Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-01-01
tonnage foe ID. year =, July l.s7s.

tonnage fo< tie year 70 July l, 10 IL ,573.
BLACK DIAMosp.
Tbs zine il Ia the Green river 6eld.
On the Cedsr River RsiIresd Extension.
on se-sicns IL and IL, township q.
range east, snd 81 miles from Seattle.
Three coal b~ds are dsveloped, ranging
from avs 70 s.K fee. in thickness and
dipping from u degrees TO 20 degrees
Tse quality II the coal - sboai the
ssz1e - ths. reported for tue PrankliR
mine las: year. The daily capacity Of
the mine l. from 600 20 800 tons Coal
gas Ars shipped In April, this year, and
the tonnage 20 July 10 1912. THIS 10
the Hrst es4i from this Sid marketed.
Il has met with ready sale and oousid
srsbIe favor - q ssssm coal A yet, Il
lacks cosrs.Eess 70 become choice do
msssie coal.
No coal vss shippsd fron this mine
last year. Tbs Area shiprnent vss made
10 July. 1885. and the cspassty today 10
asoat 100 toos. Toe prodass 10 beooa
ins Qli.s a fsvoeite for steam aud de-
nestle uses.
This mine IL located On sections "a
aud 32, township 10. range S east, sa the
Sorthsrn Pacific R,ilrosd- 81 miles
from f4oorna- The mine vas developed
orislinsiIy ia or about 1875, abandoned
after shors trial and rsspeued IN 1884
The shipments for the year, 70 Jaiy l.
iss5. sq1zllsd, SOL toaA The quality Of
the coal 10 the same 80 that rep 1rsed for
Valoan Minis last , ear. and the 90 Al beds
are tbs sans. bat located On tae oppo-
site SIDE Of the ansiolInAi axis.
socrH pzArErE.
This mine 10 situated on section Is.
township -, range 6 east, D miles from
Tasoms. on the Northern Pacific Rail
road. Cpmmsnosd operations 10 1881.
The eel bed mined Is bituminous in
character, and It's quality srisgs 1t 9
ready sale FOR gas, steam and domestic
Purposes. Tse thick ness Of the bed IL
four feet, and 10. angle Of dip varies
from Is degrees TO 80 degrees. The
nise epsniR2 ia a water lsvel drift. Toe
shipmsst for the year ending With jane,
1885, IL "a si3 tons.
c.kRyH HILL.
This mine IL on sections 3. 4and ;,
from Tacoma its shipping port, on the
Northern Pacific Railroad. The site OF
the mine IL en- Carbon river, in a canyon
from 400 feet TO 500 feet deep. The
sides Of the cinyoa are precipitous aud
extremely imposing. The view or the
GOAL formation on the side Of the can
yon, with It's rnsay foidiRas or corruga-
tiOn4 oser series OF synclinal and
s1tt Al - kaaAnI IL,
ton. The Il mined Ia chiefly taken
from drifts above natural vster drain
ags, AZ the level Of the river and elevat-
Cd on IN inclined plane 800 feet long. a
vertical distance of nearly 500 feet. The
principal saAl beds mined are three in
nunber-3i< feet, q feet, and 10 TO Il
| have been "oeensd" and more or less
soft and hns, Welding log percentage
Of coarse. and IL used chiefly for steam
purp Jsss In California by the Central
we're began in 1890 and the daily caps
city today Ia from 100 TO 800 tens. Tue
shipment foe the last ysar ending With
Jans, 1ss5, Is 1885 tons.
BsLIINaHAM BAY.
This ia the tfst mine Of note devel
oped 10 the Territory. II 10 situated IL
Whato ,m onanty, on Bsllinahsm Bag
10 township 80. range east. The Goa
bed Is Ia feet Ia thickness, yielding
come 10 feet al clean coal. and from Z
test made, the quality Compares favsra
Div With the "S7attk Ignite" The
Formation dips from 8 degrees To 30 d.
gress. The main mine opening is Z
slop3 30 yards long, dipping 80 de
Rrs--s. Oas arm OF the min- extends l5f
yards under the hay. Shipment from th,
mins 0egsa 10 1863 aid continued lat.
1873. Fhs reported shipments for III,
Is ye'Is IA 2s3 04S tens; adding to thu
, the home o5nsn npiion. the total mi q,
ontpoi would bs in the vicinity of
quarter Of million t,ns. The mins il
nov faii IL wArer. Wnils 10 op ration
the mine IL rep rsei 80 have caused con
sidefsbls annoyance through she ool
ignitiag spontaneously.
The above covers all the GOAL minin
op@f stisos ~ nots wisnia tina Territory
, exosptinN the Vulcan mine. reported Il
1874, and 4 ANAL operation ar test miu
. opeucd on tbs Straits Of joan de Fucs
near ClAiism Bay IN Oiallam eouuty, il
| icof. ifon NuiOu . 0rfHu 81 UlU tOH8 Wa
shipped.
| The tossl shipment for tho Torritsry
for The year ending June 80. 1895,
, sS9, $50 tens. Adding the homs CON
, sumption 10 this. ths total mine outpn
, will be about AZ. 900 sena
From tbs data d hand ID 10 estina 10.
that The total ouspat Of spal In the Ter
ri'ery 70 January l, 1895 covering
period Of "a ycsrs-is Ia tha ne,Rhbos
hood Of - s 600 TINS. . trifis more thai
, two per cent. ~ the United States Goa
, prodaet fer Que year.
Daring sbe hcs, decade, the coal busi
uess Of tie Territory Increased two an
half times. and In tbs second neari,
ten times. Darias the last ave year
the increase has been from l3s, 900 ton
!, 30 t,ooO tons; an inorssss Of asarl
,, three times.
sAirisa COLUMBIA.
; The statement below gives the Go,
: eminent repor, OF the output Of th
mines IN British Columois for II year
ending Deosmber, lss4:
To-i
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