Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-11-12
THE STATE AT LARGE.
Gold Nj aa.n Michigan.

George Bromwell, thief Of party Of men
who are locating tn lines OF the Milwaukee,
Lake Shore * We tim railway between this
point and Eagle rive. and between Rhineand-
err and Ashland, leacled this city to-day after
ia zee onths of wandering through the Wild
efness on both sides Of the Penokee range
The Penokee range consists OF mass OF rock
running across he no them portion OF Wiscon-
ein into the northern peninsula OF Michigan
Without apparently a r, ak in their continuity,
these embryo noun ans seemed TO preclude
the building of railroads IRON Chicago 10 the
greatest of tn, fresh water seas. But the
Wisconsin Centraps explorers found the gap
made by the Bad river, and that after bridging
that sti cam seven times within lew miles, ana
building the highest trestle in use on railroad,
they crossed the divide.
While in the woods one day last month the
chain tearer llled attention to what seemed
10 be an opening In the forest ahead Of them
iessing forward, Bromwell and his compan-
ION soon came % the edge OF the opening. IL
was about a mile to the other limit OF the cut
ting, but they were unable to cross. Signal
ling TO the Others 70 come up TO them, the Two
men sat down On log and awaited the ar
rival o. the Ind an aXmen, expecting them 10
cut through the rush that seemingly was all
that blocked their path. I'll Q Indians sent one
OF their number up tall pine tree 10 take
survey OF the proposed loute. When he had
nached q sufficient hight he shaded his eyes
with his hand and looked out over the scene.
l. at first seemed startled and then really
frightened. Quickly descending, he at once
Invested himself of his trappings, and, pointing
out over the opening, said to his tribal COM
panions "Manitou!" and "NanishV and
started on q run to retrace his steps TO their
last camp. The other Indians were at once
tlrown into state OF great excitement, ana
IL wss evident that they too, would holt.
Bromwel fred q bullet, over the head OF the
retreatins Ind an, WHO fell 10 the ground when
be heard the whlslling OF III piece OF lead:
WI en- comm nded To return he hestated, but
l.H Aad fhA
der was obeyed.
The Indian said II was evident that Mani
.ou, the grea, -gol, was displeased with the
white mans intrusion into the country, and to
stop him ha sent Nanish the god OF the
! Winds 20 n ow down the trees and lay them
across the path. The OF icr Indians confirmed
the statement that death waited any enc who
went forward. The white men laughed at the
fears Of the Indians, AMI climbed into the
ire 10 see what had excite them.
As far as the field gas could RI ach TO the
southwest or northwest no. tree could be
seen standing Most of tie trees had been
simply blown over, and their roots were stick
ing out high above the cround, while great
holes, half full OF water, marked their former
resting place. The limits OF the storms de
struction were rs sharply defined asi wrought
by gigantic scythe. When the tornado went
up into the air again spur of the range COM
posed chiefly of nj. utted out at right an
giles to the main bills. There most singular
phenomenon was discovered
| forest fire had swept through the timber,
and all the pine trees had been killed and their
tops were, OF course, as pointed as PIKE.
The wind hal torn the.o ,rces out oil the
ground, and. as Il carried en- along. II drove
| III sharp ends into the spur hill Some OF
the trees were driven In 20 n depth OF 10 feet
The side OF the hill looked lie boiled ham
on free lunch table hl.e ed with cloves, or
womans pin cu> hion, and Cromwell remained
there day to make investigation. Trees with
| loughs had been taken oh into the air and
| dropped on the further sile OF the eminence.
Nearly LOO of the pines W. re found in the
! titanic pin cushion.
Cromwell determined to burn his way across
the vast made by the winds. Waiting until
| the wind was blowing strongly from the south
| he starte several fires about noon one day,
| There was nothing 10 do but wait. That night
when all were asleep Tut one oil the Indians,
whose turn /, was 20 be the sentinel, the wind
| gradually cl onged around TO the norhward.
| The frst few uIfs brought Lack the peculiar
aromatic odor OF burning pine. and then smoNe
began to drift along. The Indian awoke Brom-
well and told him tEey were N danger from
the fire which they had started. Everybody
was awakened and the camp equipage placed
| In readiness foi instant removal.
! The wind began to howl, and the great
clouds o! smo e nearly stified TIE little and.
| Goals OF fire as large as mans head were
| blown over their ht ads and numerous little
heaps of brush began TO burn brightly. AS the
| flames became hotter the wind increased In
velocity, and seemed to be blowing In every
| dir ct.on. The fire spread laterally, an soon
new danger tecame apparent. Ali the bears
and other wild beasts and reptiles began TO
hurry TO the little stream that ran by the
camp From all directions they came, and
the savage brutes, In their terror, fought as
tLey ran for the advantage in the pathway.
Bromwell gave the order TO move, and told the
men TO be especially careful of their ammuni-
! ton, and to place IL at the uprooting OF the
tres. They moved about. quarter OF mile,
and found spot quite free from debris. The
air now again began 10 get stia ng,as Il wind
once more changed about, and the surveyors
wers themselves compelled to Jump into the
excavation on the borders OF which they had
placed their cartridges. Here they had, TO
found that the fire had cleared the way TO
| the mountains and was sweep
ing through the forests on the preclpitious
sides. They dragged themselves along in the
hope OF finding some recess among the rocks
side was reached they followed 1t u short dis
lance TO cleft In the side Of great cliff, and
entering found roomy cavern, on the sandy
floor az which they at once sank to sleep.
About 8 o'clock next day they awoke. 1t
was raining hard, and as 1t continued all day
and through thu night the forest fires were ex-
tinguished. The Indian hunters soon brought
in deer VIII eli they had shot, and the party
feasted on this IN at and roasted nuts
The IN neral wealth OF the country through
which Bromwell's party travelled is almost Ee-
yond computation. The northern exremites
Of Wisconsin an Michigan are well marked
with the pts hat have been sunk In the min
irg of copper and iron. But Bromwell en-
Enthusiastically as erts that his discover es in
the Pei okee ran will astonish the country.
7 he railroad as located passes mass Of hema-
lite iron ore II at towers 200 feet
above the bed of the inc. 1t seems
to be solid mass of mineral
Bromwell also says he found network OF
email quartz veins well charged with gold and
silver He says they are Of gneous origin, and
evidently lead up to a mother vein not lar
away. just where this last discovery Is located
Cromwell re uses TO diyulge as he wishes 10
preserve the secret for his own benefit. He
says, however, that he found with the eruptivs
rocks sedimentary beds Of dolomite and tai
cos and chloritic scbists, together with erup-
| tive diorte and quartzte 1alcose schist is
tie gold repository In all the richest gold
fields IN the world. The beds of schist In the
gold field found by Eromwel stand at a very
highynglc, the talcose, in which the network
OF veins referred To occur, being much broken
| up on tn surface. The rocks outcropping in
the vicinity are dior.t,, field 'pathic granite
| (pyriti arousl, schistose limestone, pyritifer-
oIs tale ,se and Quartz, and m ssive dolomte.
Bromweli says tree gold and silver In the
quar- t. are often visible.
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