Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-28

has been traversing this route for
Ltwentysfive yAasa yet the country q
wild and thinIy settled. Ducks abound
upon the lakes and streams: game fish
stock the waters; bear, deer, wolf. and
lynx are all at home. This road there
fore traverses an apparently north
nations put to route by the stumps
blackened by age which give evidence
that there "were giants in those days"
As we leave Duluth in the morning
going east, the first place Of fame is
Just thirty miles, Lake Nebagamon,
where Weyerhauser has summer cot
tage and where tents and cottages dot
at intervals high shore line thirty
miles in extent. Six miles distant is
the Brule river. famous for its trout
and It's beautiful scenery.
An hours ride further upon q slow
schedule and we are fifty miles east Of
Duluth and near Pike Lake. az pretty
a strip Of country as we hnd in the
whole 200 miles to Nestoria, Mich.
where we change our trains. At Pike
Lake, with postoffice at Middlebrook,
we come upon White river In this tan
gle of scenery. but we know Il not for
a river. for the chain of seven lakes
caused for the widening OF that stream
dominates the landscape. and 1t is lake
following lake in such a profusion IN
their forest surroundings that we yield
at once and unreservedly to the charm,
lake. forest, stream.
Miles follow miles in a wild region.
broken only by junction points and
lumber camps. where the train stops at
frequent intervals to discharge a pas
senger or its little package of mail at
a lonely spot, or upon signal gathers
them into its fold from the wilder
ness.
Near Saxon q board sign reads
! Estate Line and we pass shortly to
! one of the mineral ranges Of north
| Michigan. Little opportunity for agri-
culture here, present or future. for
few miles south and Bessemer iron
has made the country famous.
At Thomaston. 100 miles east from
Duluth as the tracks wind, we are In
| the heart Of the hunting country, bear.
deer, wolf. fox and partridge and so we
| remain for 100 miles in a rugged coun-
| try, where the deer trail was made
! accessible by the modern builders and
where the fur trader made famous the
north country.
| futScH niles IuIllcf anu we
| the edge Of beautiful body OF water.
| Gogebic. the largest in this chain OF
| inland lakes, three miles III width and
following its winding course OF four
teen miles. To this favorite rendez-
| vous the early Indian brought his cop
per arrow and spear from the copper
country 100 miles to the northeast by
| the nearest trail.
I to DIV w ypilpR NoSfnrYa where
train is taken to Houghton, Hancock,
Calumet. Lake Linden, the great SUI
perior copper country perhaps fifty
miles north, the little jutting PENN
sula with its rocky ribs veined and
scanned with pure native copper From
! here untold wealth has flowed for many
years and from the explored depths
great promise is yet given.
| The worlds deepest mines might be
| thought to be of gold ard 1t would seem
that no depth would be too great to
explore for valuable gold reefs, yet we
are assured that the honor OF the deep
est shaft ever sunk belongs to the low
ly metal, copper, in the Lake Superior
region. Shaft number five. at the
Tamarack mine Of the Calumet &
Hecla Mining Company. situated near
the city OF Calumet. is the deepest sim
| gle shaft existing. having been sunk
lover mile deep, or 5.2s3.5 feet below
| the shaft collar. Number three OF the
same mine represents probably the
/ worlds deepest actual workings. That
shaft is down 1922 feet. or ffty-eight
4 feet short OF mile, but some cross
cuts and slopes bring the bottom Of the
workings down to a total depth OF
| 5.3es feet below the collar of number
three Tamarack shaft. The worlds
longest inclined shaft is number four
| of the same wonderful mine. This
shaft is now down 10 the eighty first
level. or 500 feet, following along the
slope Of the copper bearing conglom-
crate at an incline Of thirty-eight de-
grees.
To foster such deep workings there
must be an abiding faith, scientifically
proven confidence in the continuity OF
the deeply buried ore, equable working
| temperatures. easy water drainage.
cheap fuel supply. and lastly an enor-
nous aggregate Of capital and geologi-
cal and mining skill. These fortunate
combinations tell the success OF deep
Lake Superior copper mines, as they
also explain what is rare or unknown
in mines Of the precious metal.
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