The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-03-25
F ElOM TIL HORTH SHORE SILVER LINES

FaOM TIL HJRTH SAOaE SILVER lINES.
THE SHOW AT THE MINES AS GOOD AS EyER-DIFFI-
CULrIEs THE MIA ERs HAVE HAD TO CONTEND WITH.
We make the following extracts from an
Interesting letter dated Silver lslet Jan. 30,
from the pen OF Capt. Wm. B. Frue, super
ntendent of mining operations on Silver
Island, published in the Houghton Mining
Gazette of March 0:
boarding house has been erected on the island in
which the men working the island live, and are now
comfortably mining 1t were, IN the bosom ol Lake
Superior and as contentedly If in the Calumet or
IIecIa mine But at times when they emerge TO the
surface scene meets the vision which might well
make the blood cold. Old Superior Is now III It's
maddest fury; the angry waves come rolling IN as
though they determined to reclaim their lost ter
ritory--and in fact they have several times nearly
accomplished this 10y submerging all the works inside
the Golfer dam, and that over break-water twelve
feet high and tweuty-sx feet in width rocks which,
in still weather. feet under water are at such
times completely laid bare and exposed to view some
of heaviest cribs ae, during these storms, handled
like TOYS in the hands Of a child, and timbers sixteen
inches square are snapped like pipe-stems Some Of
the cribs 1x12x4O feet, have been torn from their
place and landed high and dry on the island, three
feet out Of water.
Mining, under these circumstances is anything but
I
elements as described Storms frequently occurring
creating the livelest apprehensons for the safety of
the works carrying out supplies through channels of
broken lee and landing on an island literally covered
with ice, and looking more like berg from Green
land than place where men live and labor Is the la
Dor of winter here
For the last three weeks mining operations have
gone on without any interruption whatever and the
show Of silver continues as encouraging as~hea opef
atons were first commenced, and the workings are
some thirty feet under the level Of the lake without
any increase of W ter.
Should our operations continue through the winter
without any unavoidable interruption, shall be able
in the spring to give good account Ofour aborS, IN
the shipment of goodiy quantity of the white metal
The results of labors here, together with those at
/ Thunder Bay Decks Mine viii no doubt awaken an
interest III this dormant country which VIII peo-
nle these now deserted woods with thousands and the
rn of the explorers hammer will be heard where now
YOU hear only the chirp of the squirrel have little
doubt from what have seen, that this will prove the
great Ell Dorado of the world.
The show of silver at Jarvis Island, some thirtyfve
miles southwest from Ft William, is reported by some
to be equal that Silver Island while others DO
not hesitate to say that in their opinion the show
there exceeds that here, which is saying good deal
as considerable of the broken here will yield -
peT of silver and that blocks OF from one tc
three hundred pounds.
The settlement here is made up mostly of people
from in Houghton, and to the friends left be
hind it will be pleasant to know that the health OF al
creased.
Upon the same subject we find the fol
flowing in the Ontonagon Niner of Marcel
l1th:
From letters received from the north shore up t
the 18th of Feb. we gather the following items:
3lr Clarl, the proprietor Of the mine at which Mr.
Beck is now engaged passed Pigeon River on his wa
to Toronto The shaft is down % fl. and the silver
f,l-,,-, ,-,n, NO hpftN Iny
about 80 tons OF ore, but they are beginning to b
troubled with water.
At Silver Island they are doing well; on the 7th G
Feb they took i've of the richest ore that ha
been taken out vet and which is estimated to be wort
$4,000 They expect to take out at the rate OF $50
900 per week till the ice breaks up They have bee
doing considerable work this winter the main Ian
and have made road through the Mountain Cape t
Thunder Cape as to procure timber Tor the mime. Ii
winter has been remarkably mild and there Is no lc
t outside the bays
Bat there has been more snow than before known
over three feet the ground. ir sibiey and other
interested looked for every day at thc mine Ia
health of all the Inhabitants is good and all are looi
ing forward the time when navigation will relley
: them Of their ice bound situation
e LATER STILL-Mr. |. / Moore OF thi
place this week received from Peter IL,
t Kelar ESQ. a letter dated Fort Wiliar
e Feb. 20, from which we are permitted
i make the following extracts.
V Mr.. Mcclellan, who formerly resided ;
o Ontonagon, is well known upon this LAX
e as an experienced miner, and reliable gel
=. tleman, one who would rather understat
} than exaggerate any question, and we thin
|, full reliance can be placed on his stat
II ments. He has resided four years on IL
1T Nortn Shore, was one of the first TO disco
IF er the presence of silver there, and is int
ell mately acquainted with that section. Her
,e is what he says of the mines
N "The mail has just arrived from S.lv
a Islet 1t brings us news that they are ia
4. ING out masses of setid silver, one OF whiG
ID weighs Is lbs, and that they are pding |
t. the ore, on account OF It's richness, III lar:
Or masses Tor shipment, the same as they {
at the native copper OF the South Shore th
re only the small pieces of broken ore are ba
le relied; and they expect soon to be obigs
at to chisel il out Of the mine.