Report of the Bureau of Mines Volume 1-2 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 Excerpt: ...granite is in contact with the conglomerate." General Features of the North Shore. Looked at as a whole the north shore of lake Superior from the Sault Ste. Marie to impreuionn Peninsula impresses one by the Superior magnificence of its scenery, often North shore, wild" t rugged and mountainous; by the number and variety of its harbors, which are however generally small; by the multitude and picturesqueness of its islands; by the widespread ancient beaches, and by the general barrenness and desolation of the land. Leaving out perhaps 100 Indians, our cap ain estimated that on the whole shore line of not less than 320 miles there are only about 350 people, of whom a large number are not The Popui. permanent residents, but go to Fshi"rSd the " Soo " or elsewhere in the wininduatry. ter. If we comnience the count at Point Mamainse, 45 miles from the Sault, we have only about 150 people scattered along a shore of 275 miles, and more than half of them are away in winter. Finally in the 70 miles from Ganley's harbor north of the eastern end of Michipicoton island to the mouth of Pic river there was not an inhabitant, white or red, when we passed up last summer. The men frequenting the shore at present are mainly fishermen in the employ of one or two large companies, their catch consisting chiefly of delicious whitefish and of salmon trout. The fish are taken partly in pound nets near the mouths of the rivers, and partly in gill nets set in fairly deep water in the open lake. Sayers, our captain, an experienced fisherman, says that nets are seldom set in water deeper than 100 fathoms (600 feet) because at a greater depth the cedar floats become water-soaked by the pressure and no longer keep the net upright. The fish caught at great depths...