New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-02-24
the <ntion Of the company 70 commence sticking upon
the .sle Royhle vein in short time

@ 1900 a. the lake and possesses great aiyansgss
Tor mining The Portage and Isle R1yae veins extend
~ H. value. The Company are working force of eigh,
miners and three tuYface men.
Th;a mine i east of the Saeldeu and Albion. Two
shas have been sunk upon the vein aud down
30 abd 2e feet The vein Of good size 1--WE to ten feet
wide) and is well defined and rich appearing vein, wei
cherrsd with copper in both shafts The force now en-
royea consists OF six miners and four surface The
work was begun on this location late in September aad
50 far with encouraging prospects
sOSrEZUNk MfyE.
T7e Nop.ezuna is west of the Sheldon and Portage
Nine and is working good force. The work hss been
commenced lie lake By driving an sdit f-orn fhe lake
bo along The course of the vein Two shafts have been
snuk The vein il well defined, has good walls and has
yielded considerable amount OF stamp Wo-S. II IN
proves as the work Progresses
HURON MIsE.
This is new enterprise upon section 2 south ives. Of
the I-e Roysle location and joining IL The Portage and
Isle Roy ale veins through the section shan has
enough 10 show the character Of the vein The vein has
eko been uncovered al different places on the section
The shat commenced this location Is rich thing a.
has been opened on the lake The Huron Is among the
fayOrte locations.
The Ripley Copper Company large tract OF land
on The moth side OF the lake in the range Of the Portage
ard Isle Roy ale Veins Much time has been spent in ex
Il shall now prove that they now working upon IL
They have drted upon vein near the line OF the isle
Royale has been run that ID nch IN copper, ana i
Their Investigations may prove to be the Isle hoyas
Vein.
The cross cut edit designed to cut NOs. and veins
has been carried through No The vein at tins point
well filed with copper and indeed rich looking thing
Tbey are now finding copper 10 the shaft No ven AMI
10 dav the specimens brought in from the place where the
exploration. have been made for the lsle koyae VEN az
the Ripley Two shafts have beef sunk TO the depths OF
ard 65 feet drifts IS and 80 feet and cross cu
adit Ofaet There has ia addition to this been great
eJulOrIup done which the soil upon this
side Of the lake has made necessary
There are 40 men empoyed-li miners and 20 surface
The Pewaubc joins the Ripley the west and lies i'm
mediately upon tho Lake. The work commenced in
June FIVE shafts have been sunk upon az many Inherent
veins the shafts are down Is 80 35 80 and 81 feet Cop
per has been found in all the shafts but The Compa
nv ia working force of ten miners and five suface
The veins upon this location well the others i'm
prove they sink upon them Copper found every day
ia come one of the shafts. The veins upon this location
have very perfect walls and are filled with rich vein
stone
QUINCY MINE
The Quincy the Oldest mine worked at this place
Much exploring has been done upon IT, several shafts sunk
ard extensive drifting but without hitting anything de
cidedy valuable They have recently, however at the
depth of hundred feet driven cro.cu iato decidedly
new ground that is proving very rich in copper No finer
spe linens of copper have been found the lake The
Quincy working small force, and in an economical and
iudcicus way making little 90 great ways in exploring
and proving the mine.
WASHINGTON WINE.
This mine norhery about II miles from Portage Lake
The work not commenced until late in the fall BAT
shaft has been sunk about forty feet upon vein that runs
with the formation The vein is about i've feet wide anu
is well filed with shot and lump copper producing rich
stamp work Some Of the vein stone and copper that
taken out beautiful and the prospect OF the mine very
encouraging.
There are two new enterprises about to 60 into opera
ton-one on Section Eleven that is TO be called the
Dodge Mining Company and the other upon the north
west quarter of Section Two The Section Eleven
viii take both the Isle Royae and Portage veins i've
eghths Of mile, and is very fine tract of land for min
ing purposes. The location Section Two has been
ploed and three well defined veins discovered tina. carry
copper Ore Of them is a very rich appearing vein in
deed The tract lies within half mile Of the lake and is
well situated for mining.
Having spoken of the mines they appear to person
on the ground IL may not be amss to notice tho weather
The winter am told by those long in the country, has
been unusually mild up to the frs. of January with much
less snow than usual January, however has made up IN
mart the deficiency that there reasonable cause TO
complain for the of cold weather plenty OF snow
the latter being average four feet deep and the
former quite as severe any wishes TO encounter
From the meteorological table which send you, look
oui" 70 the almanac would say for cold weather about
these days. say from the 2ls to the 2sth Beginning
with the 2l the daily mean temperatures were 80
Is5O l166 l7.33 46, go, 333 O. TN average Tor eight
successive days of Sc, below zero.
The coolest day during the month was the 2ith the mean
temperature being II 80 below zero the warmest 5is
tho mean being &c. The lowest degree observed on
the morning of the 2sth 30 degrees below zero The
highest at of the 3lst 30 degrees The mean TEN
Tie weather however is not 80 severe here a. the low
temperature would TO indicate The CIR IS remark
ably dry and thus prevents that shiyerng sensaton
common to all cold damp, atmosphere good proof OF
the dryness Of the atmosphere found IN the aet tna
electrical sparkle may sometimes be taken from the stove
during the combustion Of the wood IL Is NOT httie
amusing TO see the poker suddenly drop the attempt IL
unthiukngy made TO remove from the stove "hen IN
its electrical mood The first thought OF the by sian1s
in such cases is that the individual has grasped the hot
end Of the poker and improves the first opportunity 70 lei
go of it. CHAs' H. rALNLH'
Markets CAREFULLY REPORTED FOR THE y. TRIBUNE
THURSDAY, Feb p 1854
very fn for Pearls 50 Is aud better
for Pots with Gales Is sias
HOdeI. bu,ipe doing sale. 5 bale. which rs were for sI
flour AND NEAL oST @srsss for an
rather better with good inquiry for the ho Ids the
sniicp.Cn ofsettsf Price. By he steamer due sady
dd he . 81 ST. The . Of Wefa Canal sTs 55
SIS 5.Gss Tor common straight state snd 20 81 - for
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Fiogi in fair but brands heavy and o:s sa OF
Tm 8. 50 s mixed good .r.IIs.
brands Baltimore Alexandra &C Rye Flour drn sales Of 100
bh 80 fO tine and 81 for uperEne Corn Mss heavy sales
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bur enough doing fairly the Gales OF so oas
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closed finer with fair shipping demands 'aes Of oasa
soahsrp AZ q SD Ne for round yellow
wHiskY1hs trte; ssitr and .e,iys Sales Of so
PROVISIONS losk market Is vel 'upPsd tie aeH1pd
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RoNA fr, but quiet Harie sales Of 70 sun' Scotch Pig At
4. ,ufs.