Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-01-26
A SCHOOL OF MINES.
The Legacy Due From Our Rich
Miniag Operators


evident on shelves and desks and chairs,
as a condition precedent to a recognition
of the worthiness as place OF imparting
the frasmentary bases of q classical edu-
cation to the more ambitious youths OF
the time being. Doubtless there is some
thing in the air of colleges which Is IA
vorable to the growth of scholarship.
Csmbridse-men and Oxonians in the
Academic groves of the Mother Country,
and the magnificent alumni of Harvard
and Yale and Bowdoiu illustrate this.
Erudition begets its kind, as business
makes business. But because Of these
facts should We ignore the benihcent
quick upgrowth Of Cornell and Nassar-
Shall modern necessities and possibili-
ties shrink and cover under their burden
of self-conscious unworthiness because
there is We. too much noise and hustle
in the free school for the accumulation
of classical eobwebs? Don't let US per-
init ourselves to be wretched because we
are not university-men:-
The elements of Empire here
Are plastic, still, and warm
Our diplomas are writ upon the rugged
mountain sides-Our Pegasus Is pack
mule:-Our lima mater recognizes with
something of foadness the rubicund
f.ijoIs and the affectionate greyback.
The attestation of the seruineness OF
our diploma is plainly written ExrERI-
ENcE
All the foregoing would be irrelevant
ard have no coherent literary relation
ship were it no. for the following sus-
gestions, namely, to wit:-We echo
sentiment. which is quite worthy OF
respectful hearing when We say that
there is due from the men suddenly
made wealthy in Nevada an immediate
and generous tribute from themselves to
their successors, the on-coming youth OF
tho State. The men who, III the last ten
wears. have become millionaires through
their operations in the mines of Nevada,
are surprisingly numerous. Those who,
within the less than one half Of decade
have become magnihcently opulent, are
sill more surprisingly abundant. The
Great Bonanza has lifted hundred men
into the misty riid-resion of the mil
lions almost as suddenly as Aladdin was
exercised from penury to wealth. The
significance OF the Jack and the Bean
stalk story has been verified under our
mos, intimate observation. These rich
men should emphasize their claim to be
reviled by the fippant tiunkies OF rancid
sealth as .'sloddyites. The reverse
of a shoddyite is the self-assUmptive
spoopsey whose father was success In
the hide and leather line. George o.
BONES father is rot dead yet. Ire pre-
fer the creator to the creature. \ thing
We ike as thoroughly rs any We have
ever seen is Thomas EUxley's opening
in LIS speech on taking the Rsctor's
char at Aberdeen. He spoke Of him
self .'es plebian who stands by his or
der Let our Alladins rot lie ashamed
OF their sudden wealth. They can prove
their right to an immunity from the
charge OF ignobiIity Of character and
purpose if they will follow the succeed
Ing suggestion, namely:-Le: the Lords
of the Coms;ock endow q great Mining
Schoo! whose organization and projec-
ton shall be commensurate with the i'm
portaEce and extent OF the Great Lode
which has made them the richest miners
In the world. We can command the
best talent in Europe and America if we.
are willing to pay for it. We Can put
Frieberg to shame if We will; fer Erie
berg's students cannot, in all their saus-
terings, find such specimens of ores,
such mines. such facilities for develop
ing the precious metals or such body
of bright. practical workers in auriferous
and argen.i:erous quartz as these Of Ne
vada. There are twenty, yes, hundred
men on the Comstock Who are amply
Ill. ., I,-;lj a baftev Sabon1 than eyists