Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-01-01
WASHINGTON
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ed and are of q somewhat betses quslity
than GOALS shipped from tie New Castle
mines near Seattle
Est of Seattle aud Of Lake Washing
Too ar. What il known ~ the Seattle
mines, which have been more taoroagh-
ly ard extensively worked thAs any
others These are 10 operation today.
srs being successfully worked, With
prospect under proper management OF
lsas cont .auos. These v-Ins run
eastward into the Issaq1a Valley, and
probably still further.
The k7nton aud Talbot sssis, sbou:
8 miles ssath Of tn sesltle mines, may
be Considered a. . part Of toe Lake
Washington coal field The Reuton
Company are sofkina the Talbot coal
vein, from which they oogsin an excel
lent sriieis Of Ignite or brosn coal Al
the GOALS mentioned thus far bslong -
this class. They are properly to Be
termed Ignite. They are valuable
both for steam and domestic parposs-.
NEXT 10 impoTtsncs TO these are toe
PayAiiap coal fields. spreading ia va
rtsus directions along Carbon kyey no
the south fork Of Puyallup. on Flett
catIs HhA = 1880
veins OF aoaI seem 10 bs gate numerous,
q fev .smi-bituninsas,o or bet lis
rite and bitumincas.
The Goals Of this region, where the
veins are clsan, are superior IN quality
" the GOALS previously menEioned-
Most Of these are cokinR coals, give out
generally more heat, and contain 3
larger per cent. Of carbon. They oau be
used not only for steam and domestic
parposss. bat for aas. for fer2e coal
and for coke. Some Of these will be
found yalaable 10 the smelling Of iron,
II not 10 its natural state. IN its coz
version into coke, Of which superior
article ran bs prOdacsd from some OF
thes@ Veins.
There are D. rec distiuc. oollieries ia
this rsgion, one at Wilkssou on flett
Greek, the second at Carbonate on
Casbol River, and the third on 501th
Prairie Creek. At the latter place the
vein ~ thinner tssn a. tbs other phases,
bat ~ more regular IL ia strike. and
cIes'er than the generality Of the
Payailup veins. Its present prod lctIen
Ia 30 tons per day.
There are quite y number OF veins At
and about MIlkeson, Uus the greater
number are manifest on Carbon RIVER.
Tie production OF the Carbon Hill
misses has reached 100 tons par day.
One drawback 90 muan of this field
IL the brpkes nature of the country
WHOM has dislocaied the veins, aud
pl sces them 1t various angles, both 10
strike and pitch, in some instances
the pitch being nearly vertiah. Bat
the coal IL valuable, and methods will
be adopted by which the most OF thsss
vsins will be worked.
The latest discovery and probably the
most valuable coal field IL that known
~ the Cedar or Green River. This lies
so the east and south of Lake Washing
son, and IL doubtless = continuance, In
some measure ~ least OF shs most
eas,erly veins found on the PuailuP.
The GOALS are OF the sims quality. btu
minous. mostly olean. Ihs face OF
the country. especially an Cedar River
10 more level the veins lie at less acute
angles and caa for the NEST part be
oheaplv worked.
On Green River the country is more
broken and very similar So what II
found around Wllkeson and Carbonate
THIS field is believed to be qnite exten
eive, and there are Ia some portion:
Of 10 thin anthracite veins of coal
~ lew ibtttH iIOul Ahontphs Ou Oot.hi
River, IN the MeAiiistsr vein or mine
on which work has recently been com
mencsd, and IL gives promise of beini
an xoeilent coal. IL sesms to he rsth
or intermediate. between Ignite AMI
bitumin0ns in its quality, As 1t really i
In its position.
Nor must We overlook the coal die
oovsries gu the Skaait River. vbioh
though not or susive ~ yet still form
link in the chain that reaches FROG
Beilinghsm Bay on the north, to Che
halls Valley on the south, separated II
some degree from each other, 80 far a
the surface gives any indic atoms.
10 as OF them seem To he separate
aud distinct basins. differing materi
ally In strike aud pitch Bat when "
reach the more eastern veins, iyinI
In the foothills Of the Cascade Hang,
there are evidences OF osntluuity WHO
NAV yet prove these ~ be long line Q
xieh bitaminous veiaa, from the Vale
Of ths Chehaiis through she SkookuI
Ohuok, crossing the valleys OF the Pay
aliup. the Green. the Cedar. the Sno
Quaimis aud the Skaais, To near Oh
northern boundary of the Territory.
Whilst there IL much, very much, ~
10 be learned In regard to the miners
resources of this Territory. and ~ ,
che extent Of It's coal measures. tbef
10 nevertheless sufficisnt known at Sd
present time 30 justify the claim vhis
has been made that Washington Tel
ritory IL tue Pennsylvania Of the Psoifi
Coast"
The following data have been cart
fully cleaned concerning the mine
which have thus far been COMMERCIAL
opetated;