 | Geological Survey (U.S.) - 1880
...approach, may finally be reached. Very respectfullv, your obedient servant, WR ECKART, Civil Engineer. MINERAL STATISTICS. Foremost among all nations in...each branch of mineral industry. Yet, legislators, econ omists, capitalists, and intelligent artisans are driven to scattered newspaper statements and... | |
 | United States. President - 1880
...enterprise, with the complete interdependence of the arts, the least possible contiibution to be made b.\ the Federal Government should be a lucid, correct...capitalists, and intelligent artisans are driven to scattered ntnvspaj>er statements and the occasional disconnected publical ion of Federal anil State governments... | |
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Foremost among all nations in the production of the precious metals, ranking first in resources of petroleum, coal, and iron, and abundantly endowed with nearly every mineral substance demanded by the civilized arts and sciences, the United States has... 