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

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VIII mot be out Of place at this tire:
BOARDING the morning train at 100 W
started for Newcastle. Bounding III
bay, ~ enter the timber, and soon CON,
10 view of the Dvamish river, which h
formed by the White and Black river
uniting about ten miles from Seattle
On our way we were shown the old docl
on White river from which the coal va
formerly loaded on scows, and take,
from hare TO Seattle.
Twelve miles from Seattle il Renton
Wht0h contains about 800 inhabitants
There are 100 children in the school dis
tKiCe. The school house 10 used by diff
feFeut determinations for religious ser
viooA The Renton coal mines, ovne<
By the Rsnton Coal Company, wer,
opened about 1874, and have o capacit,
Of 150 tons per day; but ships being
scarce they are not shipping at presen
70 Sxceed76 tons per day. Along th,
low or mafahy lands in this vicinity
great deal Of bog iron is found, vhici
assays from 30 10 60 per cent. Wher
mixed with magnetic ore, is makes I
vary good quality Of iron. Along thu
streams and bogS much Of the sprins
water u impsegnated With iron.
ditching on another locomotive, VI
are soon climbing up the hill. Tn
grade Averages almost 100 feet, and fol
q short distance IL 10 fest 10 the mile
While climbing the hill We have . 6ns
view Of Lake Washington, which il
quite deep and abounds in fish. On tor
of the hill and about fourth Of mill
from Newcastle is Lake Elite CArtney
named after young lady in the neigh
borhood- This u q beautiful little lake
and has an average depth Of about 81
feet.
Between Renton and Newcastle w
pass over the May Greek trestle. which
10 1A feet high. There are bat few
higher trestlegin the United States. A
short distance beyoad this is the Lake
tFessle, 80 feet high. A few months be-
fore the present company purchased
this road, whilst the cars were passins
over this structure, q portion of the
train ran on, killing one man and break
| ing both legs Of another, X. l.. Thorne
who ia now the station agent at Renton
Mr.. James Williams, the late superin
| tendent Of the mine, was aboard. See
| ing the cars were going, he made ,
| spring. alighting clear of the car. X.
was picked up as dead, but proved onl,
to be stunned. Since then the trestl,
has been greatly strengthened, and il
| now considered a. quite safe.
Arriving at Newcastle. we were very
agreeably surprised TO tind 50 large and
busy a town. Ii has a population o.
about $50, with two schools and 10
scholars, and one church building, il
which services are held every Sunday b,
some minister of the Gospel. Every
denomination represented by the miner,
Is entitled to the use of the church, bu
no different denominations permitted Il
use it on the same day. BY this mean
all are treated alike The following or
carnations have lodges in good work
ing order: Masons, Odd Fellows, Goo,
Templars, Knights of Pythias ana
United Workmen. There are 140 dwell
ings, one store, one boarding house
saloon. barn, blacksmith shop, carpente
shop and sawmill. Three hundred ans
ton names appear on the payroll, 16'
being miners. most of whom are men o
families.
The company has pat a new addition
TO the coal bunkers, which hold 200
tons Of coal. The coal when brough
| from the mines is left on the track nea
by and pushed by small engine to tn,
top Of the screen. The cars are SD con
structed that when they reach the enl
Of the track they unload themselves ana
then fall back into position without as
distance. Sliding down the screens tn,
coarse coal is carried to one Of the bins
the nut cal to another bin, and the re
fuse, which falls into a dume under
meath, is carried by the water half {
mile away and deposited on q low piect
Of ground belonging to the company.
Shutes are placed at certain distances
| apart, ~ that a train can be run along.
side and loaded with coarse coal in 4
few minutes. II nut coal is wanted
the train il ran under the bunker
where shutes are used az for thu
coarse coal. They have extended
their railroad around the hill. crossins
quite q number of narrow. deep can.
yons, to Coal Greek, near the location Of
their hosting engine, where the FRS
coal was found By p. RI. Lewis, whils
deer hunting. The "fnd" was sold TO
$4,000.
From Newcastle to this point 10 abou,
one and one-fourth miles, the same dis
tanoe ~ it Ii through the tunnel. Tbi
road and bankers are now completed
and the company ship 1000 tons per da,
instead of GOO TO $50 tons a. formerly
In company with the Assistant Super
intendent Of the mines, We climbed in {
GOAL car and soon were geing thunder
ing along into the mines. The trair
consisted of thirty coal cars, hauled By
the Little Seattle" This locomotive
including the cab, is only twelve fee
long. and four and a-haf feet high
without smokestaok. She makes from
fourteen 70 sixteen round trips per day
item hourx) hauling from thirty to fifty
cars each way-each car holds not lea
than one ton Of coal. This locomotive
kept oil the cars. steamers. and various
works running for two years. Had any.
thing happened 70 il, the works, etc.
would have had to stand still. Another
similar locomotive was recently added
10 the rolling stock at the mines.
Their work Is nov carried On in tun
nels No. ] and No. I, which represent
respectively different veins of coal
Most OF il ID bsing taksu fron No. 2
mich hAs slevDn feet of clear coal.
Cars ere hauled along the eangway
from where the tunnel euters the hill,
% the incline, q distance Of one and 4
quarter miles, by the Little Seattle =
thay - hsre ga a, ON a side trssh
and hauled aroand the incline and LEFT
On hes track. This incline dessauds
about foo. hundred fest q the bottom
Of which gAngways run in both direc-
tons Two empty oars are run on the
Oxy1Des and - downeo the lower gang
~ Whil1k NO emI ~ onse are going
E5vhtwo fHn toss arr being hauled up
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