Exposition Of Mining Machinery

A permanent exhibition of mining machinery has just been opened in the Grand Central Palace, New York City. The exhibits include: Aerial tramways, amalgamation, assaying and laboratory appliances and supplies, blast furnaces, coal, coal-breaker plant, coal excavation, coal products, compressed-air plant, concentrating, crushing, cyanidation, distillation, drainage and pumping, drilling, earth excavation, electrical supplies, explosives, fire prevention, flotation, general supplies, hoisting, hygiene, welfare, iron products, leaching, mechanical conveyors, metal products, natural gas, petroleum, petroleum products, electric, steam, hydraulic, gas, air, and internal-combustion engines, power machinery, preparation of coal, pumping, refining, roasting, rock excavation, rotary drilling; boring, safety appliance, screening and washing, sizing and classifying, smelting, storage of coal, storage of petroleum, surface transportation, surveying, underground timbering, underground trans-port, ventilation, mine. This exposition is operated by the Merchants and Manufacturers Exchange of New York for the purpose of showing under one roof all lines of machinery and mechanical appliances. As for as possible, the exhibits will be shown in operation. The Advisory Committee is as follows: General Howard R. Ward and H. C. Parmelee. Coal and Coke.-Prof. H. H. Stoek, Samuel A. Taylor, Edwin Ludlow. Petroleum and Gas.-Frederick G. Clapp, Ralph Arnold.¬ Extraction of Metals.-Charles W. Merrill, E. Gybbon Spilsbury. Refractories.-Kenneth Seaver.