Excerpt from Catalogue of the Exhibits in the Queensland Mining Court, Queensland International Exhibition, 1897, Vol. 6 Tm: statement that the present collection was made during the ten weeks immediately preceding the Opening of the Exhibition might have served, had it been necessary, as an excuse for a poor show; it must be taken as the explanation of a fortnight's delay in the issue of the Catalogue; but it is to be hoped that the public will regard it rather as evidence of the astounding mineral wealth of Queensland. It may logically be argued that if as many months as there have been weeks had been devoted to the accumulation of exhibits, and every mining district had been represented, a still more imposing display might easily have been made. As it is, the generous response of the mining community to the appeal made by the Department of Mines has resulted, it may safely be said, in the production of a collection which speaks volumes for the future of the Colony. I have received advices that many contributions are on the way from distant fields, their earlier presence in Brisbane having been impossible owing to the shortness of the notice. The arrival of these, and of further information regarding the exhibits already to hand, will necessitate at least a second and revised issue of the Catalogue. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.