, 1874-08-29

Trinity Church...Batting and sharks---
The Avenue --- Town and
Country Club.

LAKE SUPERIOR.
Crrtspondcuet 1f Tho Chfcupo Tribune.

nuLuTn, Aug. ~. ibf4'
ITO Duluth via tho North Shore md silsor
TB]anl," ia now 30 rhro hn announcement that
whom rcal It in Nta,quotto on Monday laat
Loaf no tna III securing raaaago on tho sp1enoio
steamer st. Paul, Of Wards Lake Superior Limo.
Eeasing Sartuotso bn% tho follow,hE >naorn!ng,
favored bv cloullcss Sky md m u'trnf'sea Sea-
tho RIM to Houghton md Hancock was onioya-
biz rnade in about eight hours.
Although not 30 depressed as thu iron tradc,
THE corrEn INDUSTRY 49,
10 not remarkably vigorous. Tho demand tos
tia product hag fallen off somewhat yot tho
mining stooks have been scarcely Affected anu
to secure souse Of tie famous Calumet md Heoia
shatos would BIO found as costly as osor.' on's
a faw Of the many stamp-mllla ars running
still. improvements woro noticeable in both
cities. Several substantial stone buildings arc
botuu constructed in Honghton, wllilo tho nar-
row-eauso railroad from Hancock to tho Calumet
b.ino,--a distance Of II miles,-ana tho lively
business It docs, giyo to Hancock metropolitan
aspect.
AS tic day 7yns failing into night, our boat
steained down tho copper-colorel luke, amid
rugged scenery ,-forost-coveroa hills to"arlng
on each side. and, 8 miles dstant, entered
Portage Laka Canal. This cut Ia without locks.
Ia 1G0 foot wide. 2114 miles long, has good depth
Of wator, and coHt 92,500,000. At Its Lake
Superior ead locomotive headlight, perchoo
upon whnt rosembled primitive pieoon-coop.
lighted lis nut into tito lake. With tho prov OF
otir vessel turned nortilNa1d, and tho Cnptain's
assurance that daylight would lrtug ua to Silver
IBlct, tic 10O Or more excursonis;s turned Into
thcir battha.
ISLE noyaLE
first carno iu sight. Tho vast mineral deposits
toro discovered attract to 1t much attention. 1t
Ia sitna.ca within 30 miles Of tho North Shore,
and natural wondeEment T. how IL , cate t, to 20
fact IL. that whom tho treaty defining tho bound.
a,y-liuo WIS madc, tho British Commissioner Gid
not know ita yolue. whilo Boll ialnln Franklin.
The American Commissioner, did. During h!A
rosidcnco In Paris aa Ambassador Of tho United
States, hc had discovered among tho French
erchivos tho reports OF Jesuit explorers, dating
back to 163O. wlicl, announced tito existence Of
rich copper-tlepoalta on thla tslnnd. keoEng
this Information to himaet, when tho treaty was
beng drawn up, he, without assigning roason
insisted upon this islard being secured to tho
United States. Tho British aId not dcom it
worth. while, to object. Franklin then wrote
homo tl,ht ho had secured for tho Republic all
had lllon no idea tbat rich deposits Of tho aatne
orc would be found throughout kowecnaw Point.
Tho iHland in abont 30 n1ios long by 10 in
Width. lts surface Is rnggod' anu anY,tiinG on.Y
NUMEROUS bays and inlets, capable Of floating
the largeet craft. Near The middlo Of tho
is'and arc rtwo lakes,-Desor and siskawit.
Twenty years ago, IL tue early aaJs Of hake s1.
attention; but tie South Shore discoveries
celspscd It and caused its 'abAndontneut. Two
yoare ago explorations wore resumod, numerous
pits atld 1udian diggings wore discovered, aud
the vei4a proved 10 promlsiug tiIat. IN 1Sts.
strong mining conpanY whs 1ormed, and largo
force OF miners set to work.
Tho Company soon mot with stll groater, o1l~
coufesetnoat. a Fe,n oi e,iSof vas opened III
tho WeHtorn end Of the island anu aB It lies GU
TIE same nnge ny silver 1nict 1t Is beloved shas
tAtton, the company aro now mainly directing
their rosu'arces;
Nns tie 1aouioNa sepostH about
SILVER ifLAsl-
found ID lts matchsess Se,nC.el'GrosBod osr curl
oRlty md challenged our Dollef. How canle Ito
bo 80 long unknown ann VINO nrst discovered
the hlddeh treasures 70 the iha'ans 1t wah
not unkno"n. Fof many Seara shey hau exhsb-
tied ailver hpecin,ons to Tue cit,2ens OF ontoua-
gon, Oh tho South Shore, but could not bo in
dnccd to reveal tile location OF tho mine. E1-
actly how It was uiscoyored by white men iB .
statos bow 1onely boasman, in nusnlng lis
boat ashore, grazed upon and found tho sllttor-
Ing ORC that lie reported his diBco'oTy to tho
Canadian Government and tno Monsrant riI Com.
whom rewarded him. Another account
says the inqnisitlyo cupldlty ct Capt.
parkor prompted him to follow tho
Fortunate Iudians, i'll his. light canoe,
over the lako to the island. whore, after
atcaltty search, he found tho treasure. reported
1t to tho Montreal Company. gained nothing by
1t, md died poor man. Still another aud more
reliable story it, that one Mcrarlane, an ex-
plorer, found the precious voir, picked up aiong
tho ehoro and in tina wator some so7, ooU worth
pf HflYar. n1ff then rarOrtGJ ttH eIiHtpuCQ to
Montrenl. Hut tho Buporanuatoa company
hardly hppreciated thoir ponaoHsion. T4oy aent
out one hni. Frua, q shrowd 'Scotch1uau, with
Instructions to work up tho discovery. But tho
.eeulta were 30 unsatisfactory that Nhon, III
1870. On American company offered e250, 900 fox
t4e 'slet and 100000 acres in tho vicinity, the
hlontreal Company glndly accepted tho offer.
Mini Frue WA retained in Charge Of the work,
md With hl,n WIS aaaociutod Maj. sibley, OF
Detroit: Neither man '6aa able to invest in tho
snterprtao. Fruo had devnlopod ita roaoutcea. and
sibley had induced enough capitalists to unite
aud buy out tho Canadian company. Within
Twenty-Five days after commencing operations
the now company mined and shipped t. the!,
pmelting~worisaa in Now Josssy. about $1,000