The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-01-01
THE FUTURE OUTLOOK.


FOR NEXT YEAR.
IL may be said of every mine in
Washington Territory that, barring
accident. the output next year will be
much larger than last-probably 25
per cent greater. Competition from
the mines OF British Columbia and
Australia in the San Francisco market
continues 10 be successfully met, and
the home market every day grows
wider. The amount taken by tug
boats and Puget Sound steamers
(apart from ocean-going steam craft
ha. nov become big feature in the
Seattle market and the demand is
steadily on the increase. So looking
at the coal industry from every point
Of view the future Is bright. The four
Old mines in King county, whose
product is brought 10 Seattle. namely,
the Black Diamond, owned by the
Black Diamond Coal company; the
Cedar Mountain. owned by the Cedar
River Coal company, and the Coal
Creek and the Franklin. owned by the
Oregon improvement Company, show
a handsome increase over 1887, the
total increase of .120 90 tons for the
year, being about eqally distributed in
proportion To the product OF each
mine For the past three or four
months. operations have been some
what retarded by preparations for
next year. Extensive Improvements
have been made, particularly at the
Franklin, and every mine will soon be
prepared 70 get out more coal than
ever.
\ new field has been opened in King
county by the Seattle Coal and Iron
Company, a sister corporation Of the
Seattle. Lake shore & Eastern rail-
way. This field is situated on the
+ line OF the railway about 20 miles dis
tant from Seattle. The only mine
thus far developed Is the Gilman.
+ Coal was first taken out about nine
months ago. and the output up TO the
first oi December was 1897 tons
Practically the mine j. just noN prop
erly opened, and from this time OF
operations will be pushed \ low es
Inmate on the product for the next
r. months l. - uN0 tons. while the
probabilities are that 100 90 tons VIII
he taken our The same company are
engaged In opening mp the Grand
III Sc mine, 10 miles distant frou
Gilman. and viii get out next wear
between -a 90 ami 500 tons ono
Thousand tons recently mined Wa
shipped 20 san Franci-Co. and de
yelopWe1t- thus far Indicate that the
quality VIII equal in every rcspect tie
Wellington mine, of Briti- IA Columbia
: me work Ia, also been done on ths
EuhntT mine in the same locality
The gem paUv employ about fnA men
Another new field, AMI the latest In
Ming county Is the nurkam mine. sit
uatc on the hank of Green river. ~
ihe line oi the Northern Pacific rail
road. forty mi - east Of Seattle and tWs
m 'Js from Palmer station ltisoWnes
ana operated les the Pacific luye 4
Weut Company. Work ~ opening the
mine began early last spring and th,
FIRST coal FOR export was taken ollt lat
in November The company loade.
the bark Elsiuore for san Franci>c,
last month. The quality Of the coal /
soft bituu'aous, similar 70 the Wilke
son eoal OF Pierce county. and u vii
find a ready market About 100 msl
are employed. Tie company is ia
position 10 take 0Ut about 500 tens q ds'
, A. tins time. and the work will ~
, pushed during the coming wear.
: The iar-e-t uiire la Pierce count'
Is the Carbouado owned by the south
ern Pacific Company which Us shipre.
by steam ant sail "a san FranCi .co
IL l. situated q miles southeast O.
Tacoma.
The South Prairie mine /. owne,
, and operated by the south prai-i
Coal -. The product has the replta
tion ST being the hest steam aut
domestic coal ga Fiescc county an.
, the supply Is never equal 70 tile De
mand.
There are two mines at wIkeSon
The Older IS operated by the Tacom.
Coal 20. and produces q very ana
quality OF coSiae and % blacksmith
! coal The coke Is taken readily o..
the 0rcgon Iron and Steel Ca. O.
o,Wego, Or. Parrutt'- smelling Work.
&c buge. Mont, sud ty every yriyat,
consumer whe is fortunate enough e
Get au urlrr EQeG During the veal
thfrr hiss rot heen . time when order.
were E7t largely iu eNee-- o{ the sup
Vly
The other mine at Wikesou Is
owned ty the WJkeson Coal & Co.'S.
COMPANY v hseh was formed tsst ArriI
he principal shareholders are Nua
heiiy @. th.earo Haeh White @.
san Francisco ana rheodore Hu-
mer. e L Mastcrsou. ~. y Tylr,
and g. " Driver of Tacoma. Me,>1S
Kelly aAd Waite are the leaeifg men
Ia the enterprise IL IS an o.d NINE