, 1870-11-11

A-Svno1o lA1And ~ silver on tfar Sorxt,
viSorC C1H Lake snreFfor-Mslalo.s~o or
sffSreF fseinK Tb ksaa tbut-'rne alnst
E4tnA5knb bic atsHcoveEy or the Axe.


Remarkable Us1covefy r OF the Axe.
ftonn Ehe Lui:tsa -Ninnesotss
Wrhave be fore allrIea 70 rhe Silver is!soI
OF the North Shore OF lake Superior, in 1hs
British Potsesaious. juet below Thuruer Cape,
and -c.ne iifresn mites beyond Fort Wi!1ar,s
one hll5rad leet by yfort5-s the most Of II
IL euf merged 1t hugh n4ttr-a Hnaall part At
one end a aboat eight f,et abvA tho taks
level. TbiA isl.nd xas entered By tha Mon
treai NtninE Company, ~ part ot traet em-
brsc'ug 1cs0o0 ac1as and the island sas sub
eeguently purchased OF them ~ Captain vii
li>nn B FEHw. Formerly Ct Portage I-aka.
and superintendent Of tho South Pssaub,a
Copper Mine} for himself ard assoc:a.ea,
including a1:,eug them Major Sieleg, OF Sew
Of St. paui. The Montrrsl A1:t ing t,onrany
first made tho discovery that the istend con-
taiced si1ver. sud By their agents sunk shaft
on the is1Aud; but these knew little OF nothing
about niLing. and, tbs water coming in upan
them: further working OF their mine wss ab.u-
doned ~ ueelese. Il was on1g: this last sum-
mer that Captain F. and his company COM
pleted their bargain wi:h the Mnntresi Com
rauE for the island. and secured it BY pairing,
Q. agreeing to pay, S25o, GOO to1 tho entire
los, ,000 acres. They vent immediately to work
at improving the mine in worAu,.nliks
manner" Their first step was to surround
the island With cribs Of timber. filled with
stone to serve as bYeaksater aad iee-b:eaker,
and within these c.75s 4 cotferdam WAS built,
And pueded with clay, hsyipg the effect OF
making the whole interior Of the i=laud nearly
water tight, st least from the intrusion Of tht,
like The next step was to ret up TWO
large syphan pumps, worked BY steam hv
which the inside was pumped dry, or nearly
little working Of the rumps daily kceps the
ieland clear Of water entirely: They theu
went to work laying bare the vcin aud now
hare exposed seventy feet in length, aa1 tad
it to be . trne fissule vein. with perpendicu~
lar wa1ls-the vein, OK silver. u,atrix bAinE
ca1carecus spar, with some little quartz iu-
termi1ed. The yein IL eight feet w,le, and
eye-Witneteea from slere state that, for one-
quarter Of this width. it will average saseuty
per cent Of pure SILVER On the first trlaf. af--
ont over T35. 600 Worth Of silver in foaf da,s;.
aud, up to the latest accounts, the working
iaA been continued at about this rate Al
tead5,, one hundred and twenty-three barrels
600 to s10o, GOO, hare been shipped. The yieii
thsn q to The pound? The mine employs,
now, about forty man, and will Increase their
fozee Immediately.
The "royaIty paid on this to tho Enslisl,
Government il quite small-u1t e1ceeding
one-twertieth' Ese-witnesses Of intelligence.
Judgment, and experience report that Captain
Frex will Probably takc ont OF silver, up to.
tho opening Of navigation next spring. from
steamer Meteor conveyed down the lakes, on
her trim before last. ei1ty-two barre OF sil-
yer. This Silver 1-laId is no humbug. but an
actual bona }hfe snair, in which the most won
derful re ttlts havr been oDtalue0, aud xlI
bids fair 10 make it in Yieid and richness tho
most rematkAtie mining discovery in this
country for many years Some masses Of Sill
yer went down on The Meteor larger and
heavier than man could lift. 4 part Of tho
leland vein, say two feet of the eight feet in
width. IL volt Jerful5 rich! and it il from this
portion that the la'ge silver names are ex-
tsacttd. Other rich mines OF silver arc re-
unted ~ having beeu found On tho uain
north thore ID the range Of tho silver island,
aad Captain Hotlson, Of Portage Lake. has
gone East to organize a company to work
them.
lfnch excitement exists around tho shores
of Lake Superior over this woudrrful lIavel-
OF inert OF argentife1ous wealth. Aud doubt
less, now that the mind Of tho Experienced
mining world in this quarter IL directed to the
tub3tce, much - prospecting will enaue and
further discoveries be made.
1tig already mooted in Duluth to make An
effort to reap %orpe Of tho advantages from
this wealth OF siIyer, By bairg isa winter sup
ply point, through the construction ofa prsc-
tical wagon road for $50 miles dorm the north
shore. through St. Louis and Lake Counties,
TO the international line and beyond The
ne1t 3linpeao'a Legislature will be applied to
for an act authorizing = Stats road in thst d.
1ection, and the Issue OF county bonds bJ Lake
and st. Louis Tor its copetzuctiou-