Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-11-26
ar. CRY AVID CeGSII.
II the Chamber Of Commerce
a sse CITY Of Seattle to the
c.,~vusv Of the Terrftsry.
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s,.-TIE. W. T., Oct. 10. 1873.
ss. WATSON c. soUIhk, r...,,,..-
~, sm-By direction OF TIE Cham
sobpit for your annssl report the
$3.50 statement regarding Hing
1t, and the city Of Seattle;
KING COUNTY.
.sarsa Of King county is D4o square
- and il has q greater diversity OF
s-,sss and greater natural wealth
sitbef one Of several Of the smaller
80 n the Union. When these re-
80 are fully developed, they will
...in m comfort the population Of a
- commonwealth. Tue most iA.
.,t of these resources are timber,
IRON, marble and copper. There
ss.SieaIly Al inexhaustibie quantity
ssh Of these elements Of wealth.
y. soy;cuItufal lands Of the county
- vide extent and Of marvellous
utility.
m scnaYs miles are mountainous and
s'.ts,n the coal and mineral deposits.
80 q estimated 30 be Sc, 600 acres of
- sericulturaI land. 10000 acres Of
- are In the river bottoms and
80 almost fabulous crops Of oats. hay,
80 ana the staple root crops. There
=. .ome 800 square miles Of timber,
S,;Sed into 5000 acres Of hardwood.
irsple. alder and ash about COCO acres
= mite zine, about "a 600 acres OF &C.
=, go 60 acres of fr, and perhaps
1850 acres Of spruce.
mere Ia known 70 DO some 10 10 20
.oasre miles of coal land, about 1900
,srss Of which are more or less devel-
sped. a.,.
mD0. being by far the most populous
y veil - the veslthiest in the Terri
tory.
TIMBxR.
The hard wood timber will average
bout 10000 feet to the ACRE and the
aher varieties will average ab at $1,000
sset. making a total Of about twenty two
siIlion feet 10 the county. Owing to the
fset that most OF the timber accessible
3 the water courses has been cut of,
Nd 10 the general dullness Of tho lum-
h, trade, there has been WY little
nspipQ carried on In the county duriRg
~ cast year; bat the very perceptible
inefeased demand for lumber of late,
ma the early construction OF contsm-
plssed railroad piercing the best OF the
timber districts, will, 10 10 hoped, within
ne coming year make logging one Of
he most important and lucrative indus
Riss In the country.
LunBKl MANUFACTURING.
Lnmber manufacturing, next TO coal
mining, ID the most important industry.
Tbs product ID mainly absorbed in the
bouss ana sound markets. All kids of
wood work incident TO the building
rad ~ carried on In the CITY OF Sc
stsle.. Them ase several furniture nan.
ufsstostss slso In the city.
Ths aunhsf Of sAvmilis In tho county
ia l6, WITH q aggregate daily capacity
@of about 10000 feet and ranging from
lseoto 10000 feet each per day. Ten
Of these mills are In the city of Seattle.
The sasrsgate value Of these mills and
their plants 10 about 81 10000, and
they employ. when running, nearly 100
men.
One ssvmill, having a capacity Of
1000 lest PCT day. was burned during
ihs paa ysar, but was speedily rebuilt
and ~ daily capacity increased to 100,
900 feet. Many Improvement were in
troduesd and the new mill IL considered
model.
There are three sbipyards in Seattle
having marine ways. aud the building
md repairing Of stea boats IS q CON
adtFsbls industry.
Goal missing is now our most import
ini industry. Ths coal field4 of King
county not only contain better coal and
srs more extensive. but they are now
isssloped 10 greater capacity than any
ahtr coal fields on the Pacific 90 .s,.
l,deed, the output for the coming year
shkcly 70 be greater than from all the
abw fields combined. In this industry
sssA progress has been made during
itspst year. Three nav collisrics have
besa opened, viz: Cedar River, Black
Diamond and franklin. The last two
produce semi bituminous coal OF su-
prior quality, said to 30 the best steam
sal now In use on this coast. OF these
un6s the Black Diamond has been the
soa asveloped. being nov able 10 ship
f'su two slopes frsm 800 10 1000 tons Of
nsl per day. A third slope Ia being
sepk, and, when completed, the daily
suipos Of the mine will be from 100 10
LOO tons.
There are good veins Of true bitumin-
oas coal 10 the county, bat, there being
10 transportation 70 them, they have
not been developed. There are several
hin veins Of anthracite, bot nose that
NJ workable have yet been fouad. al
lnsaeh many persons are confident that
,Aey exist.
IRON.
Lying In the Snoqualmie Pass. near
ies summit Of the Cascade Mountains,
hprobaoly the richest and most remark
able deposit Of magnetic iron ore in the
world. This deposis 10 inexhsustible,
And lie great value IL shown by tue fol
lowing Analysis Of several samples:
Moot Metallic Phos-
sample. Iron. Silica. phoras. Sulphur
! 6s@ 3.7s 0.00b 0o42
III i1 .089 .0o5