Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-09-15

break. Ranioy and Eaton were killed
by the Indiana on the Yakima, AZ the
beginning Of the troubles; H. II. Tobin
and DIR. X, IF. Bigelo- died few years
after~asd. The coal claim was entirely
abandoned. and was subsequently taken
By G. Clymsr as part Of his pre- eEnption
claim.
A. tho time this ccai Vas shipped TO
San Prancisco j. was worth 81 psr to1.
Several efforts have been mAcs SINCE -
wsrk this coal and di=poss cf the rnins,
Bus w!thou. siseess- "hlis there -
soTua good coal ia ths vein. there ~ -
much dirt and foreign mstfer minglsii
with il "a % render tds working Of Il
unpgoltabie.
About tse sssGe time coal was discov-
cred on s,soekam C2usH. s0ra twelve
or fifteen miles from Olympia. r1s2T
where the peuiteatiag il now sl:usied,
and where the Seato coai Is Eo1 being
worked Another discovery was IN Hce
on CIsiisr1 Bay. subsequently, known az
the Thorndike vein, but not worked IN
I'll 1864 or 1855. This coal was OF exesl-
lent quality, bat the vein thin. and the
couatry 80 broken a. 10 cause fault after
fault in the mine, and thus making the
working 90 costly that Is has besn aban-
doned.
In 1863. the discovery Of coal on Isa-
qua creek, vuIgariy oslied Squak. near
Samamish Lsks, and on Coal creek, near
70 Lake Washington, vas made known
almost simultaneously. that ON the Isa-
qua taking the lead, however, as to
70 time, perhaps some two or three
months. The important claims there
were taken by L. b. Andrews and w.
A. Jepson. Coal 10 the amount o. tsn
tons at ono time was breught in and
tested by tho United States steamer
Shubrick. The engineer, Mr.. Winship.
gave quite q fattefing report Of this
coal, and placed its capacity FOR the
production of steam - superior TO any
other of the Pacific coast Goals at that
time known. This coal and that on
Coal creek, nov being worked and
known AZ the Seattle coal. are one and
the same, being only continuance of
the same veins, whose outer or wester1
end extends no further than Lake
Washington, IL indeed they are no. cut
off by the drift deposit which rnanifesta
itself near to she prssen. workings.
The cIaims on Coal Crock Were orig
inaiiy taken 10y l.. III. Lexis, Etwin
Riohardson, Ira Woodin aud Finn
Campbell. Tho iva last named subss-
aueully abandoned their claims. and
these we're taken afterwards respective
ly by DR.. Josiah Settle aud Wiilian
Perkins. The property nov owned by
the Ssattlo Coai Company includes the
original claims of Lewis. Richards.
and Settle, with the additional citins+
Of Lewis. q. B. Btgley and John koss,
with one or two other ciIims taksa by
parties sabssG iently TO these. Shortly
afesr the discovery ~ thfs coal An at
VAS passed by Congress declaring coal
lands to DO mineral lands. AMI there-
fore no. subject to pro ernption or
Homestead laws. IL was A. Grst sup
POSED that this act would defeat the
claims Of the parties VII, had then set
tied on those lands, bat insomuoh a.
they were in act nal po6sessi IN, and had
Already made many valuable improve
ments prior to tho passage Of ths act,
Il vas decided that il did Affect it's &C
ouired rights and their CHAINS we're CON-
firined 70 them.
In l86s, d. Baalsy, George 2. Whit
worth and John Kess, having beo0me
Interested With Philip II. Lewis, DIR. j.
Settle end Kdvia kiohardssn, oOm-
usAesA he construction Of wagon
sosd frUsA ~ go Ghors Of Lake Wash
inGt0a - . POINT on Ooal Greek near
the 0ontse 81 tho Lewis olaim. and
wheee IL creek eats the veins Of GOAL.
This point 10 easily 6xsd nov, il being
tuse 6slsv The nsv sneiss .hsass OF the
seattle company. which has rocently
been erected on Coal Creek, near the
head Of the slApe. $3.50
Tho first coal taken from these mines
was bsoasht By wagon down 10 the lake,
thence aoross chs iaiei IN basges h Plea
bure On tho west sids Of the Lake, thence
again By wagons ~ Seattle. In Sep
tenabeg, 1867, the Lake Warrington Coal
Co., consisting Of r. H. Lewis, josiah
Settla, D. B~elsy, Geo. =. Whitworth
and John Rosa. was duly incorporated
under the laws 0f the Territory, and
continued working for como months, 20
AZ TO bring tho coal into notice, and
have Il Thoroughly tested. The produ6-
ton vaa men from two to Ave tons day,
and will very soon have q capacity Of
ono thousand. In 1858 Some changes
were made both in the company and the
place OF working. Tho opening Was
made whore Nesoastie now stands. and
has beon continued At that point over
sinse. A change also was made IN the
ruute for transportation Of Quail. In
stead Of scross the lake, Il MAS brought,
first in bargss down Black and DIVA
mish rivers, and after wards in small
steamers. The company's barge Or
soow was the Good rsnpiaT. The 6rst
steamer was tho Fannis. owned By Chps.
3. Randolph.
In FEBRUARY. 1870. The LAks Washina-
ton Goal Company sold 10 oehee paetiss,
Who organised ~ ths 6ea1tie Coal Com
pany. This COMPANY Immediately pro-
Cseded 70 build . tramvay from New
castle 20 shs lake, ooussssseinG . eAuts
on the BENSON place. oonnsCtin9 lakes
Washington and UntOa 70 SEATTLE.
The ooal was transported aofoaa the
lakes By sssasners and bargea, the ears
being broasht through without being
dissharRed bsfors rsschinx ths end Of
tbs ruute.
EAsly in 1871. the misss vses Sold 10
q. Diusmors and O. b Hhattsck. vho
Afterwards turned w Heastae Coal and
TrNnspOrtati0n Company, which vAs
CouSinuo1 by tAae name until the pres
sut tine. y boou akess paaBina into shsir
han1s She trauGpoeeatiou vAs improved.
Oh - tranvaya. 1as railssad koa Va
LA NhisA AflDsvAe61 GAyo vay -
LIGHT r irnn. Tho ioen9oofve took ~
piass u hesss 90 osle teanA asd
Shsir tarRps sad- s1ea0aes vors 60
laHeod, 70 0sss the Growing oapseity Of
IT, n.ine, and ths de0ands Of eonsomp.
80 I'd meah0s1 a eRAnsnoeea4iOu