. The North and West illustrated for tourist, business and pleasure travel : The popular resorts of California, Nevada, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, Nebraska, Dakota, Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, northern Michigan and Minnesota. A guide to the lakes and rivers, to the plains and mountains, to the resorts of birds, game animals and fishes; and hints for the commercial traveler, the theatre manager, the land hunter and the emigrant . ranklin,the American Commissioner, did. During his resi-dence in Paris, as Ambassador of the United States,he had discovered among the French archives the
. The North and West illustrated for tourist, business and pleasure travel : The popular resorts of California, Nevada, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, Nebraska, Dakota, Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, northern Michigan and Minnesota. A guide to the lakes and rivers, to the plains and mountains, to the resorts of birds, game animals and fishes; and hints for the commercial traveler, the theatre manager, the land hunter and the emigrant . ranklin,the American Commissioner, did. During his resi-dence in Paris, as Ambassador of the United States,he had discovered among the French archives thereports of Jesuit explorers, dating back to 1630,which announced the existence of rich copper-deposits on this island. Keeping this informationto himself, when the treaty was being drawn up, he, without assigning a reason, insisted upon thisisland being secured to the United States. TheBritish did not deem it worth while to then wrote home that he had secured forthe Republic all the copper the country would everneed. He had then no idea that rich deposits ofthe same ore would be found throughout KeweenawPoint. The island is about fifty miles long by ten inwidth. Its surface is rugged, and inviting only inmidsummer. Its shores are indented with numer-ous bays and inlets, capable of floating the largestcraft. Near the middle of the island are two lakes—Desor and Siskawit. A vein of silver was opened in the western end. White Bear Lake, Minn.—page 91 of the island, and, as it lies on the same range asSilver Islet, it is believed that silver ore predomi-nates. But the fabulous reports about Silver Island—of pure silver nuggets, large as a mans head,found in its matchless vein—engrossed our curiosityand challenged our belief. To the Indians it wasnot unknown. For many years they had exhibitedsilver specimens to the citizens of Ontonagon, onthe south shore, but could not be induced to revealthe location of the mine. Among the thousands of islands of varyingsiz
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