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DOMESTIC MARKETS.

81. GALvEsIoS; Jan 10. 1872
ordinary, c Not receipts la2 bales gross, af5o Ex
Eeetly@Sst receipts Il, l7s bales; gross ia24s Ex
por,ssro Grea, Britain 500 g the CUn.inens aai;
NKw ORLEANS, Jan; 10, 1879.
Goo Cotton seSdsr rsslns % LOW S,s ,dsn
ssa s to a. 6 ho
ExportsTo Great Britain % $780, to France l,s2s 70
SSsn quiet. @Idagg ss low god
& T. u S sales @
70 the Coniinsnt. AGO. coastwise Yasa sales. 500
wlLz,scrcs, Jan 10, 1879,
s Steady Is
VI 50 for yellow dip ~ 50 for virgin Tar steady ut 81 "a
Corn unchanged
ms ySGr ss soo sss Sss.' In Nah s
y o.; No Milwaasee spring, y; No ! hard Daln.h
Corn unchanged; No. Toledo, 4se. Oats scarce mixed
si.s Zoe Ssas s:fat 81 ssa 81
Rye nominal; Canada held at 52c in bond; Cornmeal
sis Mddnss 81 Railroad ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS = so.,Sn
t tsa SsS a Sa Shipped by rail-
wheat hrmer; extra White Michigan, sJ.se. February
e7Ae No white, se,4e e99sc Corn firm and in good
asd & ass ds and IL
as steady prime s
choice y OK Dressed hogs arr and in active demand a.
corn, ~ do oats, l4OO do Shipments-Flour, sO
bills; corn, 90 bushels; oats. sou do.
TOLEDO, Jan. 10, 1870.
Wheat steady; ambcr Michigan spot y5sc.; February
Q6c. 9Jsc.; No rcd winter, January ybc February
g7e-; March, use No red, Odszc. Corn Quiet No =
3issc. Oats dull aud nominal
Flour strong and higher; family, ~ SO s. 25 Wheat
dull red and white NC ,c Corn In good demand and
tending upward a2e 33ssc Oats in good demand at ul
prces a5c 2ic Rye active and firm al SEE. oJc Bar
scy good demand for No 2fall; 81 10 bid held higher
Provisions strong aud higher advance asked which
checks business Pork held Ut ~ 70 ~ So Lard In good
and higher held - 10 81 So 81 10 SIS 10 and ~ Tor
shouders clear rib and clear sides Bacon quiet but firm
shoulders SIC clear rib 4sc clear Sides 4c. Whskey
Sugar 6rmer; hards, vi4c ioc white, &c 90 New
Orleans, 1c Hogs active, hrm and higher common
~ $2.75; light 81 ~ o. ~; packing - 80 50 lo
butehers IS 10 - 2o reeoipts e4S; shipments 7a5
CHICAGO Jan. To- 1879.
cash; scs}4c . esIe., February s4ssc etAc March
No do, Use iVc rejected, sic $40 Corn In good
demand full prices and drner; 2oc, cash 3oSc Feb
ruary; 3usc., March, Oats hrner lss4c., cash ioc.
changed. Barley hrmer ut PC. . 9sc fiaxseed
changed. Pork in good demand; opened strong and
higher closed ut inside prices; 81 rs cash; ~ 80, febru
AIRY saA 81 x. March Lard active firm and higher
Marcht sales At 10 e5l s. 80 February: Bulk meats
active ar and higher shoulders ~ 80; short rib. ~ W
short clear ~ To- Dressed hogs active demand and higher
80 ~ " - Whisky steady and unchanged Al u o1
bccciptsFiour, l4U bills wheat, Qo bushels; corn,
do shpnens-Ficur l200o bbla wheat, OOo bushels;
42uv do oats, 1910 do rye l4uoo do; barley,
nncr and 10 higher Pork steady aud higher; "a 30
February; 81 O2ts, March, Lard In active and
higher y ny bid. February - 50 IS SIN. March
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Otfcers-President. William II. Garrison; Vice
President, John Baird; Second Vice President. Will
lam Foster. Jr.; Secretary and Treasurer. John Il.
Body.
Drectors-William r. Garrison. John Baird WILL
lam Foster. Jr; George N. Pullman. Jose +. Navarro.
Horace Porter, Fausto Mora. John p. Kennedy,
George J. Forrest. Charles II. Clayton, William
Adams, Jr.
This application IL made to have the first mort
gage bonds herein described placed on the list as
first mortgage bonds Of the Metropolitan Elevated
Railway Company.
JOHN 4. BODY, Treasurer. No. II Broadway.
This committee recommends that these bonds be
placed the regular list and called Metropolitan
Elevated Railway FIRST mortgage bonds.
AB'M b. BAYLIS. Chairman.
Adopted by tho Governing Committe january g..
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NEW YORK HERALD SATURDAY JANUARY H.

