were competitive. The highest award was issued for
an exhibit of sky-blue marble. This proved the only marble of its
kind on exhibit, although every State and foreign country was well
represented.

In several instances exhibits were extended to the California
World's Fair Commissioners for competition, the parties owning
same fearing Nevada would not be represented. Two of them being
of such an important nature, attention was called to them by
Nevada's Commissioners, one being a solid piece of antimony weigh-
ing over three tons, extracted in Lander county ; the other a repro-
duction of the entire system of underground timbering 'on the great
Comstock lode, which received the highest awards.

Nevada was credited for having captured the award on butter.
This exhibit was sent from the Reno creamery in care of an experi-
enced dairyman, and placed in the Dairy building as an individual
exhibit. The Commissioners called the attention of the Judges to
the fact that Nevada butter was being shipped to Elgin, Illinois.
Upon receipt of the same, a telegram was sent to Governor Colcord
by the Dairymen's Union, stating that "Nevada butter was gilt-
edged."

To the State Board World's Fair Commissioners :

As the lady managers were very desirous that Nevada should be
represented in the Woman's Building, they appealed to the ladies to
assist in a collection of decorative work that should be worthy of
exhibition. The response was enthusiastic and work immediately
began, as the time was limited to four weeks before the opening of

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the Fair. In the meantime the lady managers corresponded with
the Directors of the Woman's Building, asking for space in the
room set apart for the display of State decorative work ; also to
reserve two large glass cases for the exhibit. Nevada having been
assigned space several months previous and not accepting, it was
difficult, to procure room at this late hour. However, by urging
the request and personal interviews, space was again assigned.

The rules of the Woman's Building required each State to install
her own exhibits, provide a personal attendant, pay rent for cases,
insure exhibit, pay transportation and any incidental expense, all
of which was to be met by the appropriation made for the use of
woman's work. A professional packer was employed at the close of
the Fair. The rules also required the work to be passed upon by a
committee before admittance, which necessitated the exhibit being
of the highest standard. The exhibit consisted of a choice selec-
tion of hand-painted china, point and applique lace, all of which
was admitted, but only a small portion was put in competition at
the owners' request.

The cases, which were placed near the main entrance, were draped
in light-blue silk, the exhibits arranged most artistically and attract-
ively. The display of woman's work of Nevada was much admired
and highly commented upon. Awards were received by Miss Ollie
Bray and Mrs. George T. Mills.

Mrs. Potter Palmer, President of the Board of Lady Managers,
wrote the following letter to Mrs. C. P. N. Smith of Reno in com-
mendation of her exquisite lace work :

My dear Mrs. Smith :

I write to express my admiration of the beautiful lace work which you have had
exhibited in the Woman's Building during the summer. The delicate execution of
this work elicited the utmost admiration from all who saw it. Mrs. Candace
Wheeler of New York, an artist of high standing, expressed in the mcst coidial
manner her appreciation of this charming exhibit upon its installation. Permit
me to thank you for having added to the attractiveness of our building, and believe
me, with cordial regards,

Very sincerely yours,

BERTHA HONORE PALMER,

President Board Lady Managers.
Chicago, November 17, 1893.

From the appropriation of five hundred dollars one hundred and
four dollars and sixty cents was unexpended and placed in the Gen-
eral Fund.

Most respectfully,

MRS. M. D. FOLEY,
MISS LIDA M. RUSSELL.

Meetings were held when opportunity afforded by the State Board
to audit all accounts, submit statements of expenditures to the State
Board of Examiners as required by law and to freely discuss all mat-
ters appertaining to the exhibit and advancement of the State's wel-
fare in general. Word having been sent through the Governor that
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the State anticipated making an exhibit at the Midwinter Fair, it was
resolved b}^ the Commission that every effort should be made by them
in assisting to make it creditable, and its exhibit at the World's Fair,
together with all paraphernalia in connection with it, should be
extended. It was ordered the Governor should be so advised.

The State was represented in the National Board by Commission-
ers Russell and Haines and in the Board of National Executive Com-
missioners by Commissioner Yerington. The National Board held
meetings at specified dates during the Fair; the latter organization
met every Wednesday afternoon in a different State building. These
meetings proved most beneficial and brought in close contact with
each other every State and Territory in the Union.

