New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-04-29

the 3Oth of March, being nearly moath later than
previous adyices. The advices in relation to the
prospects for mining during the coming season are
very favorable and all the working mines offer
good show and promise to amply reward the tolls
OF the miners
We annex various items Of intelligence in re-
gard to the various enterprises Of that region
drawn from our letters.
One correspondent says;
Il left the North Western a few days since
In No shaft the vein is four feet wide OF rich
barrel and stamp work. They are now drifting
on the vein South 10 connect the adit from No.
Shaft North both Of which will prove the vein to
a crest extent. The prospect is very encour
= The Agate Harbor Mine has also very IA.
vorable appearance for a new mine
81 have visited the North American and Gnu
Mines The former looks well, and will, think,
ship about two hundred tuns the coming season.
The Cliff locks better than ever. In the bottom
drift, South, there is a mass OF copper about ~
fee. ia length extending as far as drlted In South,
about one loot thick and apparently pure. There
is also another mas little North, between No.
> and No drift, weighing 50 tuns, which IS now
being cutup. There is also another mass IN tue
north end Of the bottom drift extending 70 the
end of the drift North, and 80 feet 10 hight. The
sheet is pure and about eighteen inches thlcz--
The other parts OF the Nine look well, and there
is large amount OF stamp work now on the sur
face"
Late accounts received from the Adventure
cav the show has much improved. Adventure
stock is selling here at SIS per share, Ridge
$40 per share, and 'North'Wes.ern' sl2 per
share
Another correspondent, a practical miner,
writes
"You will be surprised when tell you there
appears 10 be very near as much inquiry after
sood conner locations as there was In Is 10 and
1876. ONLY the inquirers are different class OF
men; they are men Of capital IN general / re-
ceived a letterlRst mail from gentleman who IN
tends 20 buy three or four thousand acres Of mia.
eral land next Summer in the axe Superior Dis
trct
"There are two new mines working Iron City
Mine and Cape Mine. Iron City is three miles
East and Cape Mine five miles from Agate Har-
Dor Mine Iron City is Pittsburgh Company,
Cape Mine Philadelphia Company. The Nine
of each company looks very we'll for the amount
Of labor done. These are the Only Mines work
ing east of the North West Mine, but there will
be no less than eight other companies commence
mining next Summer, east of North West Nine.
The North West Mine never looked better than
at present The vein looks better as they get
deeper They have taken out some masses OF
pure copper lately, weighing from four to i've
tuns each. The mine Captain OF the Northwest
told me not long since that he thought he should
have about 100 tuns Of copper ready TO ship by
the opening OF navigation. From present indica-
tons Spring is likely % set in earlier than usual.
The snow is wasting away very fast, and not
much ice on the Lake.
The Cliff Mine continues to DO the wonder OF
the world. The bottom of the mine IS almost
solid copper. They have got one sheet uncovered
over fifty feet in length there is no telling how
much further il may continue. | would class tbs
mines as follows in value Gilt, North West,
Minnesota North American. There are a great
many other mines, no doubt that will turn out
equally as good. bat it takes time and money to
prove them. There is a great deal more systsm
Ia mining on the Lake nov than there used 20 be.
The mining is nearly all done by contrsct-so
much foot for sinking shaft or driving drift.
The CompaDys money goes great deal further
than it used TO when men worked by the month.
"SiuCe wrote you in the Fall have been 70
the Ontonagon. | ef. Eagle River on New.
Years day for OntonagOn. | made the trip In
four days On arriving In the OntOnagon County
| was much surprised 70 see so much prepare
tlOns making TO commence mining this Spring.
Some had got houses built, others were building
and others bad got half. q. dozen men or so making
a commencement at mining. | saw all Of the
mines that were being worked, except the old
OntOnagon Company mine. | counted IA mines
in ALL and some Of that number were very rich.
There is one mine near the P0rcupine Mountain
called the Norwich Mine, the stock OF which is
held in New York. The Company have got
vein, from foot 20 eighteen inches thick, nearly
pure copper. They hayetSo miners. and three or
four abOreIs at work, and have got OUT sixty t1ns
Of copper | should like b own 500 shares Of
stock ia that mine. The Minnesota, Ridge, PENN.
sula, Forest Adventurer, Piscatiqua. Ohio, Mer-
chant Great Weston. Algonquin, Bohemian, and
Douglas HOUghtOn, are all mines that have 90.
copper 10 work on, and there is not one Of the
above mines bat is well deserving Of considerable
money being spent % prove their real value.
The greatest drawback 70 carrying OF mining ia
the Ontonsgon country is the great distance the
Companies have to bring their supplies The
y ads are very bad IN the Sumner, bat very good
in the Winter. There mas been Charter grant
ed for 4 Plank road from the mouth Of the Ontona.
gon River 10 the Adventure Mine-distance about
fifteen miles | understand Pittsburgh Compa-
by Is Try lag to have the Chatter altered 20 Char
ter for a Railroad. II that is granted, and the
Company get capital TO build the Road, il will
be great help for the mining companies on the
East side Of the River. Mr. Cash is getting out
lumber 10 build ali steamboat 20 be used 10
tow fiat bottom boats up the river 70 Knapps
Landing the distance Is abOu. % miles from the
mouth. There is quite yIllsge at the mouth o.
the river, containing eight stores, and three pab
lie houses, besidest~o grOg shops, and one ball
alley. On the whole, the Onsousg0n c0an.ry is
ia proving very fast
Ireturned 70 Eagle River on the 9Th, coming
through very heavy snow storm, which [ was
exposed TO during four nights on my way down,
and tao going up. You who live at hone ia
ease, would Laiurally suppose could 10, sleep
OF. In the woods on snow four or five feet deep
bat have, after travelling ell day, started fire,
drank cup a s.ropg codee, rolled myself ~ 10
my blanket, and IN less than fifteen minutes been
fast asleep. However, we are very apt t. wake
Up before day break 10 the morning.
There have been so1e accidents happened
here during the Wiuter. William Thompson, Of
Detio'r, While attending the Wi1dlsss =, tue Iron
City Mine, O. toe 0th Of tbs month fell a.o the
shaif, - feet ceep, a0d vas hiled instantly. Pc
ter MI e. had his arm and tnigl broken b. the
cavilg 10 q a crifE he Was a, work in :. the
Agate Hslbor Aile. on the 25;h u February.
AZ to North American mice, about the st Of
FEB. George Bswden gos on. Of lis BET az II