New-York daily tribune., 1858-02-02

been constructed 10 the ske. The nine - situated
en- The northern side Of the biuh. lne surface
show wss remarkably good and has been sastainea 70
depth, We believe, as far they have sank In open
ing tie mine, the Company have adopted plan
Which differs materially from ths, usually practiced
upon this lake. They VIII open the mine 20 a gren
extent before any OF the VEN s taken down by stop
pg. |; is The intention 10 s;nk two shafts 20 the
depth feven eight hundred feet aud connect BY
the proper ever, before breaking the l,de otherwise
MosIRrAL MTE;-0pera,ionshavejus jus, commenced
here The ground s showing very well az present
NoKrHwEsr MisE.-Here they are work NO quite a
large force on tribute, two veins with very good
results In the old mine they running the stamps
ard have taken an important amount Of copper from
then. One macs, which they found buried amoug
the dirt weighed over 5000 pounds.
CoxSrcIrcur MIST.-At the Connecticut they are
working few parties tribute. Il is the opinion
of those tho are best acquainted with this mine thst
only more extensive openings are required 20 place
among the divide nc paying mines OF the country.
CoPrER FAILS MISE.-At the Copper Falls on the
old VEIN they working on tribute with good results.
The ground at the intersection of the asbed by the
vein is showing unusually well. On the Owl Creek
vein they are working Company account, ana II IS
showing very wel The location contains an immense
amount of mineral ground. In lts early history IN
masses found the surface led TO misapprehensions
"a 10 the true character Of the varlous lodes.
CEsIRAL MISE.-The present appearance Of this
mine would seem 10 indicate that the vein had oeen
stripped quite close for shipment and that they have
waited for the Winter TO push forward new openings
G.RDHs City MINE.-The Garden City Is now un-
der the superin,erdence OF Capt Paul, late OF the
North American. They seem TO be Principally em-
poyed in getting ready fer the operations OF another
year.
PHGxIx MiyF-The PhGpix !. working a small
force on tr butte, which yields monthly profit.
CLIFF MISE.-The Cliff Mine never looked better
than at present In November they raised $50 tuns,
making their average monthly product for the year
more than l40 tuns. new feature of great value
has lately been discovered In the l. tahom level
north of No. 3, on the west, they have met with
branch lode which contains superb ground. The same
is seen in the In level In the LXX, north of No. 3
s said TO be the best ground for copper ever seen IN
the mine The amount of copper now showing there
has been estimated by some to be 400 tuns. The No.
shaft, upon the hill-snklng vertically through the
greensboro is down about 40 feet-abou 100 feet be-
low the level OF the lower adt. Il s expected to cut
the lode near the LINK fathom level, which will give
them some 800 feet yet to sink. will then be about
Ito feet below the level of Lake Superior.
Avery shaft which is a vertical shaft / row sinking
near No. g. is down about 40 feet.
NoRRH ANERIcAy.-At the North American there
is nothing new which requires particular notice. De
tween the lastnamed mine and the Portage Lake DIS.
trict every thing is now idle.
FRtyKrIy N1yr.-The Franklin Mine has been
opened during the past season upon the Pewaolc Ven
Immediately north OF the Location OF that name. Inc
present openings sustain the character oi tne oue as
disclosed in the Pewsbc mine.
PEw,BIc MIxE-At the Pewabc they are working
vigorously with q show about a. good a. ever They
will probably ship 300 TO 400 tuns during the next
season.
OUIscY MrSE-This is q magnificent property, pos
sessing great number OF explored veins, a large
tract and unequaled facilities for working. Ihey
have great extent of the Pewabic vein, upon which
are large openings. large mass, estimated to weigh
80 or 40 tuns has recently been uncovered.
Isle RoYALE AND HURoS MISEs.-On the southern
side of Portage Lake the Isle Roysle and Huron
Mines are now at work. At the former they have
considerable extent of rich ground now open. Sew,
eral abandoned places have been broken with good
promise bu, there 10 nothing particularly new IN the
appearance of the mine. 80,
HuRoN MISE.-The appearance of the mine Is stlli
quite promising, and they seem to be waiting the re-
sult of further openings the Isle Royale as both
mines are upon the same vein. The Huron mas
large extent OF mineral ground. e.-,.
During the past season Portage Lake shipped apou.
700 tuns Of copper The Point shipped 800 tuns and
the Ontonagon District shipped more than 200 tuns,
making in all some $500 uns shipped from the copper
region.
THE BIGGEsr PIECE OF CoPPER-CLHr MINE
AHEAp.-A mass of copper was lately sent away from
the Cliff mine weighing 10 400 pounds. This is much
the largest piece OF native metal ever yet sent away
from any NINE.
Tpr We t4xIn. Tbie still continues dohsbtfal, IN
terspersed with agreeable variety of sunshine and
snow with medium temperature. The snow Is but
little foot in depth, that the Minnesota road
over which the copper from that and the National and
Rocklard mines are brought forward for shipment is
not yet first rate hence the small amount received last
month from these mines. Lake Superior Miner.