Show the most precious land Ex Governor weight of indiana now minister to pru prussia isla isia has addressed a long along and able letter to io hamilton smith dated berlin dec lith on the permanent system of or geological ard topographical survey and the great mineral and agricultural resource resources of indiana anda comparative vi biow aw of the productive industry of europe and the U sates the following is an extract jour of commerce A few evenings since at a meeting of the geographical society a lecture was given upon the resources re burces of anisher Art An isberg isber t h small province about the 3 za of or one of the tha larlest largest counties of our own state deducting the farmin land gand wood ianis linds l the teni tory devoted to iron and coal mining niini mini ing 0 g 1 is perhaps equal in extent to your county of perry darlng g the year 1836 the valno value of the products of these mines amounted to twenty one otie millions of thaders th tb alers averaging about eleven hundred thaders to each miner now these arus berg mines mine I 1 need scarcely tell you are vastly inferior to our own hundreds of f feet beet underground half doubled u up p in low galleries where the seams of mineral hardly average three feet in thickness the german miner picks hla hia slow and laborious way while the expense of working so ran far beneath the surface the expense of raising the tha heavy products of hla his I 1 labor abor to the light of day addi adds consile con cou considerably sile slie ra bly to their market price we are scarcely credited when we tell the these people that in la our own country we have immen immense so coa coal fields from six to nine nina feet in thickness lying near the bir vir surface face and in every respect easy of access with iron ore rich soil and inexhaustible ae timber lands all in close proximity but bullet let iet us not accuse the old world of blip blindness driess nor laugh at her for grubbing away five thousand feet under ground as some of them do while we t neglecting all this mineral wealth content ourselves with scratching the rich soil and wearing it out with unscientific cultivation it is my firm belief that the iron and coal mines of perry county alone if scientifically worked would yield an annual income greater than th that at of the wheat crop of the entire state and I 1 am sare vare thore there is not a wheat ralser raiser I 1 in a indiana who his hys his hig not an equal eual and I 1 think I 1 may say a far greater interest in the development of this mineral wealth than in a doubling the crop of wheat or other grain I 1 I 1 think it may bf bp held that the tha development of the natural resources of our extensive national territory extending ss it does from ocean to ocean and embracing almost every variety of climate within its limits will gradually i lead to the grand result of 0 which I 1 have already spoken and which I solemnly regard as the main baals of our union in the future the eleva lot loc of state legisla legislation tiong and the full fall free and cordial commercial intercourse of the several sections of the country god grant that mir wise and good men instead of allowing themselves to ba be misled by a feeling of nationality nat and perhaps an underestimate of the dignity and importance of our state governments may five alve thin thic time and thoughts and labors to the development and aggrandizement of their several states TO IQ i true nationality for it is the surest and speed speediest ediest test fest way to secure the permanent well weil titino being VW pro pYo prosperity ot of our whole union |