Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-09-05
The New School Of Mines.

This school, which has been established
By Columbia College, and which will go into
operation on the 18th OF November next,
supplies want which every capitalist in this
country has felt. Those who are engaged in
mining operations look on every side for en-
Rineers, yet in many cases finish BY COM
hitting their interests to incapable men.
Our mines can be made n greater source
of wealth to us than either agriculture or
fisheries. No land is more richly mineral
lied than our own. No labor is more pro-
duetive than mining; ana whoever wishes to
see the highest intelligence animating such
labor, will hail with qualification the insti-
tuition Of special school for mining engi-
neers. Some few Of our young men have
studied the science Of mining in foreign lands,
and learned abroad what we ought to teach
at home.
Without theoretical knowledge there can
be little fore-thought and economy in prac-
tice. Unfamiliar circumstances are bewil-
dering, and'lead to disastrous experiments.
In the beginning Of art there is always cha
racteristic waste of time, money and mate
rial. It is our business at present to learn
| to save. Our finances demand general and
judicious working of our mines. This can
only be achieved by learned and discrimi-
mating engineers, whose Judgment, ripened
By education as well as experience, will pre-
vent futile essays. The utility Of scientific
schools is more Eeenly felt, or more heartily
acknowledged, after they are in operation
| than before nevertheless the feeling Of the
public at present is favorable to them. Our
gigantic war has made our thoughts more
comprehensive and generous, and schools Of
applied science are springing up in many
States under the immediate patronage OF the
legislatures. ..-...
In foreign countries the schools Of mines
are usually national, and there is no Euro
pean state so small as to be deficient in
them. Bat the mines are for the most part
owned by the governments, who furnish ex-
perts for their due working and conservation.
Our citizens own our mines; it is, therefore,
fit for them to encourage the formation Of a
class Of engineers so important to private
and public interests. Columbia College asks
for the encouragement Of the public in this
enterprise. It will receive with gratitude
gifts Of minerals, models and money, because
at this time it is not able itself to do all that
is desirable for the school.
The College has elected to the principal
chairs the best instructed men to be found |;
some OF them are graduates Of the famous
Imperial School of Mines at Paris, others
are distinguished graduates OF West Point.
With this force Of professors, the standa I'd
Of instruction here will be as high as it is
abroad. The constant communication which
the school already holds with foreign schools
and engineers will keep it promptly informed
of all the novel ideas and experiments in
other parts OF the world, while the results Of
our own lively invention and intelligent re-
search will contribute more brilliantly to our
glory and usefulness, by having centre
from which they can emanate to others with
the stamp Of a recognized institution.-N
Y, Post.