September 18th having been designated by the Governor as
"Nevada Day," although no public exercises were held, the exhibit
was profusely covered with flowers, flags and bunting. All who visited
us on that occasion were treated with true Nevada hospitality. It
is needless to say it was taken advantage of by a great throng of
people. Every inducement was offered by the management to have
the State well cared for on that occasion. Festival Hall and the
Administration Band of sixty pieces were extended to the State. The
Commission sent invitations to our Representatives in Congress to be
present and address the people, but, owing to matters of greater
importance to our State occupying their entire attention, it was
impossible for them to comply.

On several occasions the State was called upon to render assist-
ance. In contributing to the fund for the widows of the brave fire-
men who lost their lives in heroically fighting the flames that
destroyed the immense cold storage warehouse, and to a monument
fund in recognition of their heroism, the State created a monument
of remembrance in the hearts of many in the great " White City."

In closing this report the Commissioners wish to extend, in behalf
of Nevada, their grateful appreciation for the courtesies and aid
extended them, in making what proved a most interesting and val-
uable exhibit, to the Governor, citizens, State officers, members of
the Faculty of the University, Warden of the State Prison, trans-
portation companies and the press of Nevada ; the Director-General,
chiefs of the various departments, and the National and executive
organizations of the World's Columbian Exposition, Hon. Wm.
Irelan, Jr., of California, Hon. T. J. Dougine (formerly of Nevada)
of Chicago, and J. D. Ernst, Assistant Manager.

Sincerely trusting our efforts will at an early day be manifested in
every section of the State,

Most respectfully,

J. W. HAINES,
GEORGE RUSSELL,
J. A. YERINGTON,
State Board World's Fair Commissioners.

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PRESS COMMENTS.

Here is a striking anomaly that forces itself upon the attention of the millions at
the World's Fair: No State in the Union has been more belittled and abused than
Nevada — no State in the Union makes a more complete or creditable exhibit of the
products of the farm, of the mine and of the natural resources than this same
Nevada.

This anomaly staggers a good many people who have been taught to believe that
Nevada has no possible future, and that it is utterly devoid of the elements which
fit a community for Statehood. The truth is that if half a million people were shut
up in Nevada to-morrow, the first morning of the twentieth century would see there
a great State. It would be great not merely in one line of production, but in many.
It \yould have a widespread and diversified agricultural industry, more profitable
to individuals than in most other parts of the world. It would have a thriving
mining industry, by no means limited to one class of production. It would support
a score of manufacturing industries working upon raw materials taken from its
mountains and farms. It would have many new lines of railroads and many large
towns. The exhibit at the World's Fair gives the lie to the assertion that Nevada
is fit only for a cattle range and a mining camp. It proves beyond all question that
this State of the Sierras is capable of supporting a large population, of developing a
well-rounded and prosperous industrial life, and of adding a new and splendid
territory to the domain of civilization. — Irrigation Age.

NEVADA. — The Age has no apology to make for the conspicuous attention devoted
to Nevada in the pages of this number. Nevada represents one extreme of existing
conditions in the arid region. Here is a State of vast extent, filled with all the raw
materials of wealth, with millions of acres of fertile lands and ample water
resources for their reclamation. Some people are so obtuse as to imagine that there
is no future for such a State. The exhibit at the World's Fair proves how far wrong
this opinion is. Nevada has been very backward in its development, but capital
and population will inevitably find an outlet there at some period in the future. It
is to be hoped that the World's Fair will have a favorable effect upon the fortunes
of Nevada. It is with the desire of bringing this about that the Age takes this
opportunity to review the hopeful aspects of the State arid urge its claims upon
investors and home-seekers. — Irrigation Age.

A writer in Current Literature says that the best of all the mineral exhibits at
the World's Fair is from Nevada. — Irrigation Age.

Commissioner Yerington was too late to obtain ground floor space for his mining
exhibit, but he secured a conspicuous position in the gallery of the Mining Build-
ing and filled it with a wonderful collection of Nevada's mineral product. Every-
thing in the broad range of the State's mineral resources is here shown to splendid
advantage. There has just been received and placed on exhibition specimens of
gold from the Oest mine at Silver City, Nev., where four men recently realized
$24,000 in the yellow metal in twenty-seven days. — Irrigation Age.

