, 1864-08-03


tfcs of fIonnuee-Kxtent Of the Mlne.
-f"puiatlon.- n.-DtsEoseFy Q! esolo, S1i
'e1 @"o A<e*u Ao oteoe a A"""a2"ce
Editorial co,7espondenco Chfcaco Tdbone1
M.rorr.Tr MN In,- ~ 1854
u..,u..to u Aea1.H .hs e1 alen., ny -. ~: iooa.
~ - 49, - ,ue euuepot ., tne lion ols
nagon is Of the copper. The shipment 0.
ore this season will far exceed the export O,
anv previous v.ar m. rnaor;t,,3a ~ W..
iron trade Of Aaronette connts Is 1itt1e coaa W.
pretended BY the majority ol Jour Chicago
readers. Let me give few statistics o,
harhor three ste,mers h-fno5no e1I-,;na o~s w.
etH of!neins euppnes ane
carrying away Pig iron brought down herr
from the furnaces, and fourteen sail vessels
loading with ore nr waiting +ba,r +1,-rs A., ~
~ ."eu eosus' ~ os
ttanspo1eo 10 Detroit, Cleveland and Buffalo
1nefe 10 'oe manufactured into iron. Bul
none OF this trade was going to Chicago
there being no furnaces for smelttne ore h
that city. JULY q. there arrived here aeve1
s'eamefs, nine propellers and .tHenty-airLi
echoonrts. The departures. Of course, We1e
equal to the arrivals.
For the fortnight ending July 81, the shin
Or nearly 1900 tons per day exclusive Of Sun.
navigation In May, up to July 81, amount TO
fneiv uo,1saud tons, or stated In exact tigures.
50, $50 tons This is exclusive OF 800 tons
OF pig metal exported from here during This
season.
The value Of the ore delivered at the dock
making tho export Tor eleven weeks worth
s425, 600, and for the season at, least 81. 400
600. Add to this 5000 tons of p{r iron At
SEQ per ton, and the value Of the {ro6 ernnrts
OF Marquette for 1861 will not fail much shorf
of e. 900 ,000.' =.
The population Of the town of Marquette
is about j, 100, and that Of the connty (tn1
A railroad is constructed from fers tn AHA n q
mines, distance Of eighteen miles. There
are ire companies operating, viz, the Jack
son, Cleveland, Lake Superior, .Pittsbure,
and Marquette The latter two are worked
foi the present on small scale compared
with ne others:
visited the jackson Mine yesterday, four
teen miles out OF town. The quantity Of ore
In this mine is really wonderful to contem-
plate Imagine bill zoo feet high, and half
q mile long, Of eolid iron. At the foot Of this
hill may be seen hundred men digging, as
It Wtre, road through 1t, OF attempting to
dc 50. They have e1cayAted hole in the
side OF tue hill that wculd contain the Sher.
man House The face Of the excavation,
which Is nearly perpendicular, Is fully sew
eDty feet high. Before your eyes is mass
Of solid iron-fresh and bright-as high as
the Wall OF the highest building In youf city.
From this excavation has beer extracted
4, 600 tons OF ore. The work Of quarrying Ia
not.much moro difficult than that Of quarry
irg1imestone, ton for ton. The implements
employed are the drill, the pick, crowbsr,
Eleoge and blasting powder. The yield Is
about two tons day per man. The work
goes On summer and winter, and the number
Of men en- m:,loyed Is steadily increasing.
To What ultimate dimensions this iron ex-
port will reach is impossible to foresee. But
4 is Clearly only III its infancy at present.
me demand ior Iron Is nearly limited. The
portat1on and abundant supplies for the
miners. Ihe-clmate is exceedingly salu-
brious, and the human system is In It's best
possible condition to endure the labor of e1-
Iactfpg The ores. The air Is dry aud braciug;
the "uter pure aud good. There are no
levers, ngues, nor miasmatfe complains to
reaken ot eneEyate the constitution OF the
Workmen, who all eeem robust and rugged
IS bears. The miners are composed OF
French Canadians and Irish In neatly equal
numbers, With 6man Epriuk1fpe of Ger
mans. The LITTER class Of residents is most
II engaged in trades. and cultivation Of tue
soil. At first appearance Of the country one
would be Led to brlleTs that the land is not
susceptible Of successful cultivation, as it is
recetof;nn ereant nsna ht.oh s.a h u taS..e
Rnt eyner,ence shRnws ttet e~ne19ast .o.s
toes and most kinds Of garden stuff grows
in this sandy soll In Perfection. In many
places oats are successfully produced, aud
- ,a,,s - - " ousA neat. NAen
~ ,nra1od III. . VI ne9t. s3:t uecoMss qu1ck'
4yr.ra ~ ".a catt1a ' d'naalas 'efy aue pls
strips Of meadow Welding cnnsiderah h1a ha =
may be seen. The thoughts of the residents
HE :" e9glUssea IL mlnlng tnat out
LIZ ~. 1 4as oeen gwen e agriculture.
1"4;.Toi ~ Ia uase seen ana learned am
oi a.isnsa @ .na. moet sesetnoies, pot4toes, oats
anu EIass mat oe g5o"n IN the ten1nsnla
Conas:y 1Suay WI WIN as mnch success as n Lover
thonsh me proportion Of tlllable land Is less.
Aa9@9ne1te @ Is pretty little town Of per-
naPs ~ houses, c1ciusfVtly Of wood, built
~ Elouna toat siopes Up from the lake. The
at-ai ID N tnG lofm o. bay, or horseshoe
5e el5ci, ~ lnoeniat!on s n lne coast, where yes
stsn stn uan Rh;,d aId t1telaole @ protection IRON
Of low h @ and fn throueS 5ses
in then Il tie =! railroad passes; bat it requires
2 grace 9i 1so feet to the mile to surmount
them. The country rises pretty much all
! 1ns nor way oack 70 Tue mines, which must be
tsrnt ~ n9e G9e .eea aoose Inc axe al N ols
tat,hat ~ ~ htteen t, ni1es le~ mouths at
VII ~ -aa., D. W. eoau1St nat4uetto
Thta Tsta @ resn bay, at place called Efcanaba-
LIE ioao, nom nearly completed, passes
gion OF Lake Superior, where may ba found
sufficient ore to supply tue United States for
thousands Of years. It ts the intention Of
tue company TO convey iron ore doHn
to Escanaha, where It will be taken on
board sehooners and thence to market.
It is considerably shorter from Escanaba
ia re Mackinaw Straits to Detroit than By
ne Marquette route via the St. Mars's canal
Lee Tolls u Inc canal are also avoided, and 8