Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-02-22

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CAasoxApo. ". T.. FEB. %, 1854.
A week or - ago foand IL would b
necessary for me 70 make trip 70 Car
bonado, 20 I 81 about 70 gather some
infogmatioo rseasdinG the camp.
found no difi,eoIty IN my undertaking
In tbs matter Of quantity, bat the in
formation vas too contradictory for
practical purposes, %. With eripsack in
hand, I started for the land Of black
diamonds.
After tranaacting my own business ]
ct 70 work askino qosstions and max
ine notes. which surn over 70 yea In
the hope that they may prove Of some
vains 70 those Who may be In need OF
such Information, - veil a. 70 the
reader Who wishes to keep posted on
the resources Of our Sound county. =
1 Icfs Tacoma yesterday morning Al
6:lS, and reached Cayb0sado about
q. n. which vas about four hours b.
hind time. We bad quite q time IN
pushing oar way through and over the
snow, which was aboos four inches deeF
whom " left the terminus. ana 10 wber
~ arrived here.
Al one time the Conductor had grave
d0ubts a. 70 the possibility Of the irsI
hor.e being able 70 make il. True. W
had q long line Of coal carr, which W
had 20 leave ut WilkesOn and procsed II
our Journeys end with only the engine
and coach.
Duripe the night second edition OF
euov ct in, which added about si1
inches 70 the already Rentesl sumessnoy
In other words, CarbouAdO 10 clean "a
the depth Of two fest.
I had a pleasant chat with the super.
intsudent. Mr.. d. I. Davies, formerly
Of the Consolidated Amador coal mine,
California, He has been here about
three months, but has, in that short
time, done much. Al present. Mr.. Da-
viea tells me, theee arc 800 men ae work
hero; 100 underground. and the oensf
100 are snRnaed at various occopasions
about the oa0p.
6eveu veins are being worked. which
vaYv ID many respects. The wingate
vein n about the best. and 10 in 2OO
~ Havine paasod through the fault,
10 further d,inoulty h looked for in
That vsln. The other veins are being
vorked moro or Ieas, and are in from
1000 70 200 fest, and are from three 70
twelve fese thick.
At present tbs company 10 turning
out ABBOTT 200 tons per day, but oy WORK
ing nights and bondays much more
eoold b done. From what ! could IA!
tAink 20 moro OF the coal u wanted
in Gan Francisco, for tho company-soe
Central Pacific Railroad-havs to ues
all the coal they mine;it b case much
like that Of the economical farmer,
what his hogs could not cat, be would. -,
am no coal expert, but am sAsssneo
that the Csrbonsdo coal y very good
though very dirty; % much 20 IL would
cost IL worth 70 clean il.
may DO - pOor . prophet - An Q
coal expeYt. nevertheless will vontass
the prophecy that In two years from
nov Tacoma will have practically no
use for her Ono new bunkerS.
Once upon q time thoeo vAs . great
biz elephant In Pierce County. some ~
miles from Tacoma, owned principally
hy Mr.. Chandler, Of San Francisco. In
q abort time the long siRhted gentleman
dioooyesed the fast that he did not oars
fur bis pet very much, but would let
friend have il. jest about that tms
Mr.. Croker, Central Pacific Shyleok,
was looking for an elephant. 4 short
interview between the two gentlemen
resulted in Q change Of masters for the
three quarters Of . million dollar ele'
thsnt. am told the elephant V very
much attached 70 its new master, but .
the elephant 10 mentioned ON Mob Hill!
the railway king ansaks O6 like MARI
TwAin's dog altar its oayote chase.
Byron Barlow runs eveEy thing bert
that n not run by the company, which
includes the store, hotel, meat market
and gin mill. and no doubt has . Qooe
thing. The bar IL, NO doubt. . LITTLE
mint. A Mr.. Buell., lately from the Bay
City, has charge Of Mr.. Bsrlow's bust
mess ct the camp. There 10 ssronR 70
aemblanos bstwesu the Oasbooado ho
tel and the Arlington Of Seattle, bot ont
does not discover the likeness until h
saka 0MhaAsn ssnv esi1lTp ALL