, 1864-10-23


Supeftur, s,nly 45 rales from 1hs-
e.uI1-A Cokstnuaison of the UAf
lueIIo N21sc Unr1HeJled hlch@ose
efys =.
lErs n the petrtot Triouac.1
The ex,steL ce Of IN ,mmsLse IRON moun-
tain almost en- the very shores Of Laks Sup
rtot, ousrlyal,ng ths famous Iron mouat.ins
oi MailuItte, herns almost TOO masTs.ous
for osuef, Yet We caa stAur. our re4iers up.
On the Aoss t17efa5able testimony Inxt tho
fact IL even SO. That sntn wonu4rtuL mia-
eral oepoeit should remain undiscovered ua-
til very recent Gaze, II the moss reuatkaola
feature Of lhe ~hole att4ir, and sho W how
rrraE .lsu diVtrsthed Is .Lne n4turA Il wealth or
Tna. world II ruwaed reytoo, conrrastcd vita
The ts1dS p4cr Of Its Development, particu-
1sriJ on The caoadt*n stae. where tne newly
Of u1ly shout IS miles from 3Auls ate-
MARIE, this mountain lttta Its fro .usns SUM-
nit to the attitude oa 500 feet abava sha
level Of ths lake, being about twice Al hfgk
as the iron monntatns Ut Aafquatse.
1he INIT examination WAS n m4da In July
last By Prot s. z. Duuleld, VINO fton THO
general features, cama ~ The conclusion tnae
| tue range Was identical with that Of, Mr.
quetts, and In order 70 satisfy himself Oh
Gnis point, he visited Marquette 10 get the
ranse, By which h,s theory Was found u ba
! fully sustained. a Company oaa sub.soueoE-
1
I wanung l1on Company" which oo.atn=d
| Pattnt from TIE canadian Governnsrt for
I, 3,GW acres OF lsnd, when comprises all, or
nea11y all, OF ths mineral Tract IN question.
About four Weeks ago, sons Of the repre-
! settAtises ofthe company, together with =
] few sclentidc gent1ea.en, the Nnola pirty
. nnmbe1ng24 pEnons, set out for sae uis-
| rriet upon = tuor OF exploration, provided
! with all ntcsssary appliances Tor e1amlns-
ton and survey. among the party .eEa
| of Acsloefg & Kss snaond; Col ". ". Dui-
held, civil engineer and surveyor; Mr. VIII
Eon. Provincial Land surveyor Of Uppor
I, Canada; Dr. Georse A. Bates, OF Worces-
! ter, Mass.; THIS. Drew, Esq, Of Buston,
| editur Of the Posydnan; s. A. Forbes, Esq.
| Of MaFqueGte ,ant OntJnH,on, Engineer Ut
the Marquette and Ontoua:; IN Railroad; Mr.
Ives, oi Gtoss Isle; j. F. Mun-delI, Esq.
Of. DetEt0t; o. e. Gibes. Esq., Of Vest
! Warshanl, Masa., and tths1s Yue patty re-
| turned dry or tRo since. and report that
}-tEe Il ost sauyuine e1~ectat1vns coccerntoe
the extent anu richness ot tne Lines have
been mo1u than realized rht ore liz Of sna
gcry finest quality, corrsspohaiDg to the ores
ct the Marquette. ntne5, anu excluding
through range Of ssrsrdt nasiks. IA titoostss
Majtk J<<t IN ts1ekness, 1t is 50 plentiful That
bT no human asency can the supply be s1-
haost+d for hundreds of ye1Is! Ofthe ,un~
eqnalfed tiehness VI tnc ore, We are enabled
to speak definitely. = quantity which Was
taken from, the depth VI only Is feet iron
tha eUrt4ce, and sMclted In n common bl1st
Jarmaee BY Prot Dutasld, realized 60 per
cent, OF pure ilon- When we rememoar
that so Per cent, is COOL working average,
the rlcnuess OF the rewlj discovered ORC
will be fully apparent. Ata greater DEPTH
from the surface, Its purity VIII Of eourss
ha on cofrespon ding scale, in-accordance
With well known meteorological law.
In addition to the professional cxAmina-
tton. which ~as conducted by Mr. Fofoess
very large extent Of had ~as thoroughly
surveyed and mapped; the BatchawanuuG
river wills "meandered" tor niue milaa
from Its mouth, soundfpgs we1e taken In
the bay, and an excellent hasbor was located
and, finally railroad line was 1un from tue
hnfpuf to The future mtnea, By the eIpetien~
ccd skill OF Col. Dntisld, assisted By Mr.
FORBES. Col Dutnelt reports tha1 this liuc
WI rot be oTeE I've miles long, amt that
1t cannot be constructed without heavy
grad as.- The hafoor Is good. one, Shelter
I'd frIm I'LL Winds. accessible by a eimpie
cha1ssel to large vessels, and sufficiently az
tepslve to accommodate the largest com-
merce: .He also states that the railroad
from the mines to tho harbor, will hare q
down grade Of - leet to tes mile The cara
would thus hare desc6adipg grado when
loaded and an up grade whsu light
II 10 destined ut NO far distant day to e1-
err decided influence both upon our OWE
commerce and that Of Canada. Ii will have
startling effect upon the Can ad,an Govern
ment and people, md no doubt ba the meana
of bringing about q complete survey of tha
whole region sAlrtlng The Canadian shore Of
Lake Superior.
The mine WAS frat discovered year ago
Last winter by au indian named Caucosh,
but who Ia now kno ~n by the soxTbr1q4et OF
Pc wabfc," stgufYing" irou." In trapping
be came to q tree that had been blown do Nn.
whose uptnrned ruots revealed to Yiaw the
the previously hidden wealth. Tha neNA
was communicated to halEbreed named
Peter Bell, who impaired the secret to Mr.
MauEf Effeld. -