New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-10-27
A. American school Of Mining.

a. American School Of Mining.
The constant development Of the vast
-,,neral resources Of thus country is one OF 'ae
most prominent results OF the progress OF Popu-
,.,,or Westward and Northward, and points IN
the future 10 sources OF national wealth. ana
,,de,endence Of which we can no" form OUT
,,ode,a,e estimate. few years since, wheh
,he tradition of the Copper Rock OF Lake Supe-
no, wac almost all tina, was actually known oil
40 s,omen>e onanii,y of that metal IN pure
,tate which was treasured up win 'he various
o,es and oxides on the Ontonagon and the Lake
.ho,es no one could have dreamed oil the vas'
r.sses which short tune was 10 expose W
view. or Of the future yield OF Ordinary ho' ~
.av of scientific mining.
lou, ,oaoues distant 10 the south and west
Of Tho Conner region, the great repositories OF
load IN Illinois, Iowa, and the region of the MIS-
.issipoi. have for many years measuraoiy reward
cd the Iabors Of capitalists and miners VINO
have chosen 10 make their investments IN that
field Unquestionat1y but portion OF these
treasures have been discovered, as the recent
oenetra,ion Of several extensive caves, sad TO
n highly argentferous, seems to prove.
The gold mines of the Southern states but
more particularly the placers OF California are
clear evidence that a more economical ana scieh-
,ifc system OF mining Is Indispensable 10 'he
fuil development CT the aurlterous wealth OF our
country As soon as the placers and stream
beds Of California shall have been overruD,
wastefuly as they have been and will be, until
exhausted. the gold of that rich region VIII be
sought, as it is now beginning TO be, I" s"u' IN
the veins of the mountains, and IN the massive
rock whence the golden sediment mas Deeh
washed by the storms and floods and erosloDs OF
thousands of wears Scientific mining IN Can
fornia would have added probably thirty per CENT
If not more, to the yield which has been has'hy
,natched from it's various localities.
Rut M addition to these, the extended area OF
the interior continent from short distance west
Of the Mississippi to the borders of the Paclllc,
is vet to be explored. In this portion OF the
country explorers are no doubt destined 'ouh-
cover silver lead, copper, iron and gold while
tin, quicksilver and blende may yet be found In
quantities which shall afford the nc hest remu'
neraton. The Great Basin, Utah, New Mexico
Oregon, California, Missouri Territory, and the
western part of Missouri, are fields IN winch
coal not less than the metals, may be found IN
almost exhaustless quantities.
Yet it is not to the precarous and adventurous
PRODUCTS of the gold and silver mines that we
look for the true mineral wealth OF the country
An accessible deposit of iron ore, OF the right per
centape to make 1t yield All iron of good quality,
with the natural facilities OF fuel, water power,
&C. &c, would be greater treasure to each state
than gold mine.
The mineral wealth of the country oeing Oh so
much Importance, and the wants OF the rapidly IN
ereasng population becoming so much greater every
year. the value OF large body OF scientlhc ana
thorough miners becomes more and more apparent
Yet We believe there is no institution In TINS conn-
Try which pays any thing more than an Incidental
attention this department practical science ana
ensineering We think the time has come when
School for the formation of scientific MINERS en-
pracng in It's Instructions the whole field OF Mathe-
mates, Engineering, Geology, Chemistry, Mineral
ogy and Natural Philosophy, could be abundantly
sustained. The whole course of teaching should be
adapted to the education of young men to act as
miners with scientific and practical knowledge sui
6ccnt 10 anticipate aud prevent those frequent ITO
pian enterprises that often absorb splendid fortunes
AZ well as ruin men of only moderate means.
We invite the attention OF the public 10 this sng-
sestion. Whether the rcmodeling Of some institu-
ton already established or the founding of new
school be resolved upon, convinced that an
American School of Mining is needed, and Will yet
render signal service to the great industrial interests
of the Republic.