Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-03-04

WHArooA Coal DrscovKRfRs. .-Depu-
~ Surveyor. o. b. Iverson. of Whatoon
county, gave reporter Of tas Posr-Ix-
rzIIaE2oRR some Interesting informa-
ton concerning recent discoveries Of
valuahle coal veins joining Whatcom
Laks, on the north side. Two years aeo
Mr.. Iverson started 10 suyyey Ia what
com ooon.y and while running section
lines through the vacinity of the lake
be discovered float coaIn along the
banks of the various little streams he
was compelled to eross. Finishing his
work he returned and Examined the
ooantry more thoroughly. He at last
discovered q acropping near thesnmnit Of
tbs mountain which slopes 60 the shore
Of the lake and euds In O bluff, forming
o nearly perpendicular wall as = bank
10 the lake He eAtained the tSpe dip
and strike 10 this cropping aud located
@ point On the blud af the lake where
10 sxpscted 10 ind the other end Of
the vein. and 10 seems his expectations
were net disappointed. This vein be
says is 3 fest wide snd miles long. By
q careful exAmiustion OF the region he
found I've veins aegreeatina In thick
ness - fsst and from 20 miles long.
Indications psint to the existencs Of
at isast fiss osher yeins between thoss
actually located. These veins ail have
the ssme strike and their dips are
above 90 degrees Mr.. lvegson claims
that the veins may Be mined by o hori-
Hsntai tunnel driven In from the edge
Of the laks. fhs Reliinaham Bay Csal
Company uisoovere& one OF these veins
years zeo and started 30 work 10. bot the
recent examination shows tha. the per-
ton mined By them was sinply Q
fault frem The naain vein sxtsnding %
an ssGle or % degreW 20 the south.
lhess yeins are at least Goe feet desp.
The entire system - now explained
seems simple enough, and u the facts
are ali - the7 are pistared the what
CON coal hsids win coon Be oas Of The
msst important rssc1rcss developed IN
ouf Territory. Mr.. lverson states fur
thar that companies arc making NJ
ranRemsnss tending 70 the iumedisss
l developement AZ these rich discoveries
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