prices Of spot he following quotations are based
classification and cotton In
running In quality than half grade above
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STANDARDIZED ordinary 7}Sc strict good ordinary &C.
low mddiiug. SIZE niddling sc For future delivery
the sales were as follows ~ yesterday after two =
February. 100 at osoc, 1900 "a as7c. LOO sse;
March, loo at 055c. 800 96c 800 at 957c April,
LOO at Toe. 800 ut ale May 600 At 9s2c 100 ut
iaoc 100 At loose 900 a. loo4e Total. Ias0o Iass.
Sales to-day two r. MJanuary 100 at 9s2c 800 at
a2ss; February. $50 SO at ssc, 1000 At s'sae.,
400 at s4as'. 800 at oiss,,. 100 az si5s;;
800 at 9i5c 800 ut 946c 300 944c, 500 at 43c GOD
a 45c. 100 at o46e 200 ut 944c March, 800 at 956c.
6u0 at 5sc 100 at 957e 1000 ut 95sc 5lO at eGoc,
1900 ut 964c 500 965c 600 ut e66c, 500 at e3c,
$500 964c. 600 esq., 200 962c 700 ut 965c.,
200 At 9d4e April 100 At 7se, 100 At 974e L6oo at
BPS GO at saee 100 Ut Gre a20o a. ssoc' 40o a.
97sc. 600 at 97ec; 800 st ssoc, go at 917e o0o at
07Sc loo ~ 9s1c; May 200 Desc 700 at 9Ssc 600 az
9s9c, 7Oo at 99oc-, 30 at 99lc po a. Ole 100 &C
at oc 100 1t Iooic 10 at lOo2c 500 At loOic July
zoo " 10 Oc Total IS 400 bales Grand total 50 300 bales
Tho receipts ut the ports AS toliowsGaiveston,
l3a bales New Orleans, 1881 Mobile, 32i3; savannah,
374o; Charleston 1919: Wilmington 1872 Norfolk l34;
Baltimore 800; New York, ISL Boston, POS; phIadcl
phia a Total 82S bales This day last week. ~ Oi5
bales This day last year, 1919 bales Total since Sep
tember SIS lO7 bales. Cotton freghts closed fol-
iows:To Hayre by steam ll-l6c compressed; by SAL
steam s sie compressed By sail. hc Liverpool Ad
FIouH sSp sssp.sF,our 7oa bills. wheat
22 02l bushels; moal sacks corn, GA bushels;
oats $50 do; 800 do barley malt, 3SS do The
-four market quiet The sales including state West
and Southern, about 1900 bills within the an
$50 bbis Corn meal quiet sales 500 bills within
the Rye quet saes were 400 bushels state
55c track and 600 bushels Jersey aud Pensylva
MIA, ON pier Ut go a5}8c Barley and malt quiet We
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NET COTTON RECEIPTS.
ara the total net recanls cotton aimee
EUROPEAN MARKETS.
COMMERCIAL.

