Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1843-11-28

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the altar OF Freedom, and worshipping to-
gether in the temple Of "UNlvERsAL
EMANcIPATioN!" THEN SHALL THE EPI-
TAPH OF TEE MURDERED EMMET BE WRIT
TEN
The audience rose and gave three hear
ty and enthusiastic cheers, amid which the
gentleman Of Kentucky took his seat.
The following interesting description of
the Copper Rock is contained in a letter
from Professor Colcraf:, published in the
N. Y. Com mercia' Advertiser under date
of
Detroit, Oct. 18th, 1913.
The so called, copper rock of Lake Su-
perior was brought to this place a day or
two since, in vessel from Sault Ste Ma
rie, having been transported from its nri-
ginal locality on The On,onagon river, al;
no small labor and expense. /. is upward
Of twenty-three years since first visited
this remarkable specimen OF native copper
of the forest of Lake Superior. L, has
been somewhat diminished in size and
weight in the meantime, by visitors and
travellers in that remote quarter; but re-
tains, very well, lis original character and
general features.
have just returned from rc-eAamina-
ton Of it in store in one Of the main
streets Of this city, where it has been de-
posted by the pre.en proprietor, who de-
signs to exhibit. it to the curious. It's great
est length is four feet six inches. its great
est width about four feet, its maximum
thickness about eighteen inches. These are
rough measurements with the rule. II is
almost entirely composed Of malleable cop
per, and bears striking marks Of tho visits
formerly paid to it in the evidences Of por-
tons which have from to time been cut off.
There are no scales in the city large
enough, or other means OF ascertaining lis
precise weight, and thus terminating the
uncertainty arising from the several esii-
mates heretofore made. II has been gen.
orally estimated here, since ne ARRIVAL, to
weigh between six and seyep thousand
pounds, or about three and half ions, and
is, by far, the largest kpown and described
specimen on the Globe. Rumors OF q
larger piece in South America are apocry.
lphal.
The acquisition, in the curious and sci
eniifc world, Of this extraordinary mass
native metal, is at least one Of the practi
cal results Of the copper mining mani,
which carried SO many adventures North:
ward into the region Of Lake Superior, The
past summer. 1643. The person who ha.
secured this treasure, Mr.. ]. Eldred, ha
been absent on business, since early il
June. He removed it from its diluvial be,
on the banks Of the river by a car and sec
tional railroad of two links, formed Of tim
Der. The motive power was tackle at
tached to trees, which was worked by mer
from IA 10 20 of whom were employeS up
on it. The rails we're alternately move,
forward. as the car passed from the hind
most.
have no books at hand. to refer to the
precise time, so far as known, when thi.
noted mass Of copper first became known
to Europeans Probably a hundred and
eighty years have elapsed. Marquette and
his devoted companion passed up The shores
Of Lake Superior, about 1868, which was
several years before the discovery Of the
M ssissippi, by that eminent missionary, BY
the way Of the Wisconsin. From the let
ters of D'Ablon at Sault Ste Marie, it ap-
pears to have been known prior to the ar
rival of La Sale. These illusions will be
sufficient to show that the rock has a his
torical notoriety. Apart from this it is
en- of NH oh hofh L. H.,
and geologically, we'll worthy Of national
preservation.
In this manner the rock was dragged
four miles and half across rough coun-
try, to curve of the river below it's falls,
and below the junction OF the forks, where
it was received by boat and conveyed 10
the mouth of the river, on the lake shore.
At this point it was put on board schooner
and taken to tho falls Of Sault Ste Marie,
and thence, having been transported across
the portage, embarked FOR Detroit. The
entire distance to this place is little with
in one thousand miles; three hundred and
twenty Of which lie beyond ST. Mary's.
What is to be its future history and dis
position, remains 20 be seen. 1t will prob.
ably find its way to the museum Of the Ma
tional Institute in the new Patent Office at
Washington. This would be appropriate
and it is stated that the authorities have as
serted their claim to it, probably under the
3D. article of the treaty Of Fond du Lac of
the 9th Of Aug. 1926.
1t is clearly boulder. and bears marks
Of attrition from tho action OF water, on
some parts Of its rocky surface q, we'll as
its metallic portion. A minute mineraiogi-
cal examination and description of j, are
required. The adheripg rock, OF which
there is now less than in 1929, is apparent
ly serpentine, in some points steatiiic,
whereas the copper ores Of Keweena Point
on that lake, are found exclusively in the
amygdaloids and green stones of the trap
formation. A circular depression Of Opaque
crystalline quartz, in the form Of semi
geod, exists in one face of it; other parts
disclose the same mineral. Probably 800
lbs. Of the metal have been hacked off or
detached by steel chisels, since i, hos been
known to the whites, most Of this within
late years,
Yours, Truly,
HENRY C. COLCRAFT,