Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1846-03-28
Extraordinary Mineral Dis
COvcries Of Lake superior.

Extraordinary Mineral Dis
cOverIes Of Lake superior.
We have been permitted to make
the following extract from letter Of
our late fellow citizen, Mr.. Thomas
Child. Zone of the Superintendent Of
the Boston Company.) who writes from
Eagle River, Lake Superior, under
date of February S, 1916. All those
acquainted with the character and
standing of Mr.. C. viii place entire
confidence in his statements -
Discoveries have re-
Gently been made by the Boston Com
pany that will speedily bring up the
stock. My brother, Joshua Child, has
a prospect now, that looks more fat
tering than any thing ever struck on
the Lake. The acorla cannot beat
it-or rather, would say, never has
beaten the Sh0U he has now in sight.
After sinking forty feet, he struck
sheet of pure solid copper, extending
the whole length of the shaft, ten feet;
how much farther we connot tell, for it
is solid in each end Of his shaft. and at
the top from three to four inches thick.
widening out to twelve inches thick in
going down few feet. He has sunk
down on both sides of it twelve feet,
to the bottom of it, and it is supposed
from what is seen, to say nothing of
what is running in the hill from each
end of the shaft, that it will weigh at
least four tons. He has sunk down
several feet under this big sheet, and
there over head is this large mass of
native copper, suspended, as it were,
by large masses at each end, unseen,
because uncovered. My brother came
up this evening, and tells me he has
struck another sheet Of solid copper,
not quite so thick at the top, directly
under this big one. How large it is
he cannot yet tell. as he has only sunk
down foot along each side of it. He
has also started another shaft some two
or three hundred feet down the hill !,
struck the vein, and is getting out
chunks of pure copper, that will weigh
from twenty to fifty pounds. He is
tracing it down the hill, with the view
of bringing up level on the course of
the vein.
Our prospects here at this time look
more encouraging than ever, and ! now
begin to think we shall prove this
: country this winter to be rich min
eral country. Last week / made a
discovery here which strongly confirms
my first opinion respecting the vein we
have been working: namely, that it
was no vein at all. but simply " float"
as miners term It. This. / think, is
proven by drift drove off from
what they here term "the vein."-
After driving off twenty three feet, !
struck at the depth of sixty feet as
strong a looking lode (yein) as ever
saw, from two to three feet wide, car
rying native copper and grey ore (sul-
phuret OF copper,) one of the richest
OF copper ores. However, before
striking this lode, we had cut into
what we called an opening-that is, a
place between the solid, hard rock,
which is filled up with sand gravel,
pebbles and large boulders In cutting
across this opening 1--WE have driven
sixteen feet ard are not yet across, W.
struck this lode at the bottom. and had
our drift been six inches higher, we
should have run over it, and not have
seen it. A fortunate hit, was it not !?
We have not yet sunk any on the lode.
but are now rigging up windlass in
the drift to do SO. | hope and trust
that by spring we shall be enabled to
present to the stockholders rich re-
port. not of coined words on paper.
but of rich naetdLs. on and an the
ground, ready TO be COINED.
will mention one other discovery
made on location adjoining and close
on this location, where they have made
discovery rich in silver. They are
taking out some fine silver specimens,
one of which am told will weigh a
pound, and it was nearly all pure sill
yer.
Our winter, thus far. has been re-
markably mild-snow about four feet
deep."-[Gslena Gazette.