Nevada's mineral display covered the largest area of any State.— Bancroft's His-
tory of the Fair.

Nevada's exhibit bids fair to prove a dangerous competitor in its respective
departments.— Chicago Dispatch

NEVADA'S SURPRISE PARTY. — Probably the greatest surprise of all at the Fair is
the exhibit from Nevada. — Chicago Press.

Nevada has contributed to the World's Fair some remarkable prehistoric relics.
— Chicago Daily Inter-Ocean.

Until the Chronicle published its special article a few days ago. it was hardly
known on the Pacific slope that the State of Nevada was represented at all at the
World's Columbian Exposition, and yet the fact is, as was shown by the article in
question, that our neighbor has done more for itself than many larger and more
pretentious States have done for themselves. — San Francisco Chronicle.

HURRAH FOR NEVADA. — The State of Nevada made a splendid exhibit at the
World's Fair, and will undoubtedly reap immense benefits by the advertising it
will get through the numerous awards it has secured. — Iiiyo Index.

We are pleased Nevada got the the first prize for butter. — San Francisco Report.

Nevada's exhibit at the World's Fair, though small, is attracting a good deal of
attention. — Inyo Independent.

Nevada sent to the Word's Fair prehistoric cosmic records of incalculable value.
—New York World.

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WORLD S FAIR COMMISSIONERS.

FINANCIAL REPORT.

RENO, Nevada, November 27, 1894.
State Board of Examiners, Carson, Nevada :

GENTLEMEN : In accordance with the Act passed by the Sixteenth
Session of the Legislature creating an appropriation of $10,000 for
the purpose of making an exhibit of the natural and industrial
resources of the State at the Columbian World's Fair, held at Jackson
Park, Chicago, Illinois, 1893, and calling upon the State Board of
World's Fair Commissioners to make a report to your honorable
Board, showing the amount of said appropriation expended, we take
pleasure in presenting the same for your approval.

There was an overdraft of $108 31. A final report will also be
submitted, showing in detail the exhibit, with the gratifying result
of its having obtained thirty-three highest awards.

Amount expended as per statement ren-
dered

$3,756 79

Maintaining Agricultural Exhibit

$1,838 02

Maintaining Ethnological Exhibit

285 80

Maintaining Mining Exhibit

562 50

Maintaining Chemical Exhibit

271 90

Maintaining Special Exhibit

160 00

Office rent and expenses

218 75

Freight and express

157 85

Printing"

253 20

Celebrating Nevada Day and other Na-
tional days

330 00

J. A. Yerington (statement rendered)

2,273 50

6 351 52

Total

$10,108 31

Amount of appropriation

10,000 00

Overdraft

$108 31

Most respectfully submitted,

J. A. YERINGTON,
Chairman Nevada State Board World's Fair Commissioners.

WORLD S FAIR COMMISSIONERS.

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Statement of J. A. Yerington, Executive Commissioner.

July, 1893.

Report on Mineral Exhibit, classification __i $75 00

Report on Mineral Exhibit, stenographer 15 00

Report on Mineral Exhibit, E. G. Morrison 40 00

Report Board of Awards, Mining Exhibit 6 50

Mineral Exhibit, Chemical Laboratory 42 00

Executive Board, World's Fair Commissioners 36 00

Executive badge 20 00

Miscellaneous, individual expenses 97 75

August, 1893.

American Exhibitors Band, Agricultural Exhibit 10 00

Reception, Chief Buchanan 20 00

American Exhibitors Association 5 00

Miscellaneous expenses 41 00

September, 1893.

'Executive Board, World's Fair Commissioners 18 00

Miscellaneous expenses 63 25

October, 1893.

Fund (Fireman's relief) 25 00

Monument 5 00

Miscellaneous expenses 63 53

November, 1893.

Exhibitor's car 50 00

Hauling exhibit 27 50

Extra labor, packing 70 00

B. & 0., switching 3 50

Expressage 13 00

Stenographer 25 00

Stamps, stationery, etc 11 85

Sundries 84 45

Skiff presentation 20 00

Traveling expenses : . 158 45

Official ribbons 26 72

Total $1,073 50

Salary (eight months at $150) 1,200 00

Grand total $2,273 50