The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-11-17
Items from Lake Superior.


cOPrER REMAINING on THE LAKE.
Mining companies on Lake Superior have found
this an unfav0rabe season FOR getting their copper
to market. At the Ontonag on, the Minnesota com.
pany have over two hundred tons Of copper At their
landing, and at the mouth of the river, ready and
awaiting for shipment The Ontonagon river ha.
been several months too low for running Down full
loads Of copper, and it is now so late that but
small portion Of it could be sent forward to thi.
place, If it were down at the lake
Other companies have been unable to ship their
copper, on the same account, at that place. AT
Eagle river the Cliff or Boston and PittAburg CON-
pany have several hundred tons hand, ready for
shipment, which will not be likely to come down
this fall. There will be some copper left, ready for
shipment at the other mines of this place and vci-
nifty, altogether reducing the whole amonn. Of cop
per that has gone forward TO about the same figure
WAS shipped last season But the proceeds Of the
mines there and will only DO delayed, not lost
There has been q fair increase this year over tho
previous ones, in the amount Ut metal raised, ana
the copper mining business hos steadily increased
under many dscour, gements the principal Of which
are the expenIe aid delay attendant the re-sbp.
ment OF both copper down and supplies up to the
mineral country The great drawback on the pros
psrity and progress of the country in the want OF
canal, is seen more than ever at this tine. Thou-
sands of barrels Of suppes, several steam engines
and large quantities Of different kinds of mining
machinery are lodged here. and win be obliged te
remain here Fix months to come. 4
In every kind Of business in the country the same
uncertainty aud encouragement exist for the waa,
of this opening into Lake Superior. This s the reason
the products of copper and iron make SO little show
Copper and iron are there of a certainty, Gin an
quantities" companies are formed for working Tho
mines, but half OF them at least are working viii
small forces waiting for canal to be built or a
least undertaken before going into the business NOR
extensively. Every kind Of enterprise is in It's in
fancy, and there it must remain till this canal
built. The commencement Of the great work woul
encourage companies and business men Of all kind
TO enlarge their preparations for more extensirj
operations on the opening of this communicated
with the great lake.
RICHEST FISH IN THE WORLD.
We notice the arrival of = hundred barrels Of ii
famous siskawit, from Isle Royale and learn frot
one of the fishermen that there have been caugV
this season between three aud four hundrey
barrels of this fish, together with fe. tro,
and white fish. They fish on this island for tn
fsh principally, rs the siska~it are wor
as much again as white fish and Mackiu
trout in our lake markets. Very little has be \
done ut fishing this season on Lake Superior, AZ
very little can be done ut profit till We have oar
around these falls; then the export of fish from 81
lake will equal in value, in our opinion, the VIII
export of -four from the entire state.
The sisknwit is, without doubt, the fattes & 4
that swims, either in fresh or salt water The So
the tall In the hot sun Of q summer day, will M
and entirely disappear, except tse bones. In putt
up about fifty barrels this reason, Of the fish
men made two and half barrels Of oil from I
heads aud ''leaf fat" alone, without the leas. mi
to the marketablsncss Of the fish. Besides this IN
fat, the fat or oil is minated Gin layer of
and layer Of lean" throughout the fish They
too fat to be eat fresh, and arc put up for MARI
like white fish and trout.