LIvERPooL, Jan. 10, 1879.
This weeks circular Of the Liverpool Cotton Broksrs
Association ysCotton IN extensive demand in the
early Of the week and some descriptions advanced
yesterday trade has been dull American
very good demand the opening. and prices advanced
sixteenth the supply increased the inquiry fell OF
and Ii is sixteenth to an eighth below last weeks
prices Island there fair business previous
rates Futures opened strong and advanced eighth
sgd Saturday greater portion of the improve
ment was lost Monday prices again their best
Since then there has been gradual decline tho market
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The sales of mining shares at the New York Mining
Stock Exchange were:--

The opening quotations Of mining shares In San
Francisco were:-Apha. 11Hi Alta 61s Belcher. Al
Best Belcher. 1914; Bullion. OK; Caledonia. 2A
California. l0l4; Consolidated Virginia. ~; Cholar
Potosi. AN; Grown Point az; Consolidated I'M
perial. 4; Gould l. Curry. II; Hale Norcross.
144; Justice. 4; Julia sk; Kentuck. s; Mexican.
29k; Ophir. bid. 81; Overman, OK; Savage Is; Seq.
Becher 2O Sierra Nevada Al; Silver Hill. III Union
Consolidated. SAX; Utah. l3A; Yellow Jacket. 15z;
Exchequer. Az.
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slmo So, =, ST.. Ioe 5000 U Tsr loo7.bc 30,
7uuo Ts,r.i9o7.bc 9ox
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PRINT CLOTHS MARKET.

FALL RIvRR Jan. 10, 1879.
Tho market for printing cloths has especially active
for 5xU cloths aud large sales have effected
cash. January aud February "a square cloths
iAg sasong but quiet ~ aha, cash.
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The imports Of dry goods ct the port Of New York
for the week ending this date S64228. and the
amount marketed 1885, 91. The total imports Of
dry goods since January were $1.9l9.0s7. and
total amounted marketed. 81. 1876. 437.
1t is stated that s2O0O.OOO of the 81. 100000 new
stock Of the Chicago. Burlington and Quincy Rail-
road has already been paid up. This new stock Is
issued to old holders of the stock Of the company ut
par. The certificates of the new stock are to be
issued on the 10th. and the option Of taking the
stock at par expires the 18TH inst.
The Milwaukee and st. Paul earnings for the first
week in January Of 1878 and 1879 IS follows:-
1878. .$115.51s
1879. los 900
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ANTWERP Jan. 10. 1872
Petroleum. 2astf for Gna pale American.
American Lar closed ~ lorins so kos.
LONDON, Jan. To-, 30 r. NJ
Calcutta lin seed. dos Cd. 4sis per quarter. Lnseed
cake Ct los Ct l5s per ton Refined petroleum, lud.
1Did. gallon Iinseed oil, ga 5s f24 1Os ton
Talow, Sos. cd per cwt s
HAMBURG. Jan. 10. 1879.
American lard closed at IS marks per 100 lbs.
LlvEgPooI. Ian. TO- 1879.
A leading grain circular says The wheat trade 10
actual advance Cagoes of the coast meet with fair in
full prices. For the there
few buyers though there has been some business in
California shipmcut, On the sday
wheat and have higher. with fair business
This market to-day Is quiet with trade in wheat
Tuesdays prices except for fine wheat which Id
GENITAL dearor. Flour Is unchanged Corn is in good
quest and Id per GENITAL dearer.
LIVERPOOL Jan. 10 1870.
Pork-Prme mess. Eastern. dull at ifs. prime mess.
Western, dull ut los BaconCumberand cut dull at 2is
short clear staady at 24s Cd Long steady Mt
SIS. Shoulders steady 1T iSs Beefndia mess dull at
Sos extra do dull at sos, prime do. new. dull ut Us
Lardprime Western steady AT 3ls Taliow city
Rosin--Common. Grmer at Is Cd; do fine dull at los
Cheese American choice duh ut AS Lard oil dull ut 3s
FlourExtra State dull Dds Wheat-No 3spring steady
Is. ID do, No. spring steady ut u.s. lid do.
ter steady at 9s Corn-Now rmer at 22s 3D. do. old
frmer 23s Cottonseed oilYellow American dahl ut
Dos Resin. common London, frner IS. Spirits Of
surpentine, ut London, steady at 2ls.
FINANCIAL.
LONDON Jan. lo-4 30 p. NJ.
Consos 95 11-l6 for money and s5% for the account
United States bonds, ls67s, 1u3 4s, 1o77s new dvea.
1C9M.
Erie, 22s6.
Paris adSces quote per l13f eoc for
the account.
PARIS, Jan. 10. 1879.
Exchange on London 25f. 25]1c for checks.
, 1879-03-29

