New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-10-24
Iron on Lake Superior.
Correspondence of The N. y. Tribune
CLEVELAND, Monday, Sept. 80, lsj

CLEVELAND, Monday, Sept %, 1851.
Mr.. EDITOR When you visited the Lake
Superior region few years since, you omitted
to see. believe what is now the great point
attraction in that part OF the country, especially
to men connected with the Iron interest. al
luded to the Iron Mountain and the region OF
country containing Iron Ore. 1t exists there IN
such abundance and is of such an extraordinary
ouaIity that in a late Report Of the United States
Biologists this prophecy was made IN regard to IT.
Says the Report This region possesses an mex
haustble supply Of Iron Ore OF the best quality, re-
moved from twelve TO thirty miles from the Lake
shore. with soil by no means sterile and covered
with a heavy growth Of Maple, Yellow Birch, Pine
and oakland n IS t. thus that the Great West
,rH ultimately look for the finer rGr'ees Of Bar Iron
and SteeLr
The realization OF this prophecy has already com
menced Within few weeks the Sharon Iron Co.,
located IN Mercer Co., have sent specimens OF Iron
made from this ore to different points on the Lake,
and the ouality of II seems 10 fully realize the mos,
ertrayaeant apticpatlons that have been formed IN
regard 10 il As the timely discovery Of Gold IN
California looked like provision Of Nature to sup
nv the increased demand IN the world for the pre-
cous metals 30 the discovery OF these Iron deposits
on Lake superor looks like a provision of Nature
for settling the question of the Home Productions Of
Iowa.
Mr. Whitney. L $ GeOloglSt, says Of this iron
a. Tho ore consists manly of the specular or per,
OXIDE az IRON with an admlXture Of the hne'graiAed
magnetic In some instances me ohote range W NIsDo
arrears 10 CONSIST Of one mass OF pure oTe-so pulo
mi no selection i required, but an unlimited guam
tity might be Cuauec or picked up IN loose Uiochs
aTouRd the slopes The quantity OF the ore Is beyond
al calculations and the non made from II is equiI 70
the hest Swedish Ii appears m the form OF mus
r.SseS and knobs evidently Of igneous origin, the
bie1, points beng 100 feet above the level OF the
iaSe In some cases the hills ridges are more than
Lalf a mle ID extent
What is called the Iron Mountain (ths point l,lUO
feet above the level OF the Lake. IS the nearest de-
nositby some three miles TO the Lake. Iron enough
10 build the Pacific Railroad might be taken IRON
this Mountain and hardly missed. Ihs property
nhe Iron Mountain recently changed owners-'he
largest interest 1t having passed INTO the hahus OF
the Sharon Iron Company They purpose IN 'he
Spring, 10 bald Plank Road from the Mountain 10
the Lake shore and their estimated cost OF the ron'
when made INTO blooms at Sharon, taoout - niles
south Of Lake Ene,l Is made up asfouows
Quarryins or picking up in loose blocks, y ton -
Transportation to Lake shore ----a W. oc
from Lake shore 10 Erie, Pa W
from Enc 20 Sharon ..--------I W
Converting INTO blooms -----I- -
Total cost OF blooms p tun------------sIo %
Iuufata b CONS THE best made IN Pennsylvania,
b.t b. 10 means equal 10 blooms made from tnls ors
row sell n Pittsburgh rom S55 10 500 per ton IL
viii De some years before II VIII be ieasioie al -
make tie blooms the spot where the ore Il oO,aIh
ed as the resources Of tie coultry and the cOnse-
oueri necessity OF traD-por an0n great ols'infe an
the materials l0f labor ana the provisions % support
Tie labofeTs. would be more expensive tnah - SEM
lie ore to Tie nearest coal fecs-tnere to be mace
MO blooms. Sharon IN this respect Il the most ell
.,Ffe -.otrf Yours.