The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1875-06-26
Coal Supply of the Pacific Coast.

The NanaimO coal beds on Vancouver
Island have the precedence in time and
value and convenience to market The
company now furnish at the ships about
800 tons per day from the old bed, which
is three miles from the harbor and | 200
feet deep. They have found a new large
vein half mile from the bay, at a depth
of 10 feet, of equally choice coal They
propose to put 800 tons per day into the
shutes when this vein is fairly opened.
This coal is contracted to the shipper at
%. %, delivered in the shute Coming
southwark, there Is next the Bellingham
Bay mine, which is taking out 100 tons
daily, and the present vein is expected to
last four years but another vein lies near,
which perhaps will be opened sooner.
The Snag1t mine, also in Washington Ter
ritory, has only been opened for twenty
feet, simply for testing its value. The
mines around Seattle are turning out from
200 to 400 tons daily, and this can be in
definitely increased with better means of
transportation to the water. The Renton
coal mine, opened near the Black River,
turns out 90 tons of pretty good steam and
domestic coal. The Talbot mine is lust
opened near the Renton, and its tests
prove good for steam and for domestic use
The Clymer, or New Seattle mine, is Just
opened and tested. near the Talbot, with
similar results. The Coos Bay coal fields
of Oregon are rapidly being developed, and
coal of lesser commercial value is constant
ly being discovered in other sections of
that State. The new mines Of Puyallup,
% miles from Tacoma, are also develop
ha Is IS
and project is on foot for constructing q
narrow gauge railroad to bring the coal
into market. This coal is free from sui
phur trace, cokes well, gives abundant gas,
prov IS equal to Cumberland for the black
smiths forge, and superior for steel weld
ing. Its vein castings are light, 6reproof
sandstone, giving signs of belonging to the
older and better coal measures. Veins of
of anthracite have beenp discovered in the
same region. The quality of the coal of
this locality is equal to the Nanaimo, and
it aromises to be superior for blast pur-
poses. The Tenino and Skookum Chuck |
Goals, on the line Of the Northern Pacific |
Railroad, are rather lighter and more sui |
phurous than those of Seattle. The same |
veins extend along the foothills of the cas-
cades in Oregon. They have been found
about twelve miles east of Avrora, and in |
CalapOOsa Mountains, and Coos Bay.
Doubtless the coal supply, In quantity and
quality, on our Northwest coast, will equal
all the demands for centuries 10 come.
made with the coal from the
new mines at Tacoma have resulted salts
factorily 70 those Interested The coal
bears strong resemblance tostAs famous
so necessary among workers
IN iron. Reports from two Of the local
'oundries that have used 1t cay that it
,okes quite a. well and gives nearly the
anne amount Of heat A chemical an
lysis shows that it contains L 40 per cent.
alphur. The best English coal 80 per
sut. sulphur. There are vast deposits aA
tacoma and 1t is likely that the quality
I'LL improve a. thsmines are opened up-l,
'regOnidn, Portland 0.