, 1870-12-13
SILVER MINING.

! hc Nlncz ON the North Shore of
Inkc ~nrcr1or-DiFflcultic Expo
Ktcnccd In the WoFN-Whnt Has
Krcn Done-Thc Expcutntions for
tne kuturcs
F,on< .Ae Dttrp,t Tvsi, Det. >.
S.ve{al times during the fall We have pub
Iisbed articles in regard to the silver nincs on
tho north ebore OF Llko Superior. In which
come Of our Detroit capitalists are the priaci-
rui owpera and active Wo1katB. 4 statement
was once given Of the amount and valus Of
ore which they expected TO take out before
tho clote Of navigation. but
s.Thc best laid schemes OF Uen and mice
Gang MT selee,"
and After working with marvellous rapidity
Aud aneTEy In the preparatory work, the min
Ing party had hardly begun TO tAke out the ore
belore IN unforeseen and entirely unprepared
for series Of reycrses occurred. It Eill he ra-
nembered that the first stroke Of work WAS
done on tho list day Of September, and on
the 14th dag Of October the first shipment OF
tbs ore, sixlecn tons, WAS received here.
OtEer shipments followed. and tbs whole
amoun: brought down has been about eighty
tons
" ali Of November. the mast violent galcs
prevailed On Lake Superior. with scarcely any
rc-s1tiop, and nearly Iii Of them wese from
tho southwest, from which direction the ialet
where the mining operations were c1rr1ca on
%QS EQCSk ExfNAEA+ AuO KOs lE4nlk wan tARk AA3
!1eakvs3er around tbs is1et vas twice cArsiad
a4as On that aide. md tho coner.dam exposed
to the lpry OF the wares. This kept tho u1su
employed upon tho work Of repairing dAmagoe.
and fot twenty ti1 dATs not Bit Of orc wss
taken out. The islet is low, and mora thAn
thirty hours, e1poeed to the wind And spray,
| On account Of the danger Of venturinG 10 the
| main laod. half mile distant
All theee dificnltlee. while they hsfo retArd-
| I'd the DEVELOPMENT ct tho mine. h4ye not dis
| eoQIaged tho owners: but they bare began to
! formerly owned the property, AwAre Of the eo-
| ginsetins difficulties in the Why Of success,
were the mcre willing to iell out theit interest
On that account. However that may be, il
any other parties should contemplate similsE
project, they can learn from tbs experencs Of
unpounded supply -azo needed for tho under-
taking. All that glftters IL not silver:
Tbs owners Of the mine have also been
somewhat disappointed IN The percentage Of
tllyer which the ORE yields them They hid
expected it to pay about e.. 800 10 The ton, ana
insured Il at that value, hut the drss lot ssni
to tho smelling works It NcH1zk. sixty.
[ one barrels, aes2yed only eoO6 to tbs ton.
|, while the second shipment Of fotty-ava bar
re1s Assayye IN average OF Sl.15 per ton ~
average on Ill OF Aeout Il ,0o0 pcE ton. Tha
ere. however. Was not very clos+ly selected
The Siell 40 far, has been about $50 >0Qo; hu
, | the expenses have been 90 much htavier thu
expected that near, II not quite, Ill OF thu
! las already been swal,owed up, without anJ
: thing having been realized toHa1d pairing tt
7 Original cost OF the props1ts, sa5, ,0eo- II
) company, far from being dtsbeattened BY this
. hopa to get back their money next reason
t and to t1ae end arc now making preparation
: On larger ecaAe than eve1,
s The present bteAkw wzter which surrounds tn
! f.-pF fnn t.~k 49,
: found to te insufficient 70 withstand the beav
r eeas, aud 20 anothe-, nnch stronger, il bein
0 tuilt On the outeide Of the former one. It vi
be twenty. five feet across, tiled il With ssoc
Z and plAnked over With heavy plsnk- 1t =.
d found that the ecA wkshed sha stooe ont OF Il
= hereafter be guarded against bS the plankin
+ The timber for this bseakwatez IS Already {
il the epot, md Is being prepared; as sot
Is a the ice his formed, tie teams will
10 put to work hauli1 s atons TO at the CT
10 ind 1t il hoped that brtslwster viii tn
10 he secured that will not b. adected ~ :
- roughest weather. Bat il Is 70 III
., other teferces. Sou,h Of ths min hrea
1e vater. md little distances from
10 Ia 10 be built triangular crib. each ttde Aso
10 ti9ty feet long, to be lied IN solid With sto1
up II Is to divide The se4 90 that its tun iol
ha The wcst aide. an oates breAkvates, ten I.
= vide and one hnndred feet lneS, ~ia be nu'
81 also a protection. II all this work Is J
I'd compliehed In satisfactoty manner, Il
en have no more fear Of inrnads b. tbs eea.
II, During the winter the eoncs-tagn oyct
he lode viii BE- rooted over with htaFy timber 4
ch covered With stphals. Of which twenty +: +:
eat xere sens up on ono Of ths hut eeate. Il
Of dhAft will bs sunk sixty feet, and eatrAn
he be driven into the rein. As trouble u ant
p: pAted from water coming IN Through the
% sures In the rock, three large a:oAn pan
! hAye been provided, which, Il Is thought,
i overcome IL difficulty from this 1oufrs-
- Thers arc now about, serensy-dve ToeEE
s11 employed 1t the 1ninee, and, with their 4
at Ass, about one hundred pe,sous Wa9 VI.
/, there. HorBes hare been erected for q
, il upon tbs mainland, md ther ne abondA
ed supplied with proristous. Two stotehos
/ Ii h9yo been built, about threa=fcuxtha Of
- kpa1t, 10 that in c1ss one should ho destte
,cs. Tic COLONY should not be ieft Destitute n
gsd b Sn3d hazhot, + .the eestiaznsnl, @oA >
lest te1ed ftpEn fha Wind BY hlgh grounds. a
NH. tartfsi dtck il To ba britt IN ths 6prinR