Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-05-26
Luke superior Copper and Iron.


NJ region III this country Is at tho same time
- picturesque and - valuable as the traeis about
Like Superior in which the great mines abound
Travellers who have visited il can scarcely find
rhetoric enough to express their admiration Of
lis natural beauties; while the scientific nlnn in
form US that lis deposit. Of IRON, copper, and even
of silver, are litcrnllv inexhuns,he. The writer
of tho late geological report of the United States
government speaks of single run ofiron. (Which
Ia, be proved by an ysis aud experiment to
be the best in he world, surprising the far fam
Cd Swedish ron,j as capable of supplying tho
demand of mankind for agrs
But the great difficulty with this region here.
tulore has been its amos, inaccessibility- Ii can
only be reached by circuitous and wearis"me
navigation through l.nkes Erie, ST. Clair, Huron,
81. Mary's River and the canal around ST. Mary's
FALL, and up Lake superior; and then even this
winding route is closed during the greater part of
the year by the "irost's ginnts" Of those cold
northern attitudes. This obstacle. while il has
prevented n complete an emigration thlther as
might otherwise have gone. ms retarded the de-
yeopment Of its resources and impaired the ia
ciltie- of trade.
Under such circumstances, every enterprsing
person will hail the prospect which is now opened
In Us If railroad approach to those rich and
beautiful outskirts. 1t was truly observed Of the
Americans, the other day. by the London Times,
that they build railroads, not to accommo late
grent centres If trade, but to create them. aud
the project of the Chicago, St Paul aud Fond du
Lnc Railroad Company Is an evidence Of this
charneter sic. Under liberal charters granted
by the states of Wisconsin and Michigan, aud Ivy
iudicou> consultations with several other com
panes. -uch rs the Wisconsin and Like Superi
or Land Grant. aud the Ontnnagon and Marquette
State Line Land Grant Companies, it has pos
srssed itself of II most feasible route between
Chicago aud Lake superior. and prodigious
nmoanl of und to aid its work of construction
The estimate il that at leasi ,26DO0O acres Of
fine territory falls /, the possession of this
Incorporation by the recent legislation OF Con
guess.
The Chicago and Fond du Lac road Is already
nearly completed from Chicago to Fond du Luc.
distance of loO nile; AN intermediate division
OF fifty i've miles only remaining to be construc
ted ON this part Of the line. For the complexion
Of the part from Fond du Lac to Lake Superior,
tue lnnds granted by Congress will more thnn
supply and guaranty all means that may be re
quired. The name of William b. Ogden Of Chi
cago, who is ut the hend Of the enterprise, is an
assurance that the whole business will be not
only encrgeicay but economically admins
tered.
The surveys for this route carry il. not only
through tho best timber lands of the district, but
over the most productive slate quarries, and
aleng the most teeming mineral beds There
nfe singl sections of iron alone, Tapped by
this route, which could not be purchased for t,
hundred thousand dollars, while the prospective
value Of the region as whole, can hardly he cal
euiated.-N Y Erening Post.