New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-02-10
R0rTINF rrSIvrss.
ss:nsss, yy,ul,b Of Lake Superior.

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SIR: However valuable the new gold and
silver range OF Lake Superior may become IL never
NIKE tie other mineral districts Of that lalc any less
Sslaable but on the contrary, viii tend 20 increase
their value as every additional element Of wealth IL
nation adds new importance 20 every other.
TPoGREss or cOPPRH MINING.
This iutarg-t has become one OF great imp0rtar &C.
MT Only 10 Michigan, but 70 Che whole country although
81 still IL the infancy 81 rs shipment inc o.
may ne said in truth that the experience Of nearly
twenty years nas done It's best work IL thoroughly eul'
caf.ne those engaged 81 copper mining how 70 success
fy make available TIE i.cA ana immense eli,rfols
deposits u existence Of Whel las teeL Lnown during
iAis whO,e tune, wine much may and VA get De
learned.
Tie r1,o amour, Of capital invested in the fe, s"pt
eUd development Of the llines now NOTkllg-.Ot IL.
Gliding tie value Of tie metal pToduced.s estimated
o. about Sc 90 OO while their stocks ere worth over
g. 1sg " moi less Than Oo0 Of stamp work. bar
~ and ma S. about 1850 tuns Of ingol ~ofiI ..
10 present Saluo O'ei So'V"Voo, q" PC 'o,H' go,
oB ts acfiutiq inUssfcQ but as largest pOiIoh u
4 va robebI, sold al average 81 % cents per p'uau'
lie aggregate receipts OF sales sal not be nhcl oIe,
e. O0 an from which about o0J 900 has been or Wln
l. divided emong the shareholders with SIN uA treas
.1ries 80 si as most Of the mines are concerned. ,
During the first years o. copper mining upon iae
Take the mines were Worzed on ils MyeI! a. 20, o.;
des containing copper could ever De lhidc TO Sf
nd hence overy location, 40 matter how large ls Ioue
ar lodes o. how rich With stamp copper was Almost en-
rey abandoned. and while IN many cases holeCIh %
reii stoc5 flt inst they had been grossly s"ndlcd
&c SeTg stock are al this date iDirnslcly tie most
xa'uabio. a.. c-t.o,. pou.,t. .,5
ntlir m inca which produce about all thelr copper
tom gein rock Carrying loss than an average OF t1ve
- cent 10, metal OF about 800 p9u ds per CUBIC iaiAoil
81 ground which enabled them o. p4y TIE most AhEi-
foeDt dividends in the very infancy " tAei oieFa! pr
tsg demonstrated that hundreds OF eq laiy succeS7o
zinc Dey DE- made A. the Ike means are en-
rloved-tle necessary money and practical WISDOM
1hc COPPER region of Lake Superior III which mining
q. now ecyciy prosecuted l. embraced Wltnn me 0i'
soWlng districts The KeeUenoT, Poltase LAKE, On
<<re-9n ond Cam Lake Their boundaries are wholly
local that Of HeeWenaW embracing large loiuuu %
chat county aud u which arc located lhe 4'ghaig
we'll uOwn mino6 Tie IIi.bb4TeA ana bCsDoA g. an p
Jsnhottan Ph0nix Bay S.ete. Central, Aoitl-" est
t~0pper Talis AmygdaOid Pennsylvania, ttna &C.
That of Portage Lake, the range 40 II passes through
V0urhtOn Comfy and comprising among Others, the
following mines: The Quincy Pewabio Uranium
hfcersrd - Mary's Albany and Boston Columbian,
Grand Portage lse 10! ~ era n iron. no UAt 80
scOu and Cerp Lake both IN OutonaS0n county, TIE
FORMER containing the following, among other mnes:
The Minnesota National, R0ckland, Superior, iL'
steel Evergreen Bud, KnoWltOn, Caledonia, aztec
U1tSn Eohemian SC. the later comprising the Carp
- CuyabOga Lafayette. and Union, with several
oilers thst viii break ground the coming STrrg.
la point Of ege the KeewenBW is The Oldest district
4 Pitgbuygh and Boston Mine having been opened in
fslj The OrtOnagOn comes ne1t the Mlnnefgih nav
sIg been opened about 1919 Then comes The Portage
Lake aud Cary Lake the whole comprising O district
Il country from four 10 twenty miles wide, stretch
rom Keewenaw Pom 70 the Montreal River, dis
,ance OF about 100 miles
But while IN the order Of their opening Portage Isle
talds third in products IT has for the last two years ~
Yeast stood inst Whether il viii continue ~ main.
Rain this Isuk time viii determine.
in each Of he districts mining stescy progressing
a. larger aud richer OpenugG in OiabGudaut AID
appropriate machinery. aud IN suoh ncrca.e Of
products is most gratifying, especially TO share
holders. The Carp Lake district though much
Che newest IN the catalogue. 10 attracting its full
nhare Of attention and promises ~ rival either o.
she Others when the amount OF mining /,
zone; the regularity Of is formation, the nun.
Ger richness and magnitude Of It's lOdes aud the sue
ecss which has ATTENDED work upon them show Neither
Of the other districts, 10 say The least looked any more
promising than ths al the period IL helr develop
Nnut.
No great material Interest II The country rests upop
? nrneT or more certain basis ~ this tine Than CONFER
Ginning upon Lake superior end VIII more SURELY
sud ANNUALLY from It's constantly increasing producs "
tie rapidly Gngmenting wealth vi the nation.
Ner forF icb. 4, 1864. ALEX. CAxfBgLI