New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-07-08

Life ON Lake superior.
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CORES HILL. North west Location.

of Lake Superior, Of which 50 much that Is won
derful true and false has been reported within the
lsst few years. Tramping throagh the scarcely
broken forest from location location, BY ootPains
and trans which may be followed bat do not com
pare adyansageously with the Third avenue OF A"'
other structure after the manner OF AcA"~"'
crossing mill streams on logs, wsding s" ie0N'
less Of boots, and fighting mosketoes ana OiacA
fies fnucb the more rsvenous oeas" tnese mes
are have had for some days Few moments or
thoughts 70 spare for cities newspapers, or people
who are 30 extrayagant az % live in houses. The
Ioe cabin wherein / bsbitually sleep or muse at
night and occasionally write by day is Of the more
sristocratic order, being the Office and doInicil
Of the Compsnys Agent, an exBank Clerk and
Teller from Wallst. This will account for the re-
msrkable Circumstance Of its being lighted by two
windows each Of six lights Of sbyl0 glass, barring
one that has stepped out, probably TO afford conve
nent eress to the musketoes that pour In at every
crevice and through the door wheneyerit Is open
ed II the light thus admitted were not abundant,
there is frs. rate chance Of starlight through the
roof table. chair and bedstead-all made on
the premises with an sx-compose the bulk OF the
furniture, with stove in the center for use, two
trunks ct the sides for ornament, and pair OF
rough board shelves resting on barked poles con
tanning the agents spare clothing and his rather
abundant specimens Of Native Copper, Gray Sui
phuret Red Oxide. Spar, Silver, &c. &C. don't
believe there is another tenement so sumPtuously
furnished among the dozen within radius OF three
miles every way from this As the evenings here
are inyeterately chilly, no matter how warm the
DAVIS. and a fire is needed TO attemper rightly the
necessarily In flowing cold air the kegs OF powder
have been removed in Difference 70 my Prejudices,
after remaining here in cosy familiarity with the
stove and the agent for months-so there Is no lack
OF room at present
Next door is the Refectory Of the location, where
sslt Beef ditto Pork, Potatoes, Bread, Tea or Cot
fee without milk under various permutations' are
punctaally served up three times each day and
ample Justice done TO them by those whom the
horn promptly summons from their several shafts
drifts. dggings clearings, &c lin order to live In
the highest style, we have a hancock, after the
fashion Of the upper TenJ 1t is recorded that two
women--too noble to be styled lsdes-once I'm
proved short spell Of good sleighng to cheer some
friends on this location with the light OF their coun-
tenances, coming seven miles with only three
overturned on purpose, which condescensIon WIN
long be held In grateful remembrance. Not even
the jewellers ia Bond-street or Bieecker are more
free from the volgsrity Of having their doors sur
rounded by children. pigs and chickens than Tue
residents on this location As yet mule ana a
dog are ID only domestic animals thet have been
seen here. Yet the hum OF busy industry makes
all lively and cheerful The logs and brush roar
and crackle in the devouring flames the forest
reechoes the ring Of the woodlands ak, the clinh OF
hammers, sledges and drills breaks the silence
hitherto invaded but by the hurricane and an occs'
siona blast comes up from the bowels OF the earth
10 remind us that the miners are delving below
Above ground the destruction of the Old is prepar
ing the way for the New beneath, the rocks which
have slumbered since Creation are torn asunder
by sulphurous fires and compelled to render up
their boarded treasures. Thus Nature and Art per
petually struggle with and act upon each other In
seeming hostility but in essential harmony
Yet | erred in saying that Silence has hitherto
reigned here unbroken save by Natures convul-
sons since Adam. On this very spot have been
found, in this very cabin are deposited the elabo-
rntely tdsniOntu sNaho
long forgotten race was accustomed to beat of
scraps or fragments Of the Native Copper for use
ages upon ages ago--perhaps before the Deluge.
Truly said the Wise King, There is nothing new
under the SUM-
- But let me speak more generally Of this for
centuries Utmost untrodden region;
Ihave been somewhat disappointed in the face
r. IA ia ranarallu rnOgad
and broken, | well knew but il is by means sc
universally so nor as whole so sterile as had
supposed. The shores Of the Lake, save in the
few cases where deep bays make far into the coun
try afford no fair idea OF the soil and timber. Alone
the shore the conglomerate rock is thinly covered
by niegard soil supporting stunted growth IL
good part OF Spruce, Cedar, Pitch Pine and othe
evergreens diversified by White Birch, Poplar, &c
Bot a few miles inland--often in less than on
mile--the rock changes, the soil deepens the hill
slope southery to the Little Montreal, Lac Ii
Belle, &c and the smooth glades thus formed ar
covered with beautiful growth mainly Of sugs
Maple, Black Birch, SC. There is OF course gres
diversity, with an abundance OF Hemlock in tn
swamps and ravines bat never saw so niue
Rock Maple in travelling twenty miles as in the fv
or six mes between this place and Lac La Bell
on the East side of Keewensw Point. White Pin
of the ampest size. and Of good quality for Board
Shingles, &c abounds almost everywhere | doul
whether there's anywhere better timbered reggie
than this while the Soil, though generally stor
except in the swamps and often too broken al
precipioas for cultivation, is in good part stroI
and well adapted to the production of Potstot
Oats. Turnips Grasses, Spring Grain &c.
Winter Grain would probably be killed by .
weight and long continuance Of snow while Co
mus, be seriously endangered by frost save IN
few favored localities Probably the small HI
Known us Canada would do well For the CO.
mon escuieat roots there probably no better oou
try and do act believe there is one where a so
farmer could do better. Potatoes though excelle
IN quality as well as abundant in quantity. sold
the growers door for s7l cents per bashel II
spsiag and good Hay would readily command :
per ton Doubtless, time will somewhat abste the
prices; bu. so long as Mining shall be extensive
prosecuted through sllthis resion-and that is like
10 be hong cnoagh-the prices Of every descripu
Of Produce viii probably range higher here than
any other part OF the Country. Three good erS