Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-09-02
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE..
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An Elaborate Report ON Our Mineral Re-
sources.
! At the meeting Of the chamber Of commerce
Yesterday morning, Mr.. McClung from the
committee on minerals, submitted the follow
ing report:
To the Chamber of Commerce of st. Paul:
Your committee was instructed to make
report upon tho mineral resources Of the State,
with view of bringing them moro prominent
~ to tho front, and attracting capital to de-
velop and utilize them. for the benefit of the
people OF the State. With the excellent facili.
ties offered by our unrivaled water powers, all
over the State, our forests of timber and easy
access to coal, we should become a. celebrated
FOR our manufactures rs we are becoming for
agriculture. And, now, that capital is
waking from it's seven yeai's
sleep and looking around for investment. it
becomes the duty of Minnesotians to offer
something better for investment than corner
lots and broad acres--something which will
add to the wealth Of the State. diversity our
industrtes, and give employment to labor.
With this view your committee shall only aim
to offer at present preliminary report, giving
simply in condensed and compact form an epi-
tome or birds eye view of our mineral re-
eOurCce, 10 Dc IOllOW6u u0Te8I CT Win move
specific and detailed information as we shall
be able to collect it.
Other States with not 1.-THE of our mineral
wealth derive large revenues from their iron,
copper, building stone and other products of
the mines and quarries and Minnesota should
do the same.
The following in brief are few official state
ments which will commend themselves a.
evidence of portion Of our mineral resources:
COPPER AND IRON
From Fond du Lao to Pigeon Point, nearly
200 miles within the limits of Minnesota, are
deposits of iron and copper, described by the
commissioner of statistics in 1860 as '.fully
equal in tensoity and mslleability to the best
Swedish and Russian iron, and shown by the
| severest tests to be equal to any on the CONT
| nent." Mr.. Thomas Clarke, State geologist in
1864, says: ITO Minnesota belongs the fur
| nishing of the entire Mississippi valley demand
Five Thousand tons of the former and twenty
! fve-thousand tons of the latter il estimated as
the demand at the ordinary rates of consump-
| ton. To Minnesota belones the manufacturing
| of these crude materials"
Mr.. Rawling, the English author of "Amer-
ica from the Atlantic to the Pacific, says: 1.-THE
| whole basin of Lake Superior indicates the
presence of iron and copper. On the north
| shore of the lake in MinnesOta, near the north
| ern extremity of the lake and in Canada for q
| distance of two hundred miles northwest from
Inc Sauit ste Marie are well defined copper re-
s'ons, , which are now attracting the attention
the Keewenaw, Portake Lake, Ontonagon and
Oass Lake districts" in Michigan. Chief JUS
tice Chase, secretary of the United States treas
ury. 1864. gives the number of vessels engaged
in the trade OF Lake Superior as early as 1862.
and says: these vessels carried outward $780,
| 600 tons of iron and iron ore and 9, 800 tons of
l nure native conner VA1neN fOOofhor nj Al
OOO,OOV. sa..a s
WHITE SAND FOR GLASS.
| Eames, State geoloeist (lS66) saws of s'the
| white sand stone forming The h,nk. ~ tho
A' 'no o"ans u 'uo
i've, III nanhsey couh'y \oS. raul the county
;ts .it;h;,; e su1 some 1lials IN regaIa 20
ware and find l. nroduces o,ass of 800 o1s.1t,
and nearly colorless.'
Dr. Owen, United States geologist, says:
THE st. Peter Minnesota river) country GER
tain]y can afford as pure quality of sand a.
that obtained in Missouri, and now, I believe,
extensively used in the glass houses of Pitts
burgh,"
SLATE.
Drs. Owen and Clarke, eeoloeists. describe.
~. ID. a..
'n1 S..'o W :ne noi'n snofe ., Aa1e superior
a. h'erally ane4naustinle MI. Clarke says:
half xus1l vuo hovo $o,,
proluoing slate which NAV no nnarr;aS =, .. .d.
vantage fifty feet in depth, and will yield a
thousand million OF tons. Mr.. CLARK locates
.n 1aallles IN secslons O. ., =, and D.
IVA 1o' A"nho " onu Une unsuIVeyoo region
norm 'or Two OF tnree townships.
| hancne!te' STATE geologlst 1868 says: AN
ineAhaustlole quarry OF aRrl!laclous slate &C.
ours above the falls of Pigeon river that
| with trlhlng expense can be quarried and
4 fNf a n mt thAn4@
point on the cnaln or lakes" He describes
the same quality of slate at other points, all
admirably adapted for thing aud other pur-
poses, and susceptible of being economically
wrought.
. BROWN STONE
abounds in the Lake Superior country which
| has been tested and stands fire IT. has heen
| oxnor+ad =, nb;.... "a M:I.,.:.n,.
eo aAA .. -, ' ',t is 10
| "oouI oeIng introduced In 81. faui.
| Ms: u.enao oI LAKE rep1n Is superior
do4sa s th ~ mncn nas Deen ses1eo Dy nre
!. "thor ses ~ a. II oueui county
Paul Eames oeoIoa;st in 1Sse . a,v 20 .aT 81.
| ,,o.t ~-ona1a.t - .Is o. .ue e
St..e ~ 1919 asS .no ltL1ln Pate ot
co"s And taIcoe. ~ Tho Mn;eaJ a. san.
o,.to,, ha,,sa ~ q. D.;:. III. ~ ss: o'ates
ersu;ta N'0'o ~ 0'' 'uA - "uil' VI MINNESOTA
So 4 -
| -.74, Silver
l AA~ Ass's Ae'AAASA 6SoAO6A0V AAVAeAOoS oAAvCI ~
| among the metals that occur in the northeast
ern portion of our State. and later researcbe,
49, a:...-o-.s ..,-.L,s
uaso uisSotefeu valuable specimens "nicn nave
.''ia'eu Ine asIen1lvn u Capl!allsts ana prom
use m equa: 10 sne pest mines IN the coun-
~, 6oo ID .nn. Haso iecersu = lettel
ont 4 f ia p. sn y. cUnuenseo eeste
h;aL ~; Popa. , uso =. Sue saiu.Dt1 Iepo! -
~ roala bsratof"ra .h;s a nahs NJ"
NJ Gaa..s CO... t s.s suu1SS
| ~. ueolse A. oSu"S1 !'' iurnisneo 70 your
o ."a rnao spectmens OIL iron ana copper WHICH
r",a pe''n' W 'ne '"s'N'"e' Is part OF 'n1s
| As other specimens are sent to us and more
| sohclt from every mlnnesotlan who wlshes to
S Ssei'lse uui susau'sges anu Dui!o up tne
We reconnmend tb., the .nao;,,oa: 49,, :,
hand be placed on exhibition at the State fair
| for the present week and hereafter in the
rooms OF tbs chamber: y =
m Me:pectiuny suDmisteo. ,-,.:
Cleo stmnt ~' 1p;oh os is'.sr asom