New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-07-24
Country Of the Lake superior.
Correspondence Of Livingston 4 co.
SAULT STE. MARIE. July T.. il

SAuIr STE MARIE. July T. l-ij.
am thus far on my return home from the Lake Supe
uerior country The difficulty Of sending any commune
CATIONS from The upper Peninsula j. my only excuse IA
moi permitting YOU ~ know long this ~ my where
ahou,s doings sc. ! am now NJ place where Post
Office exists and readily embrace the hrt opportunity Oh
writing TO YOU.
IbaVc gathered much information respecting he Lake
superior country which viii serve mp 10 you from time
10 Tune On my arrival here found. among many others
bound 10 the copper coun'y-Dr David heushaw. late
Secretary oi the Navy Mr.. Brink fhOh VI {. rom
Ohio: Mr. Williams VI. from Nassachnseti.; Hon.
d. Richardson Lieut. Coz Of Michigan and Major Nor
re e your city besides some dozen or more members
of the senate and House Of Representatives. oi Michigan
merchants baukcrs artisans. sc SC. They took pas
sage IN the schoOncrs swallow and Chippewa ana ere
ihs reaches you Will be found safely landed at copper
HarbOr
visited among other places at hce.weenaw Point
the famous location of the Lake Superior Copper Mining
Company better known ~ the Boston company, uhdei
the superiniendcncc OF Col. Chas II. Gratot gentle
man in every sense Of the word. This location Is STU
a,ed 10 the West Of Fort Wilkins about l. or - miles
through which runs North and South, the taele RIVER
letter of introduction To Col Traot soon paced ia my
possession every thing that was necessary ana entertain
inc for tourist To know. This Company have now IN
nneraton three -hats The hrst j. scvcntyiour feet
deep and the vein tweniyihree feet wide Inc second
Is thirty hyc feet deep and the vein twenty-five ieet
wide The third H. hrvouc feet deep and the vein FIX
feet wide and each these three veins exceeds two and
a hall miles in length The veins are all within hail a
mile of each other, and produce silver and copper
averaging nom Ni th 30 lfi 'ftNs iN' -''' '"'
hand thrown UP from the shafts. some four hundred
tons which will be- ready tor shipment 70 the Boston
market by the -' Of September next.
Col Gratioi has under him nearly - men, VINO are
now busly engaged n erecting FOUNDERS ana crusher-
under which passes the Trap rock IN which me ore i
found The after this proces- l. taken and washed IN
large wire sicycs which separates the rock from the me
tai it is then dried and put into kegs weighing from ''lO
TO 500 pounds and ready for market
one thing j. very certain. that copper can never be
smcicd in the Lake Superior country without great ana
.N..ts. HaaN brat. If f|t
East, am told Irefr purchasing the ore in kegs rather
than in the pig one house alone IN Boston VIII use niiy
tons per week The Pittsburgh company last week at
blast blew up beautiful specimen 81 me black OXIDE o
copper weighing from - 10 1900 pounds Il seven Zee,
long three feet wide and two feet Thick and VIII yield
over 60 per OF copper II now on is way TO your
city under the Of j. Hays. Esq and VIII reach Ne"
York by the 9th Inst
ON our massage from Copper Harbor 20 this place
had among our pasC myers Capt b. ~tanart brother o
Capt Charles Sanard, ana the original liscoFerer ~
arock On Lake SUPERIOR now rendered somewhat con
spicuOus by the increase OF Navigation anu SHOWN among
ail navirator- as the 'Sfanard Rock From Capt
stanard ascoraincd the following particulars m r'la
lion 10 this famous rock about which the press mas Oct
so much at los-erhcads The nrs Amorio0l bottom on
Lake Superior was the John Jacob A-or she came oni
in the summer Of i-5 was $50 tons burih'n was com
mandcd by Capt Chas. :. sianard. and owned py the
American Fur Company.
In August KS the Astor was bound for La ? onie
an island Al the extreme Western end Of Lake superior
and among group known a. The Apostles upon
which the American Fur Company have had FOR many
years a depot for the Lake superior country on her
way I'D from this place on the 2dh day 90 August the
rock discovurcd by Capt Chas. : >tAnarn A. me
Asior standing IA for hce-wcenaw Point iherocK
! trap and in sil j. nearly four feet out Il =
some thirty forty feet in length and fifteen or twenty
feet In width on the North side tho water j. very deep
while the South .hoa projects from quarter 70
halt mile in length. From the extreme END OF hee"e-
nav Point i bears : L. last, distance =. miles II l.
tho puion of all who have 10 that light house
can ever be built upon with safety The Danger can
very easily De avoided by placing bell on the rocS
similar 20 those Tor many years III operation ON me
scotch and irish coasts.
Il is solnewha, singular that our government have
never finished the survey Of Lake superior Inc uny
correct chart of the entire coast i that made py the bi
ish government many years AGO uili i-' a'-' up,
n'endence of Capt Bayfield,. Win ihe information de-
rived from this excellent chart our government appear
perfectly satisfied and 20 this hour, inc only map used
iy the ordnance department 40 a-tin-on and - me
~ the mineral lands 40 Porter Island =
that Of BAYFIELD, This should not be- So The mineral
wealth and commercial advantages. now growing daily
into favorable notice demand from tn hanos ui me
next Congress Appropriation large enough 70 com
pcie the canal around The falls o. - Nays anu Mso
10 furnish navsatnrs chart which sinai not only I'm
body all that Bayfield, has gwen 20 the pubic oni also
the course OF rivers on he south SIDE 81 me aAe
the depth Of water o., the mouths the bars reels sno,
ro.ks points Of the compass from point % point &c
together with such other Information A. "ould reAdAy
SUI scsi itself % a scientific protector.
axe superior uni kc Ontario. Lne Huron. - '4AI
ana Michigan, will never need one dollar " pubic or
private money ioE hsIbors nature ha- done her nest
and art would faI tO make them better az me MI eve.
reauirt wi be- -hi loase--onc ! needed az MS yer!
hoar no White li-h Ponf-another 81 hce"eenH"
Point and third az Ia foin'c Tie Mariner no" up
-, ~ ,,srr iv frlnr cannon. linear and Il revcr-
trs,ss and echoes among the imp and c0nsloinefaie
bis ,riucng 40 echo equal % thunder . land Is US,
Ian, n instantly dies away. Neces-iy' says tne ol
s5qre il the mother o lnvcntons-'li- : q rlNl-' ~
az -, -, m brir Aston was wrecked on the oeicn
y, CSpper arbor in the f.l Of i-ii or want o. -,
fIn.frf Fortunately no lives were losi but i4e amer
can Fur compsny lost vessel when cost 'Iy
S2OOJo, Yours,
- AtEo.f Kingston. y. H., on sallTday,
Mrs Ieavy was killed by stone thrown inrou-h s.i
dow INTO 10, own bouse. The assault was committed
i, ia id in con.sopencs of the bad character Of the
house. A bad reason for such deed