The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-12-09
FROM THE NORTH.
Discovery of . Valuable Coal De.
posif.
An Kxtinet Raee-Ps.te7ees-N
canneries swine
forts Report

TIE Alaskan
wo-s was bruuxhs IN laxt week an.i com
rzunseA.es1 10 the Sztsa Trading Conpsuv
- e3aple % Indians 20 the effect TIA;
saeT had found deposit of coal on aereek
ruaaing into c. JEANS bay. . miles north
% Slika, szS % verify tie sixzensa, they
produced sozae s4E8p5cS Of The easL Act
iwg upon the iafoTFastioH. NJ T. {. Dorap.
Monday iasr. started in beat for the scene
Of the discovery. the two natives snrcsa-
psnyiEg him and pointing cut the spot
where tney had found the coal About toa
pounds were taken out and brought into
town and . test made. which proved ssfss-
factory. The coal i Of the kind known a.
anthracite. AMI il the deposit proves srf-
Hcientfy large 70 make \ worth while TO
WORK. there Is no G0u5t but that q rsosf
valuable and important dnd has been
msce. Mr.. Dor2n intends 10 visit the spot
again and thoroughly prospect the ground
in order 10 ascertain the extent OF the dis
foyery. The location Is very convenient
for working and handling. and IL large
body OF the black diamonds exists in the
inrslfty It viii not be long before sfep- are
taken 10 develop II and place the product
on the market The fact that anthracite
coal exists In this section has been known
for many year. past, bot despite all efforts
she exact locality has never been found
seven years ago near the scene of the pres
ert discovery. The ouscroppinys having
been exposed by the action OF thu weather
led 10 the discovery, aud tnst il may prove
to be OF value is the wish OF every resident
of Sitka who is compelled 20 pay such ex-
orbiiant prices as those exsctsd for FIRE
wood and coal
PREHISTORIC PEOPLE
In an article entitled Cruising In West
ern Alaska" correspondent SAYS.
Twas particularly DESTROYS of calling az
Green Island. which Is one of the group ia
the entrance of Chugach Gulf. for the pir-
pose Of securing a mummy from one of the
the absence OF an experienced pilot made
il impraeiieable 10 do so. In Q cave, or
caves. ON the island mentioned. as also in
those on the Four Mountain Islands west
of 0unslaskR. ] am told by those who have
seen them. numerous corps of a race of
people believed TO have Inhabited these
islands long anterior 10 the coming OF
those found here when the Russians first
came They are said, those in the Green
Island caves, to be closely and tightly
wrapped in several thicknes.es Of fur
skins, while those in the Four Mountain
caves. are Simply clothed in dog-skin par
kss Ia garment made like a shirt, with
hole made in the upper part Just large
enough for the head 10 90 through They
d fer from any of the native people of the
present day in that their hair and boards
were red, and the skins of their bodies
black. Who and what these p ople were,
and whence they came, IL question which
VIII probably never be solved
TWO NEW cASSERIEs.
James Bell. OF Astoria. Oregon, who was
up here some few weeks since. writes that
II - very likely that two new eanneries
viii be erected in Sitka next season One
j. to be put up by Lyude & Hough who
h.N. I'D ~ Il Ns-fsh Lob
Carlson and Foari 4 stokes: aud the Kin
ney Packing Co, with Mr.. Bell as superin-
tendent, Intend erecting the other Mr.
Bell says be believes that the increase next
year in the number of eases of canned sal
mon turned out In Alaska over the present,
will be fully 100, eco, an advance Of over q
per cent.
GOV. swISEFoRD's REPORT.
Governor Swineford's official report is
approaching completion. aud viii be ready
for dispatch to Washington in another ten
days. In length it will be about the same
as that of last year. The governors review
of mining operations shows substantial
work being done in the way of improve
menis ana the prospects for the opening
up aud development of several valuable
properties exc edfngly bright. Those who
believe that this great territory is at a
standstill, will be quickly uudeeeived
when they read what Governor Swiuefuri
has 10 say about the active work going on
in the many claims taken up n The west
ern section of Alaska.
SEW PoSToFFIcEs.
Two new postoffiees have recently been
established in Alaska and bids are now
being advertised for furnishing an oeca-
siOnsl mail service for these offices. The
names of the new Offices are Unga and
Afoguak. The postmaster at the former
place is Mr.. John II Carr, aud at the latter
Rev. James A. With, both former resi-
cents OF seattle
FERTILE sell.
As proof Of the fertility of the soil in
this section an ALASKAN reporter was shown
this afternoon thirteen small potatoes
which had grown from one tuber planted
about June % The potato was nut in The