New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-01-30
Lake Superior Copper and Iron

In a previous communication to Inc
Tribune, we gave few items TO prove the rich
ness and abundance Of the ores Of Iron and Cop
per found on the shores Of Lake Superior. For
the truth OF these statements J; Is only neces-
sary 20 refer to large mass OF native copper
weighing about two tuns, which was some days
since exhibiting IN Wall-st., IN front OF the FIX
change This large "Junk OF nearly pure
metal weighing over 900 pounds, and IN It's pres
ent state worth about $780, is only fair sample
Of what is brought down almost daily to Saut
Ste Marie, from the min os, which extend along
the shores OF Lake Superior in almost a contln,
uous line for a distance of nearly li0 miles ;
some more, some less, but all extremely valuable,
as may be inferred from comparison with the
English mines Of Cornwall, which have yielded
on an average for many years past, only 5 to g..
per cent, and pay profit at that, while our own
mines yield in mass, barrel and stamp work,
some 65 per cent, and the further they are work
ed into the bowels of the earth, the richer and
greater the yield
The writer of this communication himself
saw last October, landing at the Saul Ste Marie,
a cargo Of 100 tuns, from the CnH, North west
and North American Mines, of Just such masses
as the one exhislted in Wall-st., weighing from
600 TO 5000 pounds each, and all nearly, II not
quite, as pure as the one alluded to.
We were shown a pocket-knlfe blade made
at Carp River directly from piece of ore and
IN a blacksmith forge, which 10 all appearan-
ces was well made stell blade, though OF course
1t had not passed through the niece ssary pro-
cesses required te convert iron into steel. We
have too, in our possession, bar OF iron, ID to
Is inches long and about ! inches square, made
directly from this same ore, and IN very short
time, which III quality texture and general ap-
pearance We believe fully equals anything ever
made. At ny-rate we mean 10 have II trled IN
a way to test satisfactorily its quality
The quantity OF this iron 1--WE cannot call It
iron o,e) is enormous, and IN many localities,
at the " Iron Mountain, 1t may be found almost
literally pure, in pebbles, rocks boulders, hills
and even mountains. This to many people may
appear like Munchausen story, but let doubt
ers, if they feel any interest in these matters, go
and see f0r themselves, and they will acknowl-
edge that the half had not been told them.
Both the copper and iron, unlike most other
mineral regions on the face of our earth, has
around and about 1t, at least IN very many local.
ties. good farming lands at no great distance
which. did our hardy New Enganders know the
facts, would soon be improved as, from the ma
tuTe Of cITcumst ances, home market Is already
made by the miners for all that can be raised, and
that market permanent One. All the grams and
vegetables, grass, hay, Nc that can be raised to
advantage IN the Eastern States, grow here IN
abundance, with the advantage of an infinitely
better market ~ the farmers door. Indeed,
good many have during the past season or two
located farms. and are beginning to ENJOY the
fruits Of their enterprise in ready sales, az good
pIiccs for al their iarm produce. SIGMA.