The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-07-21

Tho vein o. whicb t. miners are nov worh.S d ovsr
one foot wds and the supsrntssdent oonadsuy sxpees
to ~ sbs to extract 900 lbs of per day. Tia fol-
lowing letters have bssa recently received from him at the
Office Of the company
MlcmroO1@ Island. LAAe Superior, june %, 1858
Company, New Yoif:-
smh obedience to your instructions to leep you in
formed Il our progress In mining, have the honor to
state that herewith send you barrel. of SILVER
And copper ore, to your addy Nsx York winch will
% ioo wed y more on the l0h Or is Of mouth
not Greeted 70 be retained here by letter. prior to chat
| time.
In consequence of slide or hsave in the vsin 1t will
% probably week or more before arrve At 9
heavy deposit u The metal. What il NO sen do
principally derived from stopipg bu. clog The pecu
Lar situation Of the excavations mace the
The shals large quaint of uppeoductve viii
quire to be sxcAvat@d The captain Of the mine has
every confidence that 70 yards more excavation in the
orr cucn OF The vein inland will lead to . ricR depot
OF the silver Dasmuch several feeders observed
Leading into the vein, and AL Of tosm bearing metal 1t
VIII be necessary however to have who
Actul miners, some Of them engaged such appear
to be novices and the that the prime pal
part VI the surface work Is DONE Is mainly
The work at the surface has besn carried back soole
thirty feet from tie shsft atSA elevation OF twelve
feet Above its mouth.
am veil satis6sd with the app.arsnoe Of the mine,
which will show still better When cut Though the
se and happy 10 be soe 70 * to the directors
nv rpabatsd confidence in ~ rcnness and value cor
rob rated a. In by the opoion OF experienced
Cornish miners who ara highly pleased ~th tive
poets Of rich returns They thIk sink thirty
copper, on the American side.
there are many veins bsariag northwest aud south
east course which At the urace aud the lake shors
sppesr 10 parallel with thr silver vein Of
them, which besrs the red oxide o pper and about
inches TO ODE foot wide ~ have fund some silver At
the ossn - Of about eighty yards to the
east Of the silver there al copper bearing
veins running northeast aud southwet aud 1t aggDg in
various directions, which NJ dOaDt s,l courest inApd
cut after have drted inland n the silver vein,
would result in very rich dsysopemsat but 1t may
be found not to be necessary to c. for the
n vel
profitable, but will afford above and below, suff ;ient
work for the men employed.
ivsr but not In such quantity ~ 1t vill when We
continue it into the bank which raes gradually to the
height Of seventy eighty feet When tais drift has
been carried back hundred ADD fifty two hun
dred feet then sinking another shaft
TO tho depth pOndog vi the 90 foot shaft aud drift
towards It thus the tso and afDrdnR vsnti
laton We can also stope TO the surface and thus get
the true direction OF the vein
Hoping to have the pleasure Of seeing Of tbe gen.
tlepea connected with the company up hire soon nth
the ams!ganator it found 70 tho purpose
have s honor to BE- rSys SH5 g:'s S1d'n servant
Superintendent Lake Superior Mining Company.
sAur STE MARH July 7. 1853.
A. JAY SMITH, Esq Secretary L s. Silver Mining Com
pany, No. Wall street, New York
SRI am obliged to come down here to employ moro
Miners and to purchase additional supp,ie;
you desired but, Is wrote TO you 10 my last it viii
be fifteen twenty days before sha any
hays Great cause to coDgr:tnsts the company on tho
promiaiDg prospects Of the mine
The drifting into the h A. the bottom OF the 60 foot
shaft will be c0ntipu ed with vgor and from the
stance Of jet Ct water occurring tns miners expect
either cross lods which will be the main lode. ruonox
east ard vest quite enlargement Of the vss should
II coLtinLe its
happy to be able to my statements Of the
to the west Of the silver vtin twelve feet that
T. contains silver disseminated with the red oxide Of cop
per. This vein il than foot vida, and WILL at
the depth Of the GO foot shaft by cutting into it,
yield masses copper and doubt silver aDundanrly
- IN the vein We are now working.
trust some Of the gent enea Of tbs company wilt
come up for DESTROYS that they should per-
sonaly convinced of the value Of this truly rich mine.
Wben sl orr preparatory work is ishsd, aud
turr. viii few more experienced miners, shall get
cut LOCO lbs per day. worth over so cents pound
The steamboat Samuel Ward will 60 to tbs isa ad Of
Michipco4L, on the rs inst (Monday) aud Will call
there her return that the couRny will with
difficulty in getting there and back
l refrain from sxpresirg my very saneuus anticpa
on Of the returns from this mine trsR the report
of Professor Whitney and the delegates Of the company
have the honor 10 be, sir, your obsdihn. s-rv4E.
GEORGE K SMITH.
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