, 1873-07-24
A MOUNTAIN OF Coa1.-We have Wis

A MOUNTAIN OF CoAL.-We have WIS.,
tied and thoroughly examined the coal
mine recently opened by Mr.. Smitht RS.
ON Black River, about ten miles south
east of this city, and can truthfulry say.
in general terms. that for quantity.
quality and facility of access. it ex-
ceeds everything of the kind yet devel-
oped upon the Pacific Coast. and all the
coal mines We ever saw in the famous
coal regions of Penns, lvania and Vir-
ginia.
Having discovered particles of coal
in spring bianch running from the
top of high hill on the eastern side
of his farm, Mr.. Smithers followed up
tn. indications by tunneling into the
hill. Within q few feet of the surface
he came upon we'll defined bltuminous
vein,. which rapidly increased in size
and quality as he progressed, and at
the distance OF about one hundred feet
from the mouth of his level, there are
two horizontal lodges of pure coal ex
tending into the hill. with slight up
ward inclination, each solid ledg, about
ten feet in thickness, and the two only
separated by a thin seam filled with
soap clay, which will add very materi-
ally to the facilities of working Il twenty
feet face, This coal is more of an an
thracite character, of harder, cleSrer,
and more uniform formation than any
of the coal now IN market, the products
of any of the mines upon this coast.
Mr.. Smithers has dredged out the
mountain stream which runs near his
level for a hundred yards or more. and
finds that it runs over an unbroken
ledge of coal as far cp the hill as he
has traced it.
The natural facilities for working this
mine and taking the coal to market are
unsurpassed. The coal ledge being
above the highest surface of the river
and dipping towards the river. the mine
would be drained by the leTel upon
which the coal is worked, without any
additional expense; there would like
wise be no shaft lifting or earth excava-
tions.
From the mouth of the tunnel to the
river, to point where it is naviagabie
to small steamers plying to and from
Seattle, is not to exceed half mile over
perfectly level ground. The proposed
Seattle and Walla Walla railroad will
20 directly past this mine, which can
furnish sufficient bnsines' to pay large
dividends upon the cost of the road to
that point.
IRON MINES.
Within few miles of this wonderful
coal deposit, and on the line of the pro-
posed railroad over the mo- ntains, We
are credibly informed. are IRON deposits
AS rich and extensive in proportion.
Here We have in grandest proportions
the three great elements of manufac
lures and commerce coal, iron and
Underwriting only for capital and
enterprise.to make Seattle the greatest
manufacturing town and commercial
centre upon the Pacific Coast.
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.
Upon MIR. Smithers farm, jutting mp
on his coal mine, we passed field of
oats, lifting their high heads above a
tall rail fence, and looking more like a
solid mass of vegetation than an aggr
cation of individual stalks. Mr.. Smith.
.rs informed US that the felu would
yield from so to 100 bushels to the acre
Ali his other crops were il like proper
ton. There are thousands of acres of
unclaimed Government lands in this
county as good as any of Mr.. Smithers,
but it is due to candor to say that 1t is
in the same condition as were the rich
est portions of New York, Ohio, India
ma, and nearly all of the older States
before settlement-covered with heavy
forests and inaccessible by the want OF
Wagon roads. The work of settlement
is slow, but is made sure by the abund-
ant rewards promised. "The gods help
those who help themselves
How THE TERMINUS WAS FIxEp.-From
q source which we consider reliable, we
get the fol: lowing facts regarding the To-