Stopped On" dny in Astoria, no: favor =
ably impressed with that city.
Chnrir Packard, little s,a sick first
day on the ocean, except that, all well
and II pleasant trim. They ieuchch San
FranrIsc' "n the 9th, AMI after one day
spent in viewing the sights of Frisco
started Tor Iowa on the overland iail.
road. Tnr bleak winds nn,i SHOWS Ot
Nrhra-k' VAS his first warning that he
WAS away nom The lnild winters of
Puget Sound I" region whose winters
were rs b',ak and cold us Labrador.
H. SAYS" "It looked blue to nika."
II nc ,e'i his old home. met his
mother, brother, and sisters ON Feb. IA,
s. Valentines dny. 1t tnok him some
ten days to answer the questions asked
about Puy-r Sound, then came on the
Frost and SnoW agnin. the wlni began
~ blow, the snow iii ctl the air, and the
Judge writes II mgan to think that /
was only on II visit any way, and it did
not make much difference. and it took
nir some i ur or tlvr days tOg,t myself
into u shape to talk agaIn. Bat say
Young man 90 west. and west of the
Cascades range too. ana 10 Puget Sound
at that"
The specimens taken east by him were
eagerly gathered up by the p'o,,le there.
Many were placed i. the caI,ine at Os.
kaiousa, and he will rctcrn with speci-
mems from there for the Alhcnum Mu-
scum A number there propose return
iny with him TO the Sulnd. He 'Ioes
not know yet WHEN he will return to this
coast, hat when he ducs, he III nks it
will hc to ST y fora while, at least in
Washington Territory.
, 1879-03-29

AT Skag,t city, g. II. McPh rson has
recent y started u blacksmith shnp. size
lSS24 icrt. lie appears t0 he Il practical
Z" ahra'l Wan aa'l good workman.
The great,st number of changes are to
be noticed near Mr. Manu's store. The
old $40 is rfitted fnr hotel. John
Wilbur has leased his farm and will
iuD the hotel. g. G. Paul is the name of
the person who mas leased Mr. Wilhur's
ranch. Mr.. Wilbur Was to start the
not March l4h Mr.. Mann moved IN.
TO his new store Mr. 18th. THIS buila
ing was built tLe past winter Tor him by
Oi"f S.ndsrom. Its siz. is 90 feet by
80 with 2l lect posts,
A hall for the convenience IF that Sec
tion will he litted off over the store.
Porter Priclarl has hern making
quite number OF servlccablo and we'll
ma'lr skltis the past winter.
Harry Mills s expected to bring his
boom from the Snohun,ish to the Skagit,
AMI it is cxpccle,. there will be an in
crease of logging this year an the Skagit
IN the delta OF the Skagit there will be
mn costly improvements made and
ABOUT twice the land in cultvlti0 there
WAS last year.
, 1879-03-29

