New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-11-13

We have been favored with sorae choice speci-
mems Of Native Copper, Copper and Silver and
Copper Ores from the locations Of the Green
Mountain, Porcupine Mountain and Manhattan
Companies respectively These locations lie, the
latter ct the mouth the two former twelve or
fifteen miles back South in the Porcupine Noun
tains, on the small stream emptyiDg into Lake Su-
perior known as Iron River, some twenty or thirty
miles West Of the Ontonagon. Although taken
from the surface, they are scarcely surpassed IN
richness by any thing We have seen from POINT
Keewenow or Isle Royal-indeed, we see not no"
they could be, since one Of them consists Of eo-
solutely Pure Copper with less than two per cent.
Of alloy while others are at least 30 TO 80 per cent
Copper. with traces Of Silver We believe the re-
gion where these minerals were taken has been
very slightly explored and only at all within the
last eighteen months. The Green Mountain To-
cation was made by Mr.. o. N. HYDE, verrnonter,
who is determined, if energy sagacity and solid
work can do it, to show that Copper Mining may
be prosecuted on Lake Superior to yield a
liberal return This location is spoken Of by seve-
raj as very rich in its surfacendications Of mineral
1t is now settled that the Western half Of Lake
Superior is surrounded by one of the richest and
Astounding in Copper, Iron, and giving at least hope
full promise Of Silver. Yet the whole country is SO
wild so cold so broken, remote from a civilized
population or any other that furnish adequate
supplies Of food that its Exploration has involved
very many in serious losses aud disappointments
Digging Copper, where the veins are rich and
abundant, seems to the uninitated very simple
and lucrative business but when it comes TO be
ried on vehundred to thousand miles away from
any agricultural industry-where there are but
scenty facilities for travel and transportation the
water and none at all on the land-where the
strcams become torrents and are broken by cata-
racts few miles (otten but few rods from the
Lake shore-where L bor is inevitably twice aud
Food thrice as dear as in cities or townsville pros
pect of profit is apt to recede the operator gets
into the merits of the case Instead of turning the
few thousands Of dollars which he has invested in
tools provisions labor &c. into tens Of thousands in
year or two US he has sanguinely dreamed he
finds that he has first to make roads precipices
end morasses before he can even get sight OF his
Copper; then he must have some sort OF buildings
to shelter his workmen in that inhospitable region,
and perhaps must erect q saw.nill before he
get board or plank upon his location Thus his
provisions, his money his resources of all kinds per
hnps even his courage give out before he has raised
the first ton of ore made road for its transporta
ton to the Lake and he is absolutely compelled to
desist for want OF means, Such is the history OF
many an attempt to mine on Lake Superior. But
the miners do not complain. They feel sure that
there's good time coming, and they only ask
that Congress should give them chance to buy the
lands they have located at fair rate, nnd not con
strain them to pay by and-by for their own i'm
provements or surrender to others the fruits of their
outlay and toll We believe Congress will do them
this justice.