New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-12-30
0Tem'llork Daily Gribune,
TIL EXHI B TION
AT THE
CRYSTAL PALACE.

THE MINERAL DEPARTMENT..
While the Palace, as a whole has tine effect of i'm
pTefFng On the mind Of the visitor the skill ability and
resources of foreign countries there department
which produces a feeling directly the reverse this is
tie Neurological room. There this Continent, ami
these States, shine prominent there the vast re-
sources of the American nation are patent her yalua
bic sgbterranean treasures csemo0weleds anu when
the uquisiyG observer has searched the whole coec
ton he closes his task with the acknowledgment that
Whether in rocks gems, ores minerals our country
stands supreme end that what is represented by other
countries in pant detail is afforded in ITS totally ~
this We confess 10 having looked with more pride on
this room than on all the rest OF the Exhibition IL
80 forces uron the mind the enormous hidden wealth
in s.ore for US the immensty II power which TINS
wealth will vet IT, rnish and what future viii yet be
opened that We almost fell into revery upon the
frot and taw stamping mills and dressing machines In
operation in every SMte-the furnaces glowing
with perpetua fires and every metal that Is used by
man for utility or ornaments qusrred dressed, forged
and refined upon soil; we Aeard the noise oil the
trip-banmer and the roar OF the wind iurnace' we
we've almost sc0rched by the intensity OF the neat ar
oyerexcited by the pleasant thougnto Tie many happy
families supported by this industry when suddenly our
ntgkbor rudely logged US and we awoke-to the facts
as they are.
II NAV appear matter Of surprise to some, that We
should have within our borders almost every mine cal aud
uetal-ttat we should possess coal more aoundantly
than England iron good as Sweden and EDa gOd anu
in Russia, quicksilver AS IN Au>tfd,
as in Poland but this arises not from greater profu-
sion OF mineral wealth localized, but from the immense
extent of our territory Our coal OF the AIeghany,
and cold Of the Sierra Nevada are farther apart man
the coal Of England and the gold OF the Russian raj
maintains The cobalt OF tho Hartz aud the silver OF
St,ria arc less distant from each other than the same
metals in Missouri and Texas that 1t Is the broad
acres of cur land which partly explains the crcun-
stance Again but one country, iree To traVel
and TO bring resources together into one common
TT nj orb IuOplimpuf9
comm cree For all purposes of trade New Orleans Ia
neaer New. York, than is Dover to Havre aud there
is no barrier between them, while European NINE
raj wealth is divided up among thirty contending
and often opposite interests, preventing the people
from enioynp the free gifts Of Providence. There
too AZ II the obstruction of different language and
feeling was not enough, royalty steps IN and asserts
It's teuda right to any mines discOyered-the internal
wealth below tie surface belongs to the sovereign
especially ii be in precious metals ana mus TAX IL
AZ once mt upon the industry Of nation by its own
Covernment This impediment upon national develop
ment works to the great detrment OF the BRITISH
American Provinces, and Australia IL al TINS moment
endeayoring TO remove it. From all such oostruc-
tions we are happily Tree, ana the INDICATIONS
OF value and readiness of market are all we REQUIRE
in order TO have every acre OF mineral land explored
II il much to be- regretted that this collection IN the
CRYSTAL Palace could not be retained IN its integrity as
il stood I'D to the LIST November Inc shelves are now
denuded in many places, and where r1psIitu'es nave
A. nresent the show BY no conveys the same ee
iuos and lessons which il did two months back AS
nonular sieht il is much less ATTRACTIVE Or the nue.
cola speeimens have been removed but II Is as an edu
eatoua matter that chiefly We regret the sefa. Ia anu
Losses II presented at period the nucleus OF school
~ ,;,,s the necessity for whose establishment in this
country i paramount Nothing is more instructive to the
student than collection OF such me specimens rom all
quarters and to the practical man the ready mea9s
which they afford him OF contrasting anpesIOm uinef
Il. No UFO.DprOlS [
,,r ,ipino oneratons unless 90 to the work under
stardnoly and with educaton otherwise we are al the
mercy Of specuatOrs and Ignorant captains ana WORK
men There is no real necessity why mining operations
should be lOss TO the community OF even
md inst they are too often in our States Is due 70
a. fct thar our desire 20 make money goes ahead oil
onr knowledge how 20 make IT, II England mas iound
II necessary 20 establish institution near Charlns
Cross London for the cultivation OF the Geology ana
Mirersloqy of that island; II Ireland possesses her
Museum Of Irish Industry" at Dublin II frussia
r-.rce bavaria have their Royal Schools OF Mines
ard II even little German Ducbes aud Principah.ieS
no which Rhode Island Is great IN comparsoh) hnd
II for their interest to have their schools where the
officers and men are taught Oeoiogy anu Silnihg,
nor only theoretically but pracncaDy-sureiy our
couptry which is large as all these put togener ana
in few vesrs hence will be as populous, might win
more reason and equal advantage take step IN tee
same direction The labor and capital when Wouip
be thus saved 10 the community wOuld DC en"cHlou'
which clistep but Tor little before the pubic eye. ana
linking IN oboquy throw sur upon honest operations
valuable mine is opened under favorable auspices
bnt miners are re quired men from Cornwall or
snxony present Themselves and are hired another of
elmer is appointed Director or CaPtsln-he comes
only with the education Of particular district ne
niles IL he fails in successful working he involves TIE
COMPANY in needless expenditure ard does not iuiy
eyrose The vein German mines diner from frencn
mines in their Accomplishments, or in their associated
minerals and English mines differ from both. NOW
mines present features peculiar to themselves aud
heree arises the necessity for studying and making
Inowr these pecuiarities This can only be done by
gr,st school Of Geology and Mining, which 1t Is hgh
tiHe should be commenced now. Such an institution
esrpot be wholly sefsupporting and should therefore
he fosterel BY Government should be placed 10 con
peetion with some educational establishment already
e,istna But We have allowed ourselves to be drawn
ausy by these reflections from the collection before "a
Tie oraipal plan Of classification was imperfect oai
perh,ps tie best which could be adOPted-the upright
eases attached TO the walls Of three sides OF tue roo
Holding the collections Of the various states OF me
urions commencing with New-England on the len o
he entIance. and passing through the hi!lle and
Southern States until the eouecsens o. Tue "e'''''