hauled over 10000 feet at logs 81, oe
load with tw" yoke ol oxen. Nearly the
whole "f the cargo Of spars and ,imlrrs
"t III" ship Bro'on Brothers, which was
lOadet at Port NJ ,'llson m the summer
"f 1871, WAS carried over his rnad. The
BMrkman Brothers. near Snohomish
City, have ais" been using one OF thess
ron,ls tor ab"ut three years. Their ear,
however, is differently constructed, md
one ut their own invention. II IL ~ leavy
car, with eight arye east iron wheels,
like the driving wheels an " locomotive,
only having f1anges IN both edges in
steal o. OH ont. A wnOlrn track, with
hard wood rails, il used. .On this rnad
il has bren d, mons rated tina. a. much
work can be done with four mules as can
bc done in the same time with tour yoke
of oxen. Learning of the su :cess of the
this invention, Mrssrs. Foster & Rowe,
Of this city. who have one OF the largest
logging camps ON the upper Sound. have
obtained one Of these cars tr.m Messrst
Blackman. The wheels were cast az
Seattle, and the wnod ,rk made u.
SnOhomlsh City. Til. CIR came up on the
steamer Messenger IN Thursday, and will
h- put in operation next week, ut Messrs.
Foster & Rowe's camp on South Bay.
Mr.. Biackman came up and went out
Yesterday to examine the road and have
the car set up. The road is one and
quarter miles in length, aud will be up
ated by four or SIX aorsrs The car is
sn constructed that track need not be
on . straight line, rs short turn can he
made without difficulty. and the track.
only costs one !ourl more alian skid
ioad and will outwear two or three skid
roads. The Messrs, Biackln.n nave ap-
piled for a patent ON their useful inven-
tini,, and it they succeed in getting IT,,
will no doubt take steps tn have these
cars generally introduced in lngging
camps about the Sound and elsewhere
I, is evident that this mu'le Ot transport.
ing to the navigSble waters 70 the Snund
will soon have to be- advp'e.l by most OF
most Of our ioggeTs. as the timber In
close proximity is gradually being thin
ned out, SO that il is ton expensive TO
use skid roads 6r any distance. There
are large bodies of timber yet ON the
streams which CAN be asmte,l out, when
tile rivers are once clare,i nf oistIUct
IONS, hut there ARE much greater bodies of
timber away from streams, and which
will in time pay the expenses Of miles vi
railroad to them. Transcript.
, 1879-03-29
H. .@sing Railroad.

Some four or five years ago. Mr.. J..
Jac"hu', who lns been logging Tor the
Por Madison mill company fnr lnng
time, built we believe the first logging
railroad "n the Sound, aud kept it in
use some two years ar more rhe track
was II W"ulyn one, with cur Iur carry
ing logs, and WAS op rated 10y two yoke
OF oxen, they doing more work than SIX
or eight yoke could have done over a
skid road. The road is mile in length
and situated on Oyster Bay. The ease
with which the largest and longest logs
were carried, proved that for transport
ing distance ofa mile aud over no
mode can equal that of one of these sim
pie tramways. Mr.. Amos Brown, about
three year ago, built similar railroad
OF about the same length, at Mud Bay.
about five miles from this city, and was
equally successful. On one occassi on be
, 1879-03-29
Judge ESaskeil's Account Of
himself.

From letter written from O'kll o0s",
Iowa, by Judge Haskell to the E,litor of
this paper, dated March 5th, 1879, the
the following account is gathered OF his
trip to Iowa. IIc reports himself rs en-
joying good health and having fine
time among his old friends in Iowa.
After leaving Srohomisb, he was two
days in Seattle, one day going over to
Portland and one day in that place.
There he met his old friends Bal and
YOcum etc. went from that place to San
Francisco on the steamer Oregon.
, 1879-03-29

although in some places, the fertile land
Is nearly ns hi. ~ the gravel. When
Improved it will b'aNery II ant place.
AT present, The prisoners IRE carefully
guarded. well fed, We taken care oi
and treated whh arra, kindntss. Al.
though the contract system is Not II good
system for lus,i'ntiuns oi this kind. yet
in t;is instance, all concerned ge'm /"
strive to Il" ti'ei' whole hury, homes ly
and iu,lv. so ~ 80 leave II" just cause for
compl lint
, 1879-03-29
THE TOWN OF SEATCO

