, 1873-07-11

ing f9ffigorator. II man In this country would
uso all tho daylight OF summer for work, {lY ycar
would bo equal in ita accomplishment to year
anywhere ,"n eae: For several months the Du1!h
nght, :, and this In tho pleasant season
ot the year; aud, to compensate for
this their wintor-nighta within tic house
Dosln early and stay late no tint, OIL tho whole,
sIore M II compensation iu climate rs we'll al In
hayo no doubt that Duluth will grow quietly
and substantially, anu mako town to tho cnvy
OF tho Canadtana OH tho north shore, whoso
piaco At Fort William Is nearly q century its
senior.
ULTIMA puLuTnuIE.
When ono stands at Duluth, aud looks up tito
hlcnk coast Of Lnko Superior, ho asks tho t,,,ea-
ton: What sltall We find to the oaBt i wc talc
that road along tho north sloro3 TO this tho
tho way, there is moroIy IN Indian trail
to tho bo,,ntlary-line on tho Pigeon River, and
80 on to Tort William. which .was long tho
Day Company, itself Dul,ltlian. by this road,
tho British nltl Caundian troops wore obliged to
march for Manitoba when Riol and tho half
breeds ntartod q miniature revolution In that
lsolnte1 province. Fort Willintn is mainly m
zig trading house, will, somo out-bui1dinge aud
It IN infested with certain Chippowas who hunt
for the Hudson Bay compnny,-that declining
corporation which, u1llor tho subterfugo
Of. Of ,as,,s,,o lcnse from Charles tho Second.
nas .1aa ,eoaa1 controlled the 1awarthy people Of
two conturios. Fort William stands on Thunder
Bay, which Is dominated by mountain, tho
highest in all these parts; and noar at hand is
tho tradlng-hnnllct called Prince Arthur's Port.
Aftor years Of cold aud solitude, this region haB
been, to certain degree, invigorated by Amori-
can enterprise. In 1916, the Montreal Mining
Company, anding traces Of
SILVER
on Ihundor LAY, aud having grown weary Of
pro1tloss and distant experiments of this sort.
songhs to soil tho country to American capital
iHts. Tho compauy's Superintendent was
ono MoFafland, Canadian. On uttlo
island, @acarceiy able to raiee its hoad
above tho surface Of tho wnter, he discovered
this silver to the President OF tho Company, Nc
Farland said that he would risk hiB reputation as
o minor upon tho tact TINT great developments
could bo mado in this one mine; and he asked
tho Canadians 90 1atso linn $4,000 to prosecute
spent enough money In that direction. Said lie
'Ihcso specimens which you show mo Indicate
a pocket, and not vein and all tho use We can
make Of them Ia to got sale for the u1ine to Bomo
Of the Yankoes." Mortified and sorrowflll. Nc
was struck with lis candor and confidence in tho
Investment and a combination Of Americans
bought 17o 600 acros OF land in tho vicinity for
eM0, 900. Amougat theao were Capt. Ward. Of
Detfolt, hf Irowbr1de, OF tho ennlo place. b1r.
Sibley and Alr. Coo, OF tho American Exchange
Bank Of Now York. They put in superintcnd-
oncy OF tho mine Capt. D. Frow, and 100000
have boon c1ponded to put rampant Of timber
around the miniaturo island, and probe 1t below
the surface, and even the bottom OF tho like.
On this Investment profit OF s220,0o0 haH
boen already roalizod. The discovery proved to
10 not a pocket, but vein and tho
waters Of the lake arc at this point 80
clear that Mcfarland could SEQ tic silver
shlno at depth Of 100 feot. Ono hundred and
fifty laborors nre now employed at tho Silver
IBland mine, and the most magnificent appre-
honBiona arc entertained Of present and pros
pcctiYc profit. 4 steamer runs from Duluth to
Silver Island weekly, and large numbers Of trout
Indians for advisors, In the great Nopagon River
aud Lake, whore thore are said to be more trout
than anYWlere else in Chrietonlom. QAru