Copper from Lake Superior,
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ltwould seem as if the period had al
length arrived when we were about to re.
ceive substantial returns from the large
sums of money expended on Lake Superi.
OF for the last two years. Welearn from
Col. Sheldon Mcknight, of Sault; who
arrived YESTERDAY, that the house of Tin
ker & Co., of which he is member, have
shipped on the schooner jena now ON her
way down 44 tons of native copper for
the Boston and Pittsburg Company, con.
signed to Boston--that there remains at
his warehouse at the sSault. ready for
shipment, 80 tons more of the same met.
aL which he will ship so soon as avessel
can getthere. He also informs us that
the Propeller has returned to Eagle Rivei
tor about 20 tons more, which isa on the
Lake ready for. shipment, This copper
is in masses weighing from 500 to 5000
lbs. and is Of the very richest quality OF
native copper, and is worth lin Boston
$4OO per ton. Thus he'receipis of this
company forthe next SO days will repay
about $4,000 fthe expenditures. -


From the mine we learn, that they are
->S'SStese5 iftt1t1OtSS ddSScS Vi uotlV0 COpp0Tp
and that the great difficulty consists in
cutting up the masses into small pieces to
enable The shippers to get them on and
off the, vessels. One mass weighing
800 lbs. will be sent to England as a
specimen Of what Yankees can do in
making copper. a. 9-a' eoi e.'i" = 2Ts


From the north shore of Lake Huron,
the Propeller Earl Cathcart hasltaken on
board 250 tons of grey and yellow sui
Phuret of copper, taken from the Bruce
mines, which isfo bes sent to Bal,imoEe
to pc smelted ; This mine is near St.
sJoseph's island within forty rods of the
wharf, is 1Sfeet. wide, and il is said that
800 tons per month Of the ore can be
shipped to market. - Detroit advertiser
There are now in the United States
thirty seven milliOnaof sheep.I sTheseiare
worth on anaaEerege two dollars each,
making seventy four millions of dollars.
And the annual crop Of wool is estimated
at from ninety to one hundred million Ibs.,
and 10 worth forty million dollars; and it
is said that onesosixth of 8 all those are
found in the State of New York,


0F Eastern papers are advertising
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