The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-08-21

with many others, to the Lake Superior
country. We cannot do our readers a
better service than publishing several ex-
tracts from an account given by him oi
the country, on his return. We are sorry
we couIdn'tgo. .
1--WE spent the aOt week Of July on
Lake Superior, stopping at the several
places Of interest on the American shore
between the Saut aud Lapointe, dis
tance, as travelled, Of over four hundred
miles. The weather was calm. cool and
iuvigorating. and the trip forms one Of
the most interesting and delightful to be
enioycd in the hot season on this Cont
nent
The Lake Superior country is destined
to become a very important portion ofIhe
Republic.-lts fisheries, its minerals. its
lumber, and its agricultural productions,
are jus: beginning to be developed, aud
already the travel and commerce of the
Lake surprises the visitor who had pre-
viously regarded the region as almost an
inhospitable wild. The fleet of shipping
and steamers on the Lake find constant
aud profitable employment-capitalsts,
miners, merchants, mechanics, fishermen,
agriculturists, and families are flocking
to the healthy cline, and opening the for
est aud the mines to establish homes and
reap harvest of wealth. Pleasant vii
lagos are springing up at the several har
bOrs and in the vicinity of the mines, aud
the constant remark we heard among the
'old settlers" was, "everybody likes the
country, and everybody is doing we'll"
The settlement at Carp River, in the
vicinity of the richest Iron mines in the
world, are increasing and hourishng.
The Marquette Iron Works, and the
Works Of the Messrs. EATON, have de.
monstrated the fine quality ofthe ores aud
the profit of working them. The quan-
tity is inexhaustable, and ere long Lake
Superior iron will be common and stand
number one iu the market.
Copper Harbor is again looking up.
the mines in that vicinity giving promise
of ultimate good pay to the miner. AT
Eagle Harbor the settlement is flourish
ling, and the Copper mines are becoming
quite extensively worked. The location
and harbur are fine. Eagle River is hard
ly worthy ofthe name as stream. and
affnrds no harbor. The celebrated Cliff
and North American mines are three
miles and half back from the village at
the mouth. TIE Cliff Mine sjustly the
marvel of the world 1t is now worked
at the depth of 375 feet, aud the deeper
the shaft is sunk the richer the vein. I'm
mense masses ofnatve copper, weighing
many tons are found, requiring tedious
labor with the chisel to cut them into
moveable blocks. Many taken out weigh
from four to five thousand pounds. Large
quantities of barrel and stamp work are
also taken out The vein leads toward
the Lake, and it is not improbable but in
time the work will be extended und er
the bed of the Lake as the mines of Corn
wall are beneath the Ocean. The Moth
American, a quarter of n mile distant
from the Cliff, is yielding richly in cnp.
per- and bids fair to be equally as produc-
tive to its enterprising owners. The
country in the vicinity of these mines is
quite favorable for farming and grazing
and a number of farms have been open
ed y
The Copper Mines each side of the
Ontonagon are already numerous, and {
year hence will doubtless see some fort.
OF more opened or commenced. The
mines now worked are yielding beyont
, anticipation. and there is scarce d0ub
but tho Onionagon section will prove Il
be among the richest in minerals on the
E American shore.
The valley of tho river and country ad
iacent to the mines is favorable to farm
; ing, the soil rich, land well timbered, aul
the climate milder than at any other poin
on Like Superior. Potatoes, and veg
etables generally. yield largely. Oat
and grass do well, and corn and sprinI
and winter wheat so far as tested. Th'
mines will always afford good market
and enterprizing New England or Ger
man farmers could scarcely fail to grow
rich there.-The snow falls before tn
ground freezes, lies steadily during tn
: winter to the depth of two feet or over
! and the moment it melts in the spriu
vegetation starts to life vigorously.
> Lapointe is one of the ancient tradin
posts of the Northwest, and is beautiful
n " located near the head ofthe lake. Th
h scenery and water views are nnsurpass
}. ed. Several islands, the principal ofth
= group being the Apostles, open variou
channels and adorn this ancient paradis
+ of the red men. Here dwell Buffalo an
It BIackbird with their bands. Buffalo sum
!. moned his band to the dance, and Coy
=, BARRY and suite held talk and smoke
! the pipe of peace with the "red broth
" crs." Lapointe will yet become fasl
+ ionable place Of summer resort for heaIt
1t and pleasure seekers.-The inhabitanl
o are now nearly all half breeds and Ind
q aus, but the latter are soon to be move
further West to give room to the progre'
sive pale faces. ...
ID On the return the pleasure party had
le splendid view of the famous Picture
0. Rocks. and in approaching them it wa
IN difficult to expel the illusion that MAG
:. nificent city did not crown the shore
= the distance
e, W There are yet three gentlemen liz