New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-04-10
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Lake superior Copper Mines-The Weather,
(Osstp. &c.
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At the ChF Nine. on the first Of the mont. zoe
tie nurih.ru part of No 3 drift. there a i,'.r
amount - copper 10 masses bong cutup The cod' "a
stO,et o. ABOUT nchrs wide. consisting 81 nar
AMI stsnys work Ihs code In the DRIFT norm. H''nt
th, ssm. tiz- bat son-sAs, dsOfdef'd sccOurt .i
the near spproscn To- the slide Eighteen men were cat
upper stopping spd driving IL this dfh during he
month Oi January
In NJ dri't. ~ fs,homs south # NJ ,h-,, -
~. . were .lhkiJ. Nmx". "nd were - i'"i o.'H
from i- 1T he lode Is one loot ~ir STAN s,fk
sd imyrO,in1 Toe .t1prs north 81 NJ sr"i' Do
tLis o. It, are good aud "a, ludr Is IT, m l. inches
d., cons-,ing oi m.s.es, b.rrrl -nt STAMP sors
Twenty men were cut, u copy sud Norkin- tn non
during January. ana mru diving north The l' 90 l.
> i,-l ~ii.. barrel ard siampwoix ~ IN hal suik
No , shat down let II. IA tbs diII Inc lie Is
shout : itrl c, stomp work
In No > drift suuil OF No stsit ~ feet six men
drIvss south thu lode being II inches WIDE n
sistBg OF masses barrel aud stamp work North ~ No
shaft % icet men are driving north They drew"
In all January - fret the lode two feet wide. ba 81
and stamp.wOrk Making Of different diits, ext"nced
during the month i]ysds feet and of ground 'tci -
q istnom.. II feet pore rock drawn by three hor.-
weighing ~ tons aud copper rock stamped 25'i tons
masses and barrel sent To- the Lake 6ii tnns
he present appearance of tho mDe Is every dag ia
vorae and their teams are constantly hauling 10 tn
landing
The North Western Company have rccommrrced
opersii ns with comm sudaoir spirit The new sciir-
Agent Mr Alexander, who has raversed the r"Dto
in m Green Bay. snow shoes and Was Tor seven
days deer. pit by rheumatism. Obliged 81 hr IN The
woods ur Of which witnou. company and 10 - hcip
less state rr-Opens the work with ln miners, l. u
cress' 10 fifty on the opening o' navigation. Thor,
be 60 failure hc0r more than In the 'hr. Copper
Fa'ls or the Slrih American
Tho Old Esse River clssrss are being operated " IA
by hiov miners
The Copper Fab. ,r addition 20 statement. 10 my
a,t have sry completed sinking the shafts ih-"us
m. sandstone. AMI on what 10 termed the " chi 10
vein only opened come siS wcrks since thy hSv.
sunk ups ard e 80 feet and arc taking out copper
sheets weighing from 100 10 90 lbs making ia ~ p
respect n good show
Inc NonrmANrAicAS however. l. the great s.fsci,' N
now wiki lew spscu sors in sius sfnons'us. si
indeed Il shows it.elt somewhat pDsitVe. 90 much
that some agents Ci other cOmpeuie. WEI IS in'n ..
ana laooreTs are purchasing each ic" shares L''r
additional foot in sinkrg drifting spp-srs 10 t.
With richer aud greater yl-ld II copper sni sfew
days In stopping al The 10 eet lsvel where thn
lode much richer than ~ the - feet level and where
th.y are taking Considerable barrel work thew shoi
down a ruass wei ting by mcssurcm' IT. upward 81.
three tons Hut the climax Of good luck "a sia
ding for the locality Of anew winIe sst week, Judc
Bacon struck upon ih- eon'inaai n u H. vein
WORKED two yesrs sgc, kro"n 40 VEIN 10 j. bn'ai D
fet east Of tho Cngirr shan $50 bet A'1Ve the Level
.hefc they are uos taking out copper. And h'ut .N
feet below tho slide or coos coals' 'tp"'a'ln. IT.
Amygdaloid from the Greensicnc ir.p. Tbs ''in ~
hits itself a. the surface. In shre OF copper ir u
one 70 two nches thick running ss far 49, graded ~
,ret long but neither -ud Vet Discovered snd stAufr
out In the sand above the roct, which has cvicutly
dscayed about the copper
This cnmn.py have already taken out from fosr I,
Ave hundred ton. Of good barrel nd stamp work All
are pushing ahead with ~ the force they esn NC.
put on. ~, III, .,
by the mail leaving on the nr'' OF NHon' va" 9"
All. ~ r,v, yos the prosress Of TIE Ontonssoo Com
psnlr, AM account, from the iron region 'tnd tn
~ pslys,e Conveyance .---,t-.
The weather his been for some 1 ne i1'"cf"Dy v
ve-e Vntii the nrst Of this nth u actually snse'
every d.v except two. IRON the mot OF NOveui;" il,
he.o,px immst - depths upon the ground For IT.
.ssi fortnight the thsrmomt ter Gas ranged arf1AF
from one II tn fty degrees below zero fnu "
exclsin Incredible N-'oriheless II 10 true anu VIEW
~. never been kuo an 70 white man before Lake sup
ri,r 10 sc,as.ly frozen over. Heaven OILY SHOWS ,
,,,. w,sth.r (. IN continue whether navigation ~ j
open b-,ore Jaly Last year when the Water RAJ
N.on NOR, mild than usuAl | went down g. the ssl.
-ic Marie In the nfsi vcs. ana then oli h'' h''''
N. - until near the sfst ct gun-
Pray tel me wat yos al doing down IN 10"
Tnlte1 Stsr. Oar lat accounts from Warrington
-sra 40 f.r back the ninth oi December Containing
the fr.t three day, proceedings OF Congress