Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-01-13
PACIFIC COAST GOALS.
From the S. +. Bulletin. I

Whoever finds deposit of coal on
this coast finds a good thing. Not that
such deposits are rare, bit because of
their great need and value. There is no
danger of an production of coal on
this coast. 1t has been a great draw
back that we have been obliged to draw
such large supplies of coal from Aus
tralia and Europe. We on sht to be in
dependent of such sources of supply.
The transportation charges On these
duty. OF course SO long as We depend
on ships to carry away our wheat, It is a
good thing to have a market here for
foreign Goals. But it would be still bet
ter to have larger local cOnsumptive
demand for wheat, and this We could
have if coal for manufacturing pur-
poses could be found here in album
dance. There have been several coal
deposits opened on this coast. Those
best known in San Francisco are the
Mount Diablo mines in Contra Costa
county, the Coos Bay mines in Oregon,
the Washington Territory mines on Pu-
get Sound, and the British Columbia
mines. The mines at Mount DiabiO
have been worked for good many years
without interruption, and are still good
mines. The three mines at Coos Bay
have been worked irregularly for a
number of years. British Columbia has
been supplying San Francisco with coal
for about a quarter of a century. The
oldest claims of this character are at
Nanaimo. For dozen years or more
Departure Bay in British Columbia has
been gaining IN prominence as a source
of coal. The Wellington mine there has
been good property from the start.
Other deposits in the same vicinity have
since been developed, and still others
are in course of development. The old
est source of supply on the American
side of Puget Sound, in Washington
Territory. with which We are familiar,
Is the Be. bingham Bay mine. The mine
was worked upwards of twenty years
ago. 1t reached its highest state of de-
velopmeut in 1869, whom it sent to San
Francisco over 10000 tons. In 1871,
1873 and 1876 it sent from 10000 to q 600
tons. The mine took fire few wears
ago, and though the fire was subdued,
the claim was never worked afterwards
with the same energy as before, and in
1873 it sent ont its last cargo of coal.
Perhaps the discovery of the mines at
~
oeattie IN ioIO nao sometnlng 70 do with
!ne aDandonmSnt OF the rockingham
pay MINES. Inc oeattie mines sent
IN, .noir nfst coal 10 Caliornla IN lou.
Inc quantlty TOT tnat year was less than
o ~ IONS. IN 1901 was received over
!oo,u}V tons from tne seattle mines. The
nenton mines, near seattle: and the
CARBON niii MINES were the last OF all,
ana were sOio 10 the southern Paclho
haiiroad company IN 1851. In June,
1857, another deposit OF coal was dis
covered on Puget sound. This Is near
south rralrie, on south Pralrle Creek,
about 20 miles from Iacoma and abol t
miles from the Carbon hill mines.
The overs have gone into the side OF
Inc hill l5O0 feet at one point and LOO
teet At another, and have developed
three veins OF excellent GOAL. They have
not yet gone below the water line, and
yet they have exposed large body of
coai that comes the nearest to the IA
nous West Hartley OF Europe of any
yet found on tins coast. 1t ookes freely
IN an ordinary pit; and has been found
% be nearly equal to the best Bulls
Eye Coal from Sydney for pudding
purposes. A gentleman who has had
experience IN the furnaces at Pittsburg,
Pa, saysit is better than any coal used