The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-10-10
plILT INTELLIGBNCER.
shursday, October 10. 1878.

r.wcAsTLE.-To any ore who nas
..,.r visited the coal mine a. New
...tle. . trip to that place is ", tn more
-, al the trouble and expense incl
-, thereto The railroad for the first
=. miles passes over a comparatively
80 tract of country. but the branch
-. Reuton to Newcastle is built thro
IA over the toughest section to be
s s.aod anywhere. and we doubt if there
: The same length Of road in the United
$500 built over - uneven and rough
: senntry, aud yet the road is perfectly
..hsfantisl and safe. The scenery Oh
~ route from Renton to Newcastle Is
=. nost diversified. One moment you
- reasine through . cut Of q hundred
81 deptb, when you can look up the
.srnsdicplsr banks within few feet
e zoo. which are higher than any
rLseah stseple in Seattle, and before
- cuu realize that fact, you are passing
49, : tsesslework down which it al
- startles one to look. The deepest
MIA over which the road passes is
f.ovn - the May creek tressel. which
: about l2o feet from the bridge above
q the water beneath There is a hea-
= erode ell the way from Renton to
1a1castls and loaded train comes in
aaier end faster than the empty ono
- ost. The little town Of Newcastle
4 nestled in among the hills and con-
tains shout $50 or 300 families The
Newcastle hotel. where a great many
a the miners aud other employees of
he oompsny board. is under the super
vision of Mr.. Downs and family, and is
! yery popular resort. Besidss this the
oompsny have . store which 10 now in
eharse Of Mr.. ]. n. K. Atkinson, as
sistsd By two competent clerks aud q
book.keeper; . saloon sd steam saw
iii. But what gives to this little
place 20 much importance is the vast
eosl fields which surround it. and the
mines out Of which is being taken six
OF seven hundred tons of coal per day.
These mines give employment to about
go men and perhaps fifty boys. The
mupany are only working two Of the
tunnels at present. the main one run.
ming 10 under the mountain over q
nile and . half. All along through
lhis tunnel. every few feet. the, miners
hsvs cut their way up for some distance
asd taken oat the coal. making great
mvities which are called rooms. After
there rooms ere all worked out, other
miners 90 along cutting out the parti-
tons or columns which are left to sup
port the roofs of the rooms. No ade-
Quste idea can be formed Of the vast
amount or coal that can be taken out of
these mines. There 10 . large furnace
Kept constantly ut work to furnish the
miners with fresh air, and the stmos-
pAsfe 10 pure and cool, - q current of
fresh cir is constantly passing through
Tie tunnel. These mines are very cast
y and cheaply worked. as the coal 10
hard and will stand to be blasted out.
Mules and horses do all the transporta-
ton tho coal underground. but . little
tunnel engine will take the place of
two teams in few weeks. The min
ere - class are steady. sober industri.
oas and intelligent men. and the hous-
y Of their families arc generally found
10 possess more or less Of library. As
we'll - newspapers and periodicals.
Miss 1onohon has school of City
scholars and as the number is on the
increase it will be necessary Tor the d.
rtctors to soon employ an assistant. e.
h. Burnett is superintendent At the
nines and keeps . general lookout for
he compsny's interests. As we have
before stated 1t is worth while to pay
his mining town . visit.