The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-08-18

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these buildings, which are directly upon
the lake shore, rises steep high bluff,
which connects with chain OF hills
which extend back into the country, out
of sight. We scrambled up the bluff,
and walking along road on the top, we
obtained fine view of Marquette, the
lake, and the surrounding country. The
hills, which lie on ali sides except the
lake, look really grand they are mostly
heavily wooded, th ough in some places
they have been partially cleared off; and
we saw few patches of potatoes, much
troubled by the bugs The pleasantest
part of the town of Marquette lies on a
hill on the north side, which rises con-
siderably above the rest of the town.
This street runs out upon Light house
Point, which forms the northern boundary
of the bay, and upon it are placed many
beautiful residences, which have a
splendid view of the harbor, and the
business part of the town. There is one
great drawback, however, to the beauty
OF the street the soil is so sandy in most
places, that they cannot have good turf,
and the bare sand causes a'sense of desola-
ton, which even the fine trees cannot do
away with. Beyond the houses the point
stretches out some distance into the lake,
and the light house stands near its end.
From here you have fine view of the
town and harbor, which is quito extensive.
There are several docks, from which the
vessels are loaded with pig.iron and ore.
The ore docks are high above the water,
and the cars run down upon them, and
are semptied, by means of trap.doors IA
their bottoms, into bins in the dock.
These bins are again emptied, by means
Of shoots, into the holds of vessels
This is great business, trains of cars are
coming in almost continually from the
mines, laden with ore, and we have seen
thirty-one sail vessels, two sIde-wheel
steamers, and a propeller in the harbnr
at once. Quite an extensive fleet for IA
town of some 5000 inhabitants. We
visited the mines of Ishpeming, which
are about fifteen miles from Marquette,
on the railroad, but branched off from
Negaunee We passed through wild,
picturesque country, frequently being
obliged to stop and turn off at way sta
tions, to allow ore-iaden trains, to pass.
Ishpeming is very small village, OF
which the mines are the only life. These
lie close by, and on our way to them, we
were so fortunate as to find gentleman,
who very kindly. offered to guide us
around. We gladly accepted his offer,
and made our way to the nearest mine.
The iron ore of this region lies quite near
the surface, and we found the miners at
work, in broad daylight, as general
thing, only some thirty or forty feet be.
meath us. In some places the railroad
track was laid, through tunnel in the
side of the hill, directly to the ore bed,
SO that they were loaded on the spot; in
other places, it was hoisted by steam
engine did not hear the amount of ore
they obtain per year from these mines,
but it must be very great.
We next took steamer for Portage
Lake, where the great copper mines are.
This lake is situated in Keweenaw Point,
which extends some sixty miles into Lake
Superior Our steamer passes up the
river which is the outlet of Portage Lake,
past several small docks, where the
steamers wood up, and through the lake
l,o fhor ri To tho
two small towns of Hoaghton and Han
cock, which lie on the opposite sides of
the river Below Portage Lake tho land
is low, and near the mouth of the river
quite marshy but above the lake it is |
billy, and the copper mines are among
the hills Holghton is the pleasanter
place of the two, and more compact, so |
that it appears the larger; but at present
is the more lively, as en- the |
side all the mines are at |
present closed. Most of those on the |
other side are also closed but two, Quincy I
and Franklin, in the town, are running,
and two more, Hecla and Calumet, some
sWeive miles off The two latter are the
richest in the country; was told chat |
they could, if worked to their full extent,
produce 100000 tons Of copotr per month !
We visited the Franklin and Quincy
mines they are situated some 900 ieet
above the water, and have shafts sunk |
from 200 to 1900 feet deep. The copper
mere is not found in ore, but exists in a
pure state, mixed with rock, like gold |
The copper at the bottom of the shaft is
oaded into cars, which are drawn up an
inclined plane by stationary engine.
On reaching the surface, the loaded car
runs down an inclined plane to the stamp
mill. at the same time drawing an empty
ear up the track, by its weight. On
eaching the stamp mill, the masses of
combined copper and rock are placed