Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-08-20
INTELLIGENCE FROM LAKE SUPERIOR.


FROM THE sAUT STE. MARIE JOURNAL on AUGUST g.
The arrivals per Sam Ward on Friday bring fur
Their and cheering intelligence of the mineral wealth
developed on the South Shore of the Lake We
are told that recent discovery has been made as
Marquette of deposite Of iron ore only two miles
and halt from the lake, which is represented to be
extensive and valuable We observed in the hands
OF passenger specimen of refined iron manufac-
tured from this ore which was obviously of good
quality. Probably other discoveries OF like char
acter will be made in the same neghborhood, and
thus the astonishing of lake Superior in iron
will be in small degree enlarged.
previous have there been exhibited in the
copper region any thing like the activity and enterprise
which characterize tie present period We glad to
learn that many of the companies have entered upon n
thorough exploration Of their properties and in
instances rewarded by discoveries Of the first Importance
The Phoenix Mining Company near Eagle River) have,
are informed, recently discovered vein their
location which Is large and promising The Northwest
Mining Company have been equally lucky in finding
vein of the character about hree-q quarters of mile
east Of their present works on which they will probably
commence mining the present fall They have
siderable force still in the field and if their large estate
does not display other veins of like character shall
be disappointed. We think this company is the
right track, to which they should steadily adhere until
their property is raised to the position which it must
cupy in public estimation. Owning mineral land
than any other company the lake, and situated in the
very heart of the copperproducing region, it requires
nothing but development make ii all which its propris
tors could desire
The idea that thorough exploration should precede
mining y being generally recognised. This if acted
from the beginning would have saved hundreds of thou
sands Of dollars and would have rendered many enter
prises successful which have hitherto proved aborye
But by far the most important of intelligence is
from Portage Lake The copper interests there max
ing rapid progress and are attracting much attention
About one year ago the Isle Royale Mining Company
| transferred from the Island commenced mining on
quarter section about Of mile south OF
the lake, and have been unusually successful There
on the location three veins of great magnitude approp
atey called the East the Middle and the West Sheldon
veins, they discovered by r. Sheldon, Esq, one
Of the most successful explorers the lake These veins
run with the formation and dip the northwest about
one foot in fathom No. ! shaft the southwest is
down about forty-fve feet. No. to the ten fahom
level, and about fifty feet towards the twenty. No 3
is down to the ten and No. has just been commenced
Nos and have been connected the ten and drift
ing has been done south of No. and north Of No. g. SO
to make in all three hundred and fifty feet of drifting
The vein at the ten athom in No. shaft is not ess
than twelve feet wide, and in No. 3, at the level
fourteen feet The surface show at No. would seem to
indicate that it is considerably wider that point The
company have had little dead work do, or in other
words they have sunk and driven wholly the vein and
have taken out large amount of copper in barrel and
stamp work 1t believed they will this year ship in
the form of barrel work from twenty thirty tons Of
per- and in this respect get ahead of any mine which
has for long time been opened Lake Superior The
company have already made arrangements put up
ensve stamp works during the season. and then the
public will learn whether the ancipations in
dulged are to be realized.
The success of the Isle Royale Company has given
great impetus to mining enterprise Portage Like The
Portage Lake Company mining the quarter section
Immediately north of the Isle Royale and have taken hold
Of both the Middle and East Sheldon veins and
couraged by developments similar to those of the Isle
Royale The lands of the other companies situated to
the northeast both sides of the lake. and the
of the Isle Royale veins, being explored the veins
have been found and mining win be commenced there
an early day. In Short look at Portage Lake
being Of the most interesting and important points Of
the mineral range.