D. 



"BIG AND LITTLE A If SABLE RIVER OF LAKE MICHIGAN, 



These rivers have been improved and occupied for several years for 

 lumbering purposes, by Charles Hears, Esq. of Chicago, who has a water 

 , mill at the mouth of each of these streams capable of cutting, one two 

 uni a half, and the other four millions of lumber annually. The facilities 

 for lumbering are naturally good, and the improvements which have been 

 made, have induced settlements in the vicinity. Two villages have grown 

 up under the auspices of Mr. Mears, Hamlin at the mouth of Big Au Sable, 

 and Lincoln, a neat and thriving town, at the mouth of Little Au Sable. 



The Pine lands of this company are located at convenient points on 

 both streams. 



The following groups comprise all the lands of the company on these 

 rivers : 



No. of Group. Acres. 



605 35150-100 



606 633 65-100 



607 1,177 84-100 



608 680 



009 600 



631 400 



643 480 



644 1,506 40-100 



Yaluation. 



$980 



1,800 



2,060 



1,200 



600 



570 



170 



2,700 



No of Group. 

 645.. 

 645^ 

 646.. 

 658.. 

 659.. 

 666.. 



Acres. 

 403 44-100.... 



560 



320 



880 



160 



465 55-100. 



Valuation. 

 140 

 400 

 730 

 2,200 

 400 

 300 



8,618 38-100 $14,250 



E. 



PERE MARQUETTE RIVER. 



This stream is one of the finest points for a large lumbering establish- 

 ment on the coast of Lake Michigan, and perhaps there is no other locality 

 in the State, which offers so many natural advantages for the lumbering 

 business as this. 



It is about twenty-five miles by the river from Lake Michigan to the 

 large and compact body of pine, embracing some of the best timber in 

 the State, which is located on both branches of the stream, and so situated, 

 as to afford easy and natural access to the water with ample banking 

 ground at various points along both streams. 



The region between the pine and the Lake all along the stream, is roll- 

 ing good farming land, and the whole country about Pere Marquette is 

 well adopted for farming purposes, and has already been settled to consi- 

 derable extent. 



The Harbor at the mouth of this river, is admirably adapted for 

 mills and lumbering, and logs in any quantity can be securely held. 

 There is a good point also for booming logs about six miles up the river, 

 where a bayou of about one and a half miles in length puts out on the 

 north side of the river. 



There is one mill at the mouth which within the past few years has 

 been operated by Mr. Mears, who has made some improvement of the 

 harbor by cutting a new channel into Lake Michigan, and building piers 

 so as to afford some harbor facilities. 



