Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1843-04-11

Its expected that from 500 to 1000 miners
viii remove with their mining implements,
from the mining districts i'll the western
part OF this Territory, to Lake Superior
the present season. The expectation VI
realizing fortunes in working the copper
mines, has induced this movement. Mr..
Alfred Brunson, the Indiana Agent has
published in the Lancas.er Grant Co.
Herald, an interesting account OF that vast
and hitherto bat little known region Of
country, Notwithstanding the Country
holds strong inducements 10 adventures,
yet Mr. Bronson thinks that many will
NEE, with disappointment in consequence
OF having their expectations raised too high.
W c give Il lew extracts from NJ BIS arli-
Gle.
The face Of country is generally roll
ing, but less broken than the rargin o. the
Mississippi river, and OF course Will admit
OF n higher S ate Of Improvement Tor farm
ing purposes.
TIE soil is sandy loan, very produc-
tive whcrcveru haS been cultivated
The timber is made up Of Pine, in great
abundance, which frequently Is Iolnu In
great quantities OF the river bottoms;
Maple, both sugar aud soft, Oak. Lynn,
Quakingasp, Spruce, Balsam, red and
white Cedar, white and black Birch, lit
lie liemlock and Hickory, Gut 40 Beach or
Poplar.
The atmosphere is pure and healthy
The winters are mll1cr and less c anga-
bic than III the same ,Or even more south
crn latitude, in the eastern and northern
States; both because the land is not So high
above the level OF the sea, nor as broken
rs the interior Of NV England and New
York, and because 1t is known to grow
mildcr in the same latitude as you go west
from the Atlantic to to the Pacific ocean.
The copper region extends from the
Rewcwenon cape. round The head Of the
lake, and on It's northern boundary into
Canada; and it is difficult to determine al
what point the prospect of obtaining the
mineral is best. Virgin copper is found in
the crrvlceS OF the rock, at and about the
cape, and along the coast 10 the Montreal
river; and in the interior for 80 or 100
miles, mineral has been discovered in many
places Above Montreal river, and round
the north west on tho lake, specimens of
virgin copper have been frequently taken
from the rocks and. the soil, varying in
~cght from Il grain TO 100 or 200 pounds.
The great copper rock, so much talk
ed of, aud AZ present the great object OF
pursuit, is some distance up the Ontanogan
river, in the most broken and hlly part Of
the country. shut in by high hills and sur
rounded by water, as am informed. The
mass has been varouSly cstimated,at from
20 down to 5 tons; but what is singular,
and what too is, generally the fact in this
region, no mineral. or AT least none Of any
amount of value,is found in The immediate
vicinity of the rock, or any large mass of
virgin copper From inquiry Of those
who have seen it, have come to the con-
clusion that those who attack this rock will
pay much more for their copper than those
who dig the mineral and smelt it, Many
attempts 10 have been made to cut. saw.
blow, or otherwise 10 get it 10 pieces but all
have failed.
That there is also Silrer in that region, !
have the best Of evidence. for have a specl-
men in my pocket, obtained from the rock
IN n pure maleable state; but to what "a
mount, | am unable TO saw.
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