Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1843-11-08

! been cut off. There are no scales in the
city large enough, orothcr means oi aScer
tanning its precise weight, and of thus
terminating The uncertainty Arising from
the several estimates heretofore made. Ii
has been generally estimated here. since
! its arrival, to weigh between six and seven
thousand pounds or about three aud u
half tons, and is, hy far the largest known
and described sperimrn OF native copper
on The globe. Runners of u larger piece
in South America are apncryphal.
The acquisition, to tie curious and
scientific world, Of this extraordinary mass
OF uariye metal is "a! least one OF The pracu
cal results OF the copper mining mania
which carried so many adveuturers North
ward, into the regiun of Lake Superior,
The pas, summer. (IS43 The person
who has secured This treasure MIR j. FL
dred) has been absent, ON the business
since early in June. He succeeded in re-
moving it from its diluriai bed OIL lhe
hanks of The river, hy a car and sectional
rail road Of Two liuks, formed Of Timber.
The motive power was tackle attached To
trees. which was worked by me.', from
Ia 10 ~ of whom were employed upon
ii. These rails were alternately moved
forward, as The cars passed from The hind
most.
have no books al hand to refer to the
precise time, So far as known, when this
no'ed mass Of copper FIST became known
10 Europeans. Probably hundred aud
eighty years have elapsed. Marquette,
aud his devoted companion, passed up
li,e shores ol Lake Superior about 1865,
which was several years before The DIS.
cUvcry Of The Mississippi. by thai emf
nen: missionary, 10y the way of WIScnn
sin. From !hc letters Of D'Ablou al SAUL
81. Marie, II appears TO have been known
priur TO The arrival Of La Sale. These
illusions will be sufficient to show tn Al
the rock has historical notoriety. Apart
from this, il is specimen mniclIis, both
mlneralosicalls and geolnscalIy. well
worthy OF national preservation.
in This manner the rock was dragged
Tour miles aud half, across a rough cOun
try, To curve Of the ri. er below its falls,
aud below The junctinu Of the forks, where
II was received by a boat, and conveyed
% the ;nlouh OF The river, on The lake
shore. AT This point il was pnt on board
4 schooner, andIakrn to The falls, Or SAUL
81. Marie, and thence having been Trans
ported across The puriase, embarked for
Detroit. The entire distance to this place
Is liltle within one thousand miles; tnrcc
hundred and twenty of which lie beyond
81. Mary's. .t
What is to be its future history aud dis
position remains 10 be seen. 1t will pro
hahI> fhd it, way TO the museum OF the
National lnSiilur in the new pal"nt office
IA, Washington. This would be nppro
have asserted their Ultimate claim 10 il.
probably under The 81 article OF The treaty
Dl FonG du Lack of the 5 5h August. lS26.
lris clearly a houder anh bears mark,
of altrilioh irum the action of wafer, on
,oine parts Of its r"ky surIace as we'll as
the metallic portions. a minul" mineral
osicaI examination and description Of il
are required The adheriug rock, ul " hciI
there is less now than IN lS20. is appa enI-
Is serpeniinc IN som" parts sIeailllc,
whereas lIre copper ores 1 hewe'na Point
ON thai Lake. are fund exclusively in
the ;,mysdaIuiEs and grreu>tones of the
trap iouul.in. a circular depression OF
opaque cry slaline quarts in The l"rm nl
'seml-, :, ode. exists in nnc face ol ii: other
parts ofsahe tFass disclose the same mine
raj. Probably 200 lbs. Of The metal have
neen hacked oil. or detached hy Steel CHS
sells since it has heen known 10 The whites,
most Of this within late years.
Yours truly.
HENRY +. COLCRAFT.