New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-06-10
LAKE SUPERIOR MATTERS.

Th Lake Superior JoynSl givesa a.sterias account
Of mining Al business operations present prospect
i've The mines in the vicinity OF Ohtoa. gou are Welding
well The Norwich yields copper IN m.sses and Tie Con-
psny expect sb 80 ear in the season The Forest
yielding stamp work copper and viii ship 80 tans
md Naiionsl expects 10 ship 30 tans The Mnnesot
now the mine Of Lake Superior ard will ship 900 ans OF
copper The Company have started square block dat
weighs about o72 lbs to the Worlds f.r taken from
$40 Der share eco COO having been made Ia Februxy
The stockholders have paid 10 only s22 Per share their
investment. IL was Al the Minnesota thn me f.meus
spci,ui diggnes drst discovered Al the Isle Royal
On Portsge Lake shipment 81 80 or 20 tuns promised
curing the season. Copper Falls Company expect ship
IS to 100 ups of copper during the summer hsnns'
new Com are commencing works With fair prospect
ne onrnai Of May 2sth gives the following list OF the
snvs and irSushpment Of Copper and lron tor the Pt
cs Nine sl tup barrel work. and 80 sn. in Muse.
S S tan: s: w sss. iad . sos xnsS.
...s. rotse = barrel and in m.sss. RIDE
nan barrel sIl New xOa I'D ssssn sss s !. b.,
sr. se WORK ard sie.i.i Y tuns IN barr,
Ss NSa ~ m sns .aO pure Cope
several hundred tuns OF copper 10 masses on
the docks the Saul ready 10 be shipped East aud tho
National is about to send block weighing 9soo pounds to
the Worlds Fair Masses of iron from the jackson
Iron Mountain some Of them weighing about tun, are
also route for the Fair The SPEAKS OF the
Lake Superior Iron Mines;
Among the various enterprises which ARE grsit
ally developing the resources of the Upper nnsala -
Iron Region Impulse Is given 20 them from me hgs
price of ron the prospect that will continue for year.
10 come and the unsurpassed excellence and unlimited
quantity which may be produced. Az Marquette, docks
warehouses orges dwelling houses and workshop, ar.
being erected 10 meet the wants OF increasing bushes
and the work the railroad from there 10 the Iron hour
ians is be pressed forward diligently Much OF IL viii
be completed the present season.
"In the changes which have tai place. tie Cleveland
Company have bought out the old Marquette Forge and
il will shortly be put ia blast Ire sharon Cpsny who
the osners OF the Jackson Forge are now making
considerable iron The Lake Superior Iron Co npsny Who
are build the Railroad and who were the owners org
nslb Of undivided fourth interest the Lake Superior
Ir' Mountain have recently purchased the whole OF IL
The grouId which this covsss b . mile and hall long
and from half to hreeq saters Of mile In width, and EN-
brscing some 45a acre.. From the quantity and quality
of the it is probably the most valuable iron mine In
America -,
Many new buildings going up At the ssui and the
ard buildings going up this spnng are In great de-
msnd Farming improvements N thls vicinity are pro-
and The Journal anticipates that Touring mill will be
erected this the next season The line steamer Sam
Ward Of water and several hundred feet on her land
Journey 10 Lake Superior and the schooner Gov Trsw,
of Milwaukee, has been taken across the Portage and
launched into the waters Of the lake She is g. in the
copper trade TO Ontonagon
sHrPwREcx OF SCHOONER MARY MARelRrr We g.iy.
from letter written by Andrew Bsrgh Captain OF said
schconer published in The Chicago T6une the following
acs relative to the oss Of the Mary Margaret;
About o'clock on the morning OF the JOtn oil May the
schooner her voyage from Mukegon 20 Grand Haven,
on Lake Michigan, capsized The Captain 10 his let
ter, says: =.
AT 2 o'clock was awakened by noise on deck. L
sprang out Of my berth and went upon deck and At the
time the vessel cap,zed turning bottom up She remained
in that position about two hours and then came ON her
beam ends When the vessel capsized went over with
her aud was under her deck while she bottom up and
worked my way from there up to the cabin where we're Me-
Farnswsih and two OF the named Zach Nelson sea.
man and Chas Plume, cook The ;wo last named persons
died ON Monday the 3Oth in the same berth with Mr.
Farnsworh and myself where were all hIdded TO keep
our heads out of water Mr. Farnsworh and myself re-
NAMED in the cabin of said vessel until "Wednesday noon,
bepp the first day Ct June at which time we were taken
ont III the cabin by Capt Holland aud Of the schooner
Geo Roberts who had to cut through the side OF the
schooner to reach us
Joseph Ermty and William Johnson, who were on deck
when the vessel went over, were lost.