Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-08-19

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the Scus:ors and Representatives had
left Washington before he yielded 70 hia
patriotic impulses.
JEFFERsoS COTNrY ENTgRPRIsg.
Ed. Posr.ISrELLIoEscxs:
Posr TowSsEsD, Au2. Is, 1892.
IROyDALE.
irondale, situated about i've milea
south of Port To xnsend. 10 the seat of
the operations OF the Puget Soand Iron
Company, end Is one Of the most inter-
estin3 places / have visited during nv
stay In Washington Territory, being, as
u Is. the initial point, 50 TO speak, OF the
Development Of what must eventually
prove one OF the most important indus
tries of the future State Of Washington.
Ihe COMPANY II . California corpora.
ton, with the parent ofii-e IN Ban FsAn-
cisco. John A. Paxton is President, and
A. Halsey Secretary. Ehs local officers
are }. NJ. White, Superintendent, and
II. l.. Blanchard Secretary. Tue site of
Irondale embraces about 100 acres.
Quite village Is springin2 up with the
reduction works Is a nucleus. The
mining region proper embraces about
so acres of land lying sumo two and
one-haif miles southeast of the town
site, where bog ore Of the bsst quality il
found ia practically exhsustless Q1au-
titles. A royalty of - cents par ton is
paid to the sners of these lands for tho
oro extracted and used at the iron
works. This bog ore Is mixed with the
magnetic iron ore brought from Texada
Island, 10 miles north OF Port Town
send, while the limestone from San
Juan Island il used as tlux. The JEFF
fsrson County bog ore assays from - TO
63 per cent; the Texada ores from 65 to
72. The experiments hitherto made
with theso ores have been highly satis-
factory; the gross yield with the first
and imperfect blast furnace used having
been about ], 100 tons of bog iron, which
has proven excellent for foundry, car
wheels and railroad iron. Tho expsri
mental period may now be considered
past. The old furnace has been dsmo|
ished. and new REDUCTION works are wei!
along in tho p cess Of construction.
The new furnac will be 50 feat in hight,
- feet squar with base OF ~
fset with ir 10 castings. The hot
blast will be l3xZ3 feet inches,
with massive ,ranite undstiOns five
feet deep. Tho boiler and engine bed
will be 33xl3 feet, with foundation 3 feet
deep. The furnace is expected to turn
out forty tons Of Pug iron per day, will
cos. between $300,O30 and $40 00O, and
will have all the modern improvements.
The company have on hand 1000 tons
of ore, l25.0C0 bushels of charcoal, aud
100 tons of limestone. The rock used
in ths foundation works and furnace is
brought from tho ChucksRut Quarries
Bellingham Bay. At prssen. about
thirty mechanics are employed in the
construction Of the works, the monthly
pay roll agaregating about 5000.
When IN full operation the works
and employ from ~ to 45 men at the
furnace. and from 800 10 40 at the
mines and iu the woods burning char
CO Il. etc, and the pay will foot up be-
tween $4,000 and $i5,C0o monthly. To
| sam up. the present management will
make the Puget Sound Iron Company a
permanent industry. Everything one
sees aoou. the site of the furnace, ma
cainsry. rock foundations and super
structures, il massive, and suggests
| business from the word go" Mr.
! White. the local Superintendent, is a
gentleman of largo experience, and may
DO relied upon to push things.
ROLLING MILLS.
Dir. A. Chs5ot. of Oakland. CAL, is
one Of the largest stockholders in the
Z. :. |. Co. He is one of the most far
sighted and successful business men of
California. and the fact that he has al
ready interested capital to the extent Of
@..cJ0 600 in the construction of rolling
mills in Oakland. which will look to the
+. :. l. Co. for their supply of pig iron,
is O suggestive one in tais connection.
Poar DISCOVERY.
4 few miles southwest of Port Town
fend are located the Port Discovery
sawmi.ls, which boasts an existence of
over q quarter Of a century. having been
founded in 1856. Aciserson, Moore 4
Co. are the present proprietors. the for
mer gentleman being widely known as
ono of the former proprietors of the Ia
coma mill. Mr: Geo. w. Downs Ia the
present Superintendent. The mill build
ing, new and massive structure, by the
way, is 30x,O feet. The present cut
ting capac ~ Of the mill runs from 80,
00o tn 10000 feet per day. A new gang
with a 81 -inch gage will increase the
cutting capacity about 30.Cc0 per day.
A planer, edaer and lath machine are
among the machinery of this fine estab-
iishment. Tue mill employs.about one
hundred men on an average. The COM
pany own the powerful steam tug s. L.
Masiick, the brig Deacon, the ship Wal
Hawk aud the bark Mary Glover. The
company have loaded and dispatched
twenty -four deep sea vessels to foreign
and domestic ports up 10 date for the
current year. A nev store. fouteen
new cottages and new schoolhouse
with an average attendance of from 81
to 40 pupils, are among the substantial
improvements due to the Mill Com
pany's enterprise during the present
year. It is expected that new boilers
and engines will soon be added to the
mill.
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