, 1864-02-23
Gbica9f, Qribnue.



Iron ORES 0E LAKE. SUPERIOR:
away up IN me hspefeofean rcglon
Lake eupef7of' "hefe "inter saiee io. , 'n ~.
nau the seas, ana spf1ng' SUMMER, ,aaa aaa sre
tomn asc merged INTO Q s1ns!e s a..stai,Ine
aouuar AAoeteo VAN NV ,noonctic
ecAls'S, the ofes u ep'saa.. As-. ~ uncertain
oAioe o uon-uot ~ +h,c.rncss hut
dtpth' not IN oeos % .. ,a"sses | forming tl,e cpl-
IN efeat "ounsana ,'a.rn.o the waters NJ the
"'naunt pen pe.',srto- md N,ch,pan. Tn no re-
Two nsos; - ~. ss,3h rbefher Te compare It
s4o1 n.nan,ora SWEDEN with Eliza which |
.r.r+t1 r.rr -i,orncterized as
1as,Ia ;nsrhau,ttt chaly1n,n oensrosa maauu::
with the Iron Mountains Of Missouri,
or tic 1cnticular veins Of the Adirondack,
arr the ores Of iron Developed on such
= stupcndous scale, OF In such L
state Of purity. The irou:bearing rocks
OCCUPY 4 belt extending east and west
for one hundred and fifty miles, with
breadth varyine from three to twenty miles;
1rt the creatcst concentration Of ores. as
thus far determined, is In the northern por-
fion Of town A NORTH, range 81 west, distant
.1,n,t IL miles IT. S. TT. from Marquette Of
! ,Se Errcrio.. and about C miles n n. ". from
R,v ,,cs Nooucts Of Lake Michigan. In ex-
1a,,,1 ,hsr.ctere these Greg are granular OF
e1n.r occas,ona1}v n.ssinr into compact rcd
1:S:s.;... n,nors ~. .,,no. orcar,zca work.
~ IsIa",r.,,,os 49, '-,-. I'm J.c1.s.n CLEVELAND.
~ c,,-arso~ a,nn,orfrr eac,, ahont
..s .aae ,:ase s'.lss s, ,,sa Thoeo nnitoa r,hnrs
t'..s,,t .,>an. ~ n,,ndre5 resse1s
ass1s ~r...,,.r-o. ~ ., ~, zr.. ,,1S,,s
1900. ro.o,,1.,a ,n;rc "a nm .section
a.s ~,a.n +ra,.cIsc5 ,,r thc ra;1rnaa is S,o
4s,o.. ~. 1sr,, ~or+br 1arc From this
49,. .s.oe - eha.,, -,are ,hout 1of1 feet IN
a,.sa,+ - "a cx+erain1 for threc-eanIths of a
-ss;1e =. ~, sse+ ,~d res+ direct,on wh;c,,
--.-...s = ;,..-,.r ox,aa ~ ,-o,; 11v,,,,
.opss1 =. e1~s..;s ce a~sas J., st.to or
@,..s.. .,'es.,.s, -~s;.,. .sa,a,aa ~, on.,.s,s
s.s.ao@s W ~ ~ H. . ..,,,a 9 - .., ~ -,
~ " " ~ ee1s ~ -...,~.1 T'a,~ ,:.a..,
een1 ~ us aetu44 - -
ea'sat Luz noI o.sn a.,o 49, 80 'Heu' oD1 ~ -
Ano"n !" oe o'ef 1'ooo .eot
ane ofe n &Rptoaeneo NJ sniss po'n''' nol
os ofl1s OF aM1s, out oy "orAtns m.opcil
quarry, Tue simplest moae ol c1ploi's'ion J
ana olanongn 1ne9e Is uttie IN tasse "otAtuss =
10 excite the ca11os,y o. Inc mimng cnslnes1'
yct ne caanot penolo win lnone1uce Na,c,, .nese
the height of sixty or seventy feet and the
busy throng OF miners with the incessant
c1after Of drills and tampinr rods. as they
bore and charge the rock. Often a single
blast throws down ntS TONS OF ore, anu IS
the atde-tracks penetrate the quarrlcs, tue
facilities for loading are MI that could be de-
- -,,,t.a 49,. IT, a.a .,-ae 1,on,o~t,,1,,
At4 T4e1tC0 A4I1e 41AAIe3 Aa1lu :" ae noHuCA40Ay
7mnrr6sCd With tifE MAGNITUDE and richness
nr+1o o.nc ~n.,c,13rr- +I,o4 +t,e,1 rro, ,r+},sn
Cpmp.fNblE to fnCm III the world.
The CleVcland Comnauy's mines. On sec
+ion eleven and uart Of ten. display laree,
leu:1onmeut Of ore. but intermixea viii
,nnre: stcrf,e. rocR. A domc.shaned knob
,n.de nj, of n1tcrn,,inr hands ~ h1ooa.r,.i
5as,,ar IA anecn,ar ;-e, of1er WITH rv,r1
ill., ,,t.a ~ ,ra1s-ad ~,,r r,.es to +,,s h.,ch+ -
-,arr1 ., h,;rdrea seet sborc tbe1 1arc ana 1;,,c,
1,rna-.a. ~ Fsat ahor. t,- e-snc,a1 - lave,
H. ~ 1eo,ste+sor a~ce,,t > fnvo st,n,a,
shrnbs which draw nutriment from the 13z
xn,rs u-,t1, fts head 1,o15 and fnrroUrd u.it,
.a-if+ ,,,.r1.s f. fo,o. NJ, ,n1e,est,no ot,act :,
4be ca.ua1 nhacrrer ,.h;1e tn tbc rrnlooist !
1resents plenomens Of the deepest interest
1t;,,,n Loo ho., .hs,a.nod at +hfe ,oo.,f N