Arizona citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Pima County, A.T. [i.e. Ariz.]) 1870-1880, 1876-07-29
THE CITIZEN.
A Century OF Mining and Metal
Iurgy in the United states.

This is the title of "A lecture deliver
ed in Philadelphia, June 20, before thu
American Institute of Mining Engi
lneers by Hon. Abram 5. Hewitt. Tn,
lecture is of too great length for repro
duction in THE CITIZEN, but few ex
tracts are herewith given. He sum,
up the great aids TO mining progress
the greatest of which he regards the
steam engine, and of i. he says:
First of all. must be named the cree.
ton in Philadelphia, in 1894, of the
first steam-engine in America. We eel.
citrate this year the Centennial anniver.
sary of greater power than the Unit
ed States of America wider RevOlu-
liion than our war of independence. 1t
was in 1916 that James Watt presented
to the world the perfected steam-engine.
all the improvements of which since
his day are not TO be compared with
those which he devised upon the rude
machines of his predecessors. In one
hundred wears, the steam engine has
transformed the face of the world and
affected to its remoteSt corners the con-
dition of the human race. Few changes
have been so profound; not one in histo-
~ has been 50 rapid and amazing. With
reference to the special subject now un-
der consideration, if were asked what
elements had most TO do with the swift
progress of our country. should an
swer. Freedom and the Steam Engine.
But deeper even than any organized
declarations or outward forms of free
dom lies the influence of the steamer
zine. which has been from the day of
its birth, in spite of laws and dynasties,
and all accidents of history, the great
of man.
After referring 10 several incidental
subjects, he says:
Next in order, may rank the influ-
ence of the technical schools The
of these has rapidly increased
during the past ten years and | ven
ture To say that many of them compare
favorably, in theoretical instruction at
least, and several of them in the appa
ratus of instruction. with the famous
schools of the old world. The Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology, at
Boston; the School of Mines of Column
bia College. al New York; the Shelf
field Scientific School of Yale College, I
at New Haven; the Stevens Institute
of Technology, at HOboken; the Par
dee Scientific Department of Lafayette /
College, at Eastnn the excellent school /
at Rutgers College, under the direction
Of Prof Cook; the new Scientific de |
partment uf the College of New jersey Il
The School Of Mining and Metallurgy I
Of Lchigh University, at Bethlehem /
the school of Mining and practical /
Geology of Harvard University. at
the Scientific Department
IF the University of PENNSYLVANIA. in
this city; the School of Mines of Mich
igan University, at Ann ArbOr; the
Missouri School Of Mines and Metal
Iurgy, at Rolla; the Polytechnic De
partment of Washington University at I
st. Louis; and the similar department
If the University of California. at Oak
and; and perhaps some others which
have omitted to name-this is list
~ SAllOOlc lOi lnSli III lllC SGltliCtSI
involved in mining and mctallurgical
practice, of which we need not to be
What our schools undoubt-
.dly need, is. a more intimate relation
With practice.
In regard to what are termed mining ,
ailures and are real discouragemCntS. !
1r. Hewitt remarks:
But il ought To he remarked, that the
pparent failure and abandonment of
many districts heretofore does not ar !
ne their lack of prospective value. !
: Is, on the contrary, amazing under !
he adverse conditions surrounding the c
industry of mining IN regions remote. a
solitary = though not !
slow so many communities should 9
ave succeeded in taking permanent :
not. Too much is expected of this in !
uSiry when it is required 10 supply =
he lack of labor, food, transportation. t
"vernment, and the organized support 3
'bich in settled societies all the trades =
nd occupations give to each other. 4
'iuncer work is full of peril and of ,
'a>te; and in view of the wonderful re- =,
litS achieved by our pioneers in min q
II, II i'll becomes us To sneer at the a
'SseS and failures which constitute the y
Inevitable cost Of cOnquests. G