Du Buque visitor. [volume] (Dubuque, Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1836-1837, 1836-07-06

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sbonsanas ssf sisaalar facsx- winch have
presented theznsearesto oarchservatnon
IN Dair siinerslogscsl and Geological ex.
turxaDns. bsst we forbesrs and should
Cur reader feed skepticai On tins SUBJECT
we Aavise hmm to set out on similar
tourney. armed and equipped n char
acser. and 10 converse. with the people
ne may meet win in MS travels, respect
ingisse supposed mineral wealth Of their
districts He will be sure. even II be
does not collect supply ofbrilliant mi-
::c.=..s, Is ss11as. fund u amusing anu
instructive anecdotes about the miner
al divining rod, and mines Of gold, and
silver. besides of an abundance of Kids
money buried in the earth.
We have alluded briefly and gener-
ally. to some Of the practical uses Of
Geology: ,,u. /. IS evident that there
are other and higher claims, possessed
by this science. Ii opens to US the great
book OF nature, where we may read
the eternal truths Of creation, those
.sermons n stones. {, which were writ
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al, ~. - -, ,s ssa, er,he world that
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s nmvm :. whnn = 80, ST. s.,Jv ;nmean;c
l,ss.m.. -, .,a.,,, :, -,.,, sonsem-
plate the materials whence all organi-
zcd beings derive their corporal sub
stance. Plants and animals draw the
elements of which thew are composed,
directly or indirectly from the mineral
kingdom. Hence It will appear that a
philosophical study Of organized beings
should begin with the consideration Of
the primitive elements, and trace their
several states Of existence in an ascen-
ding order.
TO Massachusetts belongs the honor
OF having made the first complete geo.
logical scrvey Of a whole State. under
the authority Of government: the sur
veys Of this nature IN Eurone having
been made by individual exertion. and
seldom or partially accomnlished bvthe
aid Of the government I.is highly
creditable to our State that such I 1 s.,r-
ycy should be called for hv tho vo;cc
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