New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-06-29
The Mineral REGION.

! The following letter though not intended for
publication wei insert, because il is descriptive Of
some Of the mines on the Lakes, in which many Of
our citizens are interested.
ST NAAT's RvER, June -. lsi7.
FRIEND sasDERs: Our steamboat stopped this
afternoon at the Huron or Bruce Mine and gave Us
nearly two hours to examine it. Capt Heating
was on board, and numerous party OF rs gave bis
developments a necessarily basty scrutiny.
The vein begins in or very near the St Mays
River little above the point at which its name IS
lost in that of Lake Huron and where its outlet
winds among and is divided bS the thousands Of
Islands which chequer the north end Of that Lake
1t is on the British mainland opposite ST Josephs
Island, which is also British territory. The usual
route Of steamboats, on the other side Of this Isl
and, bat Capt K insists that the route through this
channel shorter and better entering the river by the
channel termed the false detour If this be so the
steamboats, and other vessels to and from the Ssat
must ultimately pass within mile Of this location
al present Capt Ward considers it about ten miles
out Of his course
The course of the vein is, ! think. y. IS w.
neither parallel nor at right angles with the river
but about half way between. We struck il about
sixty rods from the waters edge, where the prin-
oipal development has been made. I went down
into the deepest digging with Kenrick followed
along the course Of the vein for third ofa mile and
examined all the three great piles of ore already
qusrried which Heating estimates ar 400 tons.
and which think cannot be less than that. He
says he has traced the vein over mile inland. and
found no perceptible variation in its width or rich
ness We could not detain the steamboat long
enough to follow it so far.
The character OF the ore is very fairly represent
ed BY the specimens in Gen. Cunninghams Office,
Hanover st. and others TO be seen in New York
vet it should be understood that these as with
almost all others from any mine are fav0raD,
specimens You can readily select such here
but there is much Of the vein which contains more
rock and less copper think about third OF
the vein in the middle is richer generally than the
rest Of it. The average width Of the whole is over
eight feet 1t is said TO grow richer as it descends
but did not examine it with reference this point
The ease Of qusrryiDg it, II can think Of no other
term sosppropriste as quarrying is wonderful, and
C annot be oyerstated think ten thousand tons Of
this ore may be mined and placed on n dock at the
River side ready for shipment for less than the
cost of transporting as much already raised and
dressed from almost any Lake Superior mine TO
Saul Ste Marie so as to be ready Tor shipment be-
low. IL certainly must be large estimate 10 make
the cost ofdeverng 10 900 tons Of thisore on ship
board So, 900 or s. per ton. am confident con
tract would gladly be taken to mine and deliver it
at the dock for $4,000 and money be made on it
"a Is.fs
cent of Copper and it cannot be worth less than
$50 per ton on shipboard, fnot sos. The profit TO
be made from working it may thus be roughly |.
computed.
Several of our company went to see another vein /
just opened by Capt. Heating on this location not
fifty rods west of this above described 1t is about
six feet wide on the surface but understood not
quite so rich as the former Mr. Cutting how 5ver
who sits across the table write says the newly .
discovered vein appears quite as rich as the worked
one bat only two blasts have been thrown out
of this Just on the river shore, and little be told
by that Nearly mile farther west, on the same
ocation, Heating has a vein which he says is
eighteen feet wide on the surface but understand
this is less rich than the worked vein. doabi
whether one IS rich viii be found very soon. II. G.
~ valley Forge writes us from Philalel
pha the names Of the persons whom Mr.. Vice Presi
dent Dallas entertained dinner he gave the other
day to Mr. President Polk. We Valley Forge"
all sincerity that 1t is Of most supreme iro
ference to and believe tc the puolic AZ ls'se
whom Mr. Vice President Dallas dimes what he d nos
them upon.
Same person indies Us the following:
~ am pleased 20 your remarks upon late pub
lication The History Of General Joseph Reed by bis
Grandson There is something very curious and .
strange about the appearance OF this book u this time
ss 1t determined years sg0 not % publis1 II |
during the lifetime of Bishop White. William Rawle /
and Roberts Nsur and while there remained in the Ii
brsry Company of Philadelphia vestise of certlin
pamphlet written by General JOHN CADwALLADER. OF .
the Revolutionary Army in reply 10 one written by .
RFEDn