Duluth, Minn.
July 5th, 1865
To His Excellency S. Miller Governor of Minn.
Dear Sir,
Your favor of the 29th Ultimo to hand yesterday, under cover to Messrs Luce & Marvin, with enclosed warrant for Four Hundred and fifty Dollars.
I wrote you the day after my return from Vermillion Lake, the trip almost wore us out the Mosquitoes were So troublesome; this Vermillion region would amply repay a whole seasons investigation, commencing with the Masaibe Washee and its numerous parralels ranges, some of them estimated to be seven hundred feet high; the range of Iron spoken of in my last is between five and Six Hundred feet high; it (the Iron) has a cap rock varing from ten to fifty feet thick; we have taken its course and strike, and if possible, trace the same to as near Lake Superior as we can, whilst on the subject of Iron Ore I may state Mr. Hogan of Superior, has just returned from the examination of Country back of Burlinton and reports Magnectic Iron but not in sufficient quantities to pay.
We thoroughly examined the Talco-Slate region of Vermillion and found a great number of Quartz Veins some of them containing beautiful crystals of Pyrities of Iron, but before knowing whether any more valuable metals is associated with it an Assay will have to be made.
We did intend leaving here too day to explore the North Shore of Superior, but there is a strong North East wind, and the Seas are too much for our small boat, will write you the day we leave, also at any point on the Shore I have an opportunity of sending a letter to this point.
I am
Your Obt. Servant
Henry H. Eames
State Geologist
Minnesota
P.S. In giving the heights of Iron Range, I give the whole elevation.
Note iron formation increased by 100 feet unless postscript explains that. In both mails, only references metals not gold, leaving probable impression of copper or possible silver.