The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-09-16


was busy with his brush, and Dunmore
and Criclerson with their camera, made
careful plot Of all the ruins, which are
nine in number. 1t will please your cur
ious eyes as the photographs will delight
you. -o %t< -.-~
From Julianshaab, where, by the way,
| must not forget to mention we had some
fine fresh Greenland beef and any guam
tity of milk, we steamed out to a sub
colony called Establishment, where, direct
ed by an ancient Dane, Motsfeldt by name
(the only white man in the place., we
went up afford to the front of a great gla-
cier, and their lay at anchor four days
on the most anicable terms with the mon
strous body ilstream, photographing it,
sketching it, Surveying it, travelling upon
it, and, in. short, doing nothing that was
not agreeable as we'll as useful
The photographs from it are really SUI
perb-are taken from every possible point
, of view, and are everything the heart
could wish for The weather was as
warm as an early autumn dayat heme, and
was enjoyed by all There was nothing to.
interfere withus bat the aforesaid mus
quitoes,9 which, fortunately, did not reach
the ship,3 nor yet the Summit OF the gla-
cier. | believe nothing could possibly be
| finer than the photographs. obtained. I'm
| happily for our complete senseo of comfort
the glacier was less disposed to be neigh
borly than we, for ,helset up terrible flu
sladc the momeHtwe got there, and be-
side some thousands of tons of ice which
atginteryals, broke from the 'front.' seven
iceber9s, one after another, rolled their
unweildy forms into the sea, and set the
waves upon us at such rate that we were.
glad enough to get TO a safer place of re-
foge. @A4 ~ 4.-sA1 rs z.
I But few persons have eyer seen an ice
berg break of: We osnrejoice in having.
both seen ana felt them We may raph-
Is3dlze about Niagara, its roar, its vast
ness, but one knows not where to begin
with dischargtng glacier; SO will not
attempt it, on SO small bit of paper.
From the glacier here we came totneet
a hearty welcome from the Controller OF
the mines, 1fr. Saxtorf, The Director, Mr..
Fritz, and the agent for the American
Company, Captain Reynolds. One is.
quite amazed at the apparently inexhaus-
tible supply Of kryolite in the bed which
they have opened.
The mine is in fact quarry-the bot
TOM of which is some forty feet below the,
legel of the sea, and is perhaps fifty yards
J across, and as many up from the beach.
It lies upon the south side of this deep
| ford of Arsuk, which runs back many
miles into the interior, and like most OF
the Greenland fords is terminated by q
glacier A hundred miners get out about
eleven thousand tons of mineral per an
nnm The mineral is Immensely rich
Inincty-six to. ninety-nine per cent. of
soda and alum; and although not sufici-
ent in quantity to pay for working, the
bed is prolific in other ores. In a half
| hours walk about the works I picked up
specimens of iron, silver, lead, TIN, copper
and arsenic Strange it seems that this
minerals prescions and 50 valuable
should be found here alone.
Tomorrow we put to sea, and then,
northward, no, beneath the midnight sun.
Thus far all has been novel to me; but
henceforth I shall be among familiar
scenes. We get on finely, Everybody is
| in the best of spirits and the very best Of
health, The ship could not be improved
upon for either strength or comfort, and
please God, in a couple Of months I will
fetch you, in person, my next budget OF
news. nm. +; ISAAC I. HAYES.