Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-01-01

determined. There are quite a n1m Der
Of veins 81 and about Wfskeson. but the
greater lumber are manifest on Carbon
river. The production Of the CsrbonSds
Hill mine has reAehei 100 tons Per ~.
Oae drawback 20 mach Of this field Is
tee ernksn natrre Of a. country. which
has 1islocGteG theveins and placed them
at various angles hnth in strike and
pstoh; ia some instances the pitch being
usa-sy vertical Bn. tbe coal is vaisA-
bic, snd methods will b. Adopted BY
which SIZE most of these fields will be
worked. The latest discovery, and
probably the most valuable ooal nsl3, Is
tina. knoEn as the Cedar OF Green liver.
This lies to the east and soata Of Like
Washington. and Is d0Gotlsss 3 eontln-
us1cs, n some measure, AZ iaGss. Of toe
most sasteriy veins found on the Payal-
lup. The Goals are of the same quality
-hitaminous. mostly clean. Tie face
Of the country, especially en- CsdSr river,
: more Level, aud the VEINS lac .; less
acute angles, and can. for the most part.
be ckeaply worked. On ths Green rlvsr
ihe country Is more broken aud similar
10 what is found at Carbonate. This
field il believed 10 be more extensive.
and there are in some portions OF II thin
anthracite veins Of coal.
few miles .frOm Renton, on Cedar
river. is the MacAilister vein or miEe.
ON which work hes recently bsen eonc-
menced. Its qnAlity seems to be inter
mediate between bitumSnous and ll2
Mite. rs It's position would indicate"
Professor Whisxorth alss refers 30 the
coal discovered ca the Ssagit rivar as
forming a link IL the chain tnat reaches
from Bellingham bay on the north 20
CbehAiis YAlIey on the south. Some of
these indications seem to be CT ssp3rats
and distinct basins, differing materially
in strike and pitch: has ths RUre east
ern veins. along IN the foot hills OF the
Cascade range give evidences st contl-
putty Shieh may yet prcse them ~ be
long line of rich bitumiaons Veins from
the valley of the ChehalS Though the
Sxookuuschnck, crossing she valleys of
the Puyallap, Green. the Cedar, the
Saodualmie and the Skaest, 10 uear the
northern Boundary of the Territory.
James r. Jones. 0ining engineer and
superintendent, makes a special repoEt
to this offce, in which he say;
The Newcastle mine 10 located IN
King county, on sections - anu p,
township "a Rerth, range 3 eass of VII.
lamstte meridian. eighteen and one-h4lt
miles from tide water at Seattle, its
shipping point.
The ontcro, pinGs Of the coal beds
mined were discovered some tsonty-
four years ag9y and the operations Of
naming began about the year 1871
The output has been increasing an
nsally since, from fes hundred tosisSo
rs, T42 tons in, Bsss which equsiled
EeArly - per cent OF the Pacific coast
consumption, and - per cent. of the
product OF the Territory.
HE coal il taken frOm three beds.
and rs commercially known as the 80.
attic Ignite" hav.nS a bright ulster and
q good fracture 10 is n good and
choose fuel for stsafa generating AID
for domestic use. and IL shistiy sold N
California and Oregon. A tOn of the
coarse coal in its rzArketable condition
in saazI to about foetY Que enoie feet.
The Approximate analysis Of she cosa