Should his coal prove itself I" he
adapted to the wants OF the market,
quite town will s,on spring up there
Two new dwellings recently ,rctc6, ME
cqch 22x?8 feet md ouc and one half
stories high. Shead's house is two
stories high, 50 feet posts, main part
2Ox3O. l. r8x26. The mill VIXEN in
running order will cut about 5000 feet
OF lumber per day.
Mr.. Shead has lived there ever since
1869. He has some 500 acres OF land in
one body, 500 acres in coal land, rest
farming land or graveIy prairie. About
one fourth is gravely prairie, the rest is
farming land. The gravel bench is about
Is feet higher thai the fertile bottoms,
, 1879-03-29
sEtTco COAL MINE.

Er which, a her items ot interest re
ating To lhr place will hc given.
This 60 i Nns discovered aS tar lmck
as 1850. IN 1853. 200 SUCKS of eoal wer"
taken out y T. ID WarInss & Go. and
sent To- S,n Fnnrlsro. TIE tests were
then deemed sufficiently satisfactory
tC justify Surveying II raIrnnd route
from Olympia to these mines. The
present Ol, mpia &c Trnino rIlroad is
bullt very nearly on the line of this
original ,urvry, IL was the conl mine
that cansII the prison to ho located at
Seatco.
The land whore tie mice is loratcd is
owned hy Mess :. Shend. NJ E roy, vii
ilams and Genl. McKrnnn, who have
leased il Ia the Sratcu coal company for
g term ut twenty years at u royalty ON
every ton of conl mined.
The mines viii he worked by the
Thurston coal company, which was or
ganized last October. The stockholders
age S. Coulter, W. Billings, T. r. Brown,
Chas. Church, J. b. Davis and Thos.
Heacpck. Each own sixth interest in
the <Anc, Work began in 1873, before
tne 'mpany was incorporated,
'e present officers OF the company
sre 5, Coulter, Of Portland, President;
, 1879-03-29
White Ecivrr Overflow.

The following very Interesting COM
munication, although t came 10 hand
some time after the injury WAS rcrivea
iy the upper White riv r settlers, yet as
Seattle p,pers have not y.t published
/ an N a'c"unt oi these matters, il will be
news to all just the same ns it 1t had
been received earlier.
Before long wr'xprct to pay mn cX-
tended visit to TINT src'ioN, aud note the
ch ,ngrs ot the p st year.
Mr. b own is y good observer, knows
how to write and expresses himself in u
few words He hns tor some time prom
is"d nm articlr"n the G,nl"gy at ,hc
Puget S,u ID District" which viii hr
very wrlrnnc ru the READERS ot the STAR.
II j. hop Il Tint h, viii favor MS with
regular communications regarding the
the local interests of that section of
cOuutry in which he lives.
EDITOR of SNoncA sn STAR.
We have had quite u irslirt on White
river. Considerable slnmngc To larms by
the caving in Ol brink Oi the river in
mnny places, los4 Dt lcnces. farm imple-
mcnts AMI even huillings have ben
Il, str"yrd. The tnrms of Henry Ad,ms,
Llngstun. Ous,n, Fauap,t AMI Alvord.
are seriously injured by the caving in of
the river bank. Bur the greatest loss
h Is betAllcn Dr.. B,llIrl on npper Wmre
river about unr mil, aInvc the mouth of
Green river. An entire new channel has
been oppnci through his ttrm between
his dwelling house AM, barn. H. had
barely time TO take his horses from the
barn cr. il WIS swallowed up by the de-
w ring flood and gram and fhIm imple-
ments with fences and out buildings
were swept away.
His sheep of which 80 hrnd persisted.
were lett on an island and for u rim"
could not he reached. The dwell ~
house il disnMnt'r, eIn,e has been
mov'd somt fifty lods to safer lncalIty.
Instead ot mcmlow land. garden and
0rcGard, now, IA waste 0t sand bars, de.
biis, and driIt is 10 be- seen.
Uppec Whi,r river, h"ing a torrent,
has no permanent Cllannrl, itS cyrry
IIeshrt brings down, So to speak,
stream ar cnrrrnt Oi sand, gravel and
muldrrS, ut co.. rsr the channel is filed
up and new channels from beneath the
yielding banks are worn our, only tn he
titl,c up again hy the same Erous1.
Above the mouth oi Green river it isnoi
safe 10 1--we on lie river bank It all, hut
by ia lrioH selection Of build
ing site. most of the loss and trouble
incident to overflow Cali he avoided,
i. f. Brown.
, 1879-03-29

