New-York tribune., 1871-11-07
THE OLD AND SILVER FIELDS or CANADA
TIE RECEyT DISCOVERIES or PEEClO'S METALS
ON TIE NORTiL..N sEUEL "I AXE SCPE
RIOE.

TIE RLCENT Discoveries or PkL'io'S METALS
on TIE NORTijL..N sEUEL Ct AXE sUPE-
RIOE.
PmLAD! LIHIA, Oc:. "4.-DuT.nc the past
year thc df 'ove-ies Of silver ore IL id quantities
around Thunder Bay Lake superior and the islands
contiguous have attracted the attention 0f capitalists
and the scientific miuts Of Canada and the Uted States.
Explorations have been maIo VIII huve rcaveaed the
fact mat silver region exists o! great extent from
Pigeon River stretching from the boundary between the
United States aud Canada 70 Thunder Bdy On the north
east and thence eastward to the Island OF st. lgnace
distance Of nearly 10J mes, including silver lsiet Jar
Wis Island and many other rich localities. At the former
location of Thunder Cape bold prOn0ntoHy juttinG
out into LAX Superior about OOOOO In treasure has
already been extracted aud TO De oit " De nodded
into silver bars The &c shipped in barrels and in
lunps weighing from 100 to 200 pounds averaging In
value from &2OOO 10 $500 PER tun Much OF this silver
has been sent 70 tie Mint al Philadelphia to be coined
The other principal silver mines that ARE worked, are
the Beck Mine, the shunah Mine, and Jarvis Island
Mue the latter having been recently sold with 5000
acres OF land for Sl5OVO
In July and August last visited several ~ the above
localities and descended To- the bottom Of the mine
Silver Iset some co cet below the surface OF Lake
Superior Here revealed AN Astounding sight, the
chamber was ht mp by numerous candles, and vein Of
rh ore from six ght feet N breadth and from eight
70 tel feet hugh gttcrcd with silver while beneath our
feet SILVER Ol al ullhIlpNH We hIbo We
tied AL OPENING the main shore, some 900 feet dis
tant where It was expected that equally rch ore would
be found in abundance. Here 10 safe steamboat land
ing and a village Of sohIe 40 or 90 dwellings. Work is
e,pected 70 continue during the Winter months. Fort
william and Price Arthur Landing on Thunder Bay,
are two other settlements lying contiguous TO rich silver
oJyper and gold mines. The surveyed townships, OF
some 10000 or sOOCi acres each OF mineral land, are
Eeebng MeJutyre McGregOr and MGIayish. These
lands can l b0aRht from the CANADIAN Government TOT
81 An acre in ROld while the lands eOld by nrst phr-
Cbasurs bring from so to 800 hn acre hLu oven lsner
ratcs when rich metalliieruus veins are ds' OveTed
The foregoing facts prepare Us Tor the asOihng ais
de0sS at Lake shebandOwan, lying about 40 niles Que
west froH Font william. ana north W FIS"Oh hVtT.
This lake lies sbOut 80 feet above Lake elproi Dehg
10 or 10 miles in length, and two or ihIec mics ana
A. v oe of te man. small bodies Of water In thdt sec
fop II M bounded on the south and west by noun,
tsinous ana broken country through which dow several
siI and rapid gtreams the beds Of which are supposed
to i've rirb In Rod It's outlet Is called MataHln inver'
Snd hows into the kamiEstiqua River below Dog Lake
The latter river empes into Thunder Eay; LAKE suH
tnT The early explorers Of route through the bflsh
Uncovered gold and silver In this vicinity,
and later Investigations, within the past Two or IHee
years have shown that vast deposits el minerals are 10
be found on the north shore 0i tbls great Hau sca.
Manv sDe, linens ~ gold dust, nuggets ana R"l bearing
6artz bs W. recently bcn found aud ~ c"nIhtht hfe
il, Cauadjas tai new EldbrHGo ~ niduiliS%d Tch-
ness la, rI d OvcreG mat huudrcds AT oEce nave TO-
Paired IA Tn t gRIuy ;rd Wishing "HL WIN tueH
hands IN, PfC an UH NIi.g uutIIiiiir>. T.,
The yvld Ii ID sIVAGl NcInIiNi"h Lat H''u"'ou ~