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The article provides analysis of American students enrolled in the Mining Academy of Freiberg, Germany, in 1875. Topics discussed include foreign governments' initiatives in sending young men to the Mining Academy to study mining and metallurgy, specialized curricula pursued by Americans rather than regular course of training, and Theodor Friedrich Moss being the first American in Freiberg.

The article focuses on the establishment of Mineralien-Niederlage ("Mineral Dealership") by Freiberg, Germany, Mining Academy founded in 1765. Topics discussed include Academy involved in supplying students of mineralogy with mineral collections and fine specimens, information on administrators of the Mineralien-Niederlage including Christian Hieronymous Lommer and Johann Friedrich Scheuchler, and supply of minerals, ores and rocks with the expansion of Mineralien-Niederlage.