Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1846-05-09
The Mines or Lake SUPERIOR.

The following will give us description
Of the immense wealth Of the Mining Re
gions Of Lake Superior. Here are ex
tracts from three letters received at De
troit, Michigan.
"A few days since a mass Of pure COP
per was taken out Of the earth, weighing
about nine tons. Near the same place the,
are taking out another mass nearly as large
! nave in two or three instances seen Their
blast out Jumps Of pure silrer weighing 3
or 40 pounds !"
Hr' euIua NJ: s.,s,s, u@eu
not dare write you what | have acluy
seen, did not suppose hundreds of oers
would corroborate my statements. pave
just returned from Copper Harbor way
of Eagle River. The silver is not re that
found last ssmmerin the Boston Qnpanys
mines, but runs in streaks and tmps' me
latter sometimes as large as a alnnt, ana
sometimes much larger and 9pure surer.
They have got out two coyer and silver
rocks, one weighing l2Oyand me other
1900 pounds, rich in silvy, which stands
out in masses and spangls 60
] visited the copper rlk Of the Copper
Falls Company, five hiles from Eagle
River, towards Copyr Harbor. They
sunk a shaft IL feet diameter, 30 feet
below the surface, and struck vein Of
copper running gross the shaft. They
have cleared awy from one side to the
depth of Is feet md on the other "A feet,
and have fonndheitber end or bottom. 1t
is five 10 Is rches thick, and is computed
10 weigh tines as much as the copper
rock of thu Ontonogan. picked up a
piece Of rck at Jennings, i'll which are
streaks and Jumps Of silver as thick as my
little finer. What | saw can hardly be-
lieve, vet ask you TO believe it. for it is
every syllable true. The North American
Comp,ny's location is but about 20 rods
from where they are taking out this silver,
and the vein runs into it.
was ueiudiced against the copper ma
MA until my recent trip, and still think
that those veins may not improve as they
90 down; but there must be ore where
lhese is So much native silver and copper.
ENGLISH TITLE TO IRELANp.---The
venerable JOHN Quincy ADAMS, in his
speech in the House Of Representatives,
whilst defending the validity o our title to
Oregon, took occasion to relate the grounds
on which England rides Ireland. He said:
s..The Pope was in the custom Of giving
away not only barbarous countries with
their inhabitants, but at times civilized
too. He dethroned sovereigns,
laid their kingdom, under an interdict, and
them, and all this was SUBJ
mitted to. And the government Of Grea,
Britain at this day holds ireland BY no 9TH
er title. Three hundred years before the
rant to Ferdinand and Isabella, Pope A.
drian gave Ireland TO Henry ii. of England
and England holds the island under tha
title now, unless, indeed, she sets up ano'
Their title by conquest; but Ireland, il il
form conquered, has been in almost per
petual rebellion ever since. England ha'
been obliged TO reconquer some half dozeI
times, and if she means to do it again now
she must begin soon. The question ha
been raised whether Ireland shall be indie
dependent. and il we get into war will
England it will be pretty serious matte
for her to maintain her title" rts.f.
&. "A GRrAr VoYAcE.-The Proyidenc
Journal announces the arrival on Thurs
day, at that port, Of the Ship South Amer