Sitka boasts Of minister such rs no
ether country on -his mundane sphere.
The reverend gentleman Is IA actual
phenomenon. He is living and laboring
under the American flag, receives his
salary from Russia and has applied 60
England for protection.
J. w. Ro,b has been retained by the
Astoria fishermen 90 ,es, the new fishing
lAV.
, 1879-03-29

The U. s. cteam corvette. Alaska, win
soon leave San FsanciscO for Alaska.
She carries i2 heavy guns, beside how
itzcrs and gatlings, AMI 900 men and is
" fast ship under either snil or steam.
, 1879-03-29

f. Il. Brown, at Tcnlno, Treasurer;
Snprr,n,' ndcnt Of the minr, Thrs. Hra-
Geek; Trustees, VI Ssrs. Coulter, Billing g,
Davis. Church and Brown.
The entrance IL the minc is on the
bank nt Skookum Chuck, across from
the prison. about 1000 f,et distant.
A bridge crosses 'he stream. which is
lrrr about Is feet wide, From the en-
trance. to the rin"s. On the nortI, side of
the hmnk or ,lutf, crack is ming built
10 tnkr this coal tn the N p. R,lrm'',
about one half nil" distant. Some 1900
icrt oi this will he on trrsi ing. the iml
ancc will rest on the levr! gravel bench.
" icIl is the same height aS the prison
ground, and about fifteen feet above the
general level OF the fertile boltom lands
along the creek.
A horizontal tunnel is now in about
250 feet, running nrary 'ur south The
vein is n nrly horizontal, the strike nr
run at the vein being nearly nofth nnl
sou b, its pitch is from west to enst,
incinng d"wuwnrdS from 50 to 1Oo.
The vein is y feet thick. with two dirt
bands, each aIout four inches thick,
I'll t"ot walls IN hang ng walls urc
oI slate. The co o,l below dirt bnnd Is
n"arly 30 nch' $, ni'llIc seam is 10 inches,
and th" nppr & an, Is ahou, 40 nchs.
Tar tunnel is 8 lcct wide ut the hot
ton, 81 feet high and feet cap. There
is about 1900 iret 0t coul on the incline.
above level of tupnel. The veins are
sn nearly hoir'z"nial, thai the cars, hold
ing rnriI ] ton nf coal. will run into each
breasts. Two breasts or working rooms
ARE now opened, mere can lr opened
any day. The dirt hands arp dug ont.
between the coal seams, before the cm,l
is blasted The coal then comes off so
clear and free iro = all refuse matter,
that no screening is necessary.
In iwrlyp months time the mine could
ea.ily hr opened up 81 that 300 tons Of
ccnl could he mirGl mily. 1t
ran bp mined as ch"ap'y and easily as the
Newcastle coal. The coal is different
in quality from any other Vein on the
Sound. 1t burns with II very bright
fame. anG sm,!ls Ike burning resin or
pltrh. Snir compare it with English
cannrl co, ns there are slrraks through
1t thar can he lit with match and
burns like pi ch wooI. The real camel
c.ai is surpassed To- br snlidtiird ,eiInl-
cum. Tns is more like pitch. tar anu
ro>in, all IN one, tnan like coal oil, solid
itie,l.
In Colorado. in the Attest c0al depOs-
its nre found ht,s Ut mrrcuuntnble resin
thar is dug out ut the coal and sold, the
same ns that manufactured from pine
w"0h. This coal nt Sca,cn contains
similar dvposil, only l,ss pure.
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