The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-12-23
What Jacob Houqhton Says.

WIDELY known and most lractical min
ing men OF he state, has the following
to say in the Detroit FREQ Press in an
swer 70 The assertion og Dr. Beil tlat
the mining districts have seen their est
days;
10 the editor Of the Detroit Free Press:
In your issue Of this morning Dr. $.
Bell is quoted as saying "the miling
districts have seen their best d ,ys. ="
The matter of the location OF the asy-
lum at Newberry il something in which
l have no personal interest a;n free
to grant that DR. Bell knows all aboua
asylums and some other things He
should keep to his own line Of business
and not step out into Il field that he
evidently knows nothing about. He
has simply presented himself for ridicule
to large number Of inteljgent men
who are fully posted as TO the mineral
deposits OF Lake Superior.
There is enough known of these de
posts to warrant the assertion that the
output OF copper and iron ore will be
greater than now when every human
being now on this earth shall have pass
ed away. The deposi of iron ore on
the Lake Superior Iron Co.'S property
at lshpemiu5 viii n>t he exhapsted in
three centuries. The new Shalt Of the
CalUmct & Hecla company last week
struck the v-in at vertical depth of 3.
250 feet from the surface. or 2,05O feet
below the level of the ocean. The de-
post there IS Just as rich as ever. VIII
DIR Bell kindly inform the public at
what depth that deposit is going to give
out? But this and other deposits of
copper and iron ore are known. There
remains vast unexp ored territory with
possible existing deposits fully as ex-
tensive as any yet wrought. l remem-
Der the time when the properties now
owned and worked by the Calumet &c
Hecla, Tamarack, Tamarack, Jr., and
Osceola were condemned by explorers
as having no value.
Developm nts will come as the min
eral is wanted. Que difficulty about |
present development is the consolidated /
ownerships of large tracts OF lands BY
very wealthy parties who do not care I
TO sell or even TO lease. In the verna-
cular they don't have to-. The st. (
Mary's Land Go. own very large tract
Of lana sonth of Portag" l. Ike. That
tract for miles covers the whole width .
Of the copper bearing rocks in which
occur the Calumet & Hecla, Tamarack,
Iamarack .Jr., Osceoa, Quincy, Allan
tic and Huron. There is not an exper-
fenced mining man on the lake that
doubts the existence of rich deposits of
mineral in that district. Their discoy
Try will come when the owners of the
properties shall desire them to he found.
Plenty of room for exploration and dis.
,overy is also afforded along that whole
'ange and tho Porcupine mountains to
he western boundary OF that state.
Again from Calumet east to the end of
Point Keweenaw is large territory
waiting for more thorough explora-
ion than it has ever had.
There has been great change in the
Methods ahd cost of mining. In the
,ary days not many mines could make
profit Mt less than twenty-five cents
Der pound. Now large profit are made
1t ten cents per pound where the rock
carries from 2 to IL per cent of
mineral, and the Atlantic mine has earn
ID dividends from mining and treating
'ock that carried only 5-8 of per cent
II copper. The result has been brought
.bout by the introduction of improved
power drills and high ex-
)osives. a quar- er of century ago
he Atlantic deposit could not be work
ID at ptoGt and in the future low
grade deposits will be wrought.
In Marquette county there is a large
field held by companies
who have in sight all the iron ore that
hey want and have thousands of acres
% explore when they need more.
In Gogebic county the deposits on
he south or foot wall side OF the form
ltion are tolerably well known from the
'tate line easterly to Black river, but
10 devel opments have oeen attempted
o lie made in the north or hanglng-wal
ide for the reason that the companies
AVE enough ore to rustic with where
hey are now working. East OF Black
iver the mines are all on the hanging
vail side. There is good faulting OF
he rocks ut Black river and to the east
Tho foot-vaIl has been scored off and