New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-01-29
..,;or- Copper and Iron SAINT sie'
Lsks s"P marie canal, &c. sc.

4, !. an old Spanish PfoNfio 'A~s "'I0
,,ase a man rich. liver uiaing SCI
,, copper mining Away 81 Il 1heie Is any
90 s assertion, and We believe there Is, taen
~ %, hut sutici pate ucA hsTes, for tue en-
"e .dventurers VINO have sought out on the
nP''x 80 Of Lake Superior its hidden stores OF
w .,xesl,h, ard are now engaged IN bringing 20
'D-,.c, and forward ng to market the Immense
80 Of copper am non which abound Though
~As sAole extent Of country bordering on that
CA ard We verily &C iese tine vii sh0 = that
ace ysy deposits OF copper aud iron ore or
'.,u, hss that which MI. prove to be source oil
ss'r..ier wealth and Of more practical benefit to
,,,sizens. than me m0fe recently discovered goid
rs Of California.
I'D the specuia,ons following the first dlscoye-
-, ON Lake Superior 4 few mines such as tne
| ~ the Minnesota and O.hefs, were controlled oy
,,,icsl business men whC, conscious OF ine ricn-
=, n the mines. Engaged in the business VITA en-
- and setting 10 WORK Systematically and EN-
| ',,ins both capital and krO@lecge, are now real
l -, this reward OF their se,EdiTected sFOrts an
q, fraits of systematic legitimate mining are ex-
,sed in the fact tina, nearly 600 tnns OF copper
"a 500 tuns Of iron blooms, valued at nearly
,pO 900, have been shipped the past season from
se,e mines, leaving several hundred tuns at ths
mes ready for, and waiting means Of shipment to
r.ks. and judging from pas. experience, the pro-
,., for the next season Will be nearly double that
Of The present
W. have been taught ny the pas, public atten-
an has been interested ard turned toward the
.,h mineral resources OF that country aAd as the
rsau, of travel have, during the present ysar Do.
,re easy and regular ~ means OF fne steamers
o,,,etiyg at the Saul Ste. Mare, eastern cap.ali
,sor attracted thter, as the posSessors Of II see
,he fed open TO them, and the time Is not far dis
.,rt when we may be the er7.T!ers ins.e I'd o., az
:, present, the impcrters Of 600 tuns Annually Of
copper.
AS 10 the Iron region, there is nothing TO com
are with It 10 the known world, either as regard
M rchness of quality quantity Of the ore There
q ron ore enough Of the best description in the
,e1ty OF Carp Rive, and within 100 miles OF Saut
sc Marie 20 supply he world for ages AMI waite
,o,sr enough at The S4ul SIC. Marie, watch can be
nd, available at the NEST trning cost to manu-
hetre all the iron and copper that viii be wanted
ether for our own use or for export for at that
,oiut The milLdsm is Lake Super or itself, wl.h
I'm Of % feet at the village, and coal can be laid
,ovpn that point at 81 50 per tun, with an abun-
s,st supply Of good timber suitable for charcoal
An effort ia now berg made IN Congress 10 get "A
,ppropria,ion from that BODY toward cutting snip
anal around the falls al the saul STE. Marcia work
nuch needed, as the presens means Of transporting
rods around those falls are insufficient, and the
ysnt of canal subjects the whole interests Of the
country bordering Oh the lake 20 much inconve-
rience ard suffering We learn, however, tina. IN
addition TO the railroad now built (Which, by the
way, is little too much Of monopoly IN It's opera
toIsto suit the tastes OF large majority OF the
community there IS "a BE substantial plank
Iosd built around the rap.Cs tins winter, 10 connect
ne upper and lower hIe Vi steamers, which, with
efficiency OF crays and teams, may answer for the
u,sent but only for short tne, the rush OF en-
iuaion anu consequent increase OF business of all
kinds mugI necessarily prove. SIGMA