, 1889-06-13
THE WENATCHEE.
One Of Washington's Most De-
lightful Il giOns.
Its Vast Agricultural and Min.
eral Resources.
The Progrtss Of Development and the
rromisinG Outlook for
the Future.

summit Of the Cascade range OF noun
tains, and flows in u soutbeasterly direc'
tion for distance Of seventy miles, when
il unites with the Columbia and flows in
unison with that river to the sea,
The Wpnatchee, after receiving the
waters of its many tributaries. ia as large,
and great deal swifter, tnan the Spokane
aid most any where along its banks is "a
good milf site. and all that IN necessary In
order 10 have good water power Ia TO put
in a dam.
The banks Of the upper WeuatGhee and
its many tributories. and the shores OF the
beautiful lake, are covered with vast forests
Of pine that extend away back no the side
OF the mountains for miles, aud furnish
an inexhaustible supply OF logs for years
10 come.
wgNArCuEE VALLEY.
Along the banks OF the lower Wenatchee
river. on both sides. are the historical and
beautiful Wendtchee valleys. These val
leys are not large, the largest not having
an area Of more than three miles square.
On both sides of the mouth OF the We
natchep, extending along the west side of
the Columbia river, is the Columbia fat.
IL is eight miles long and has an average
width OF two miles. Those valleys and
this fat can rightly be called the garden
spot of the world and for fruit they have
no equal. We have seen growing in
Philip Mlllers orchard, crabs, plums, APP
piles, cherries, pears, persimmons. wal
| nuts, hgs, chestnuts, pruues, mulUerrles.
| butternuts, apricots and peach trees IL
years old. loaded down with fine large
velvet peaches that even now, before they
are ripe, make my ewes sparkle and my
mouth water. la his garden and vine
yard are all kinds of plants and vines and
last year he made eighty barrels of wine.
This is Gods country and here is where
you can get the unfermented wine pure
and sweet from the vine.
ALFALFA,
On Mr. Burrell's ranch there had peeu
sown tnree ypars ago alfalfa grass, last
year he cut this grass four times and got
two and u halt tons per acre each time, or
ten tons per YEAR We have never seen
anything like it., or equal to it, except one
Spokane man who had the auiacity to OF.
fer Mr. Burrell $50 per acre tor his
ranch.
Those valleys aud the mountains sur.
! rounding them are one solid bed of coal
and as we walked along the county road
two miles above the mouth OF the Wenot
chee. we could see imbedded between
mountains of sandstone and slate veins of
coal cropping out from six inches TO more
than four feet thick. There has been
several foe coal mines located and the
work of opening and developing those
claims will soon begin in earnest.
LIME,
Two miles north of the mouth of the
Wenatchee, along the west bank of the
Columbia, is a mountain of limestone.
This great lime belt has been tested by ex-
pprts and is pronounced TO be the best in
Washington, and liz more than 80 per cent
pure lime. The test, and first, kiln was
burned only few weeks ago. The di-
mensions OF this kiln are l2xl4 and II feet
high and its capacity Ia 200 barrels. II
only took thirty-six hours to burn this kiln
of lime. and the owners were so well
pleased with the results th At they are
building three more kiIns of the same di-
nensions and capacity and are now solicit
ing orders all over Washington.
PREscIous METALS.
II has been known for many years that
the Cascade range of mountains. along the
banks OF the upper WenatChee and its
many tributaries, were full OF the prescious
metals and only waited development to
equal it not ex;eed the ric. CGur
d'Alenes. You can meet pruspectOra VINO
anticipate the coming of the railroads 20.
ing up the Wenatcbee every day. Mr..
Burch. one OF the old timers and a.Cah-
tOrnla gold prospector, has a hne gold
quartz lode. the vein Is twenty.seyen
inches and assays SlS8 per ton, lie also
stated that this whole region is rich in
QaIena ore. and that several of the old
miners he'd 6ne prospects.
USEFUL METALS.
II has been stated by good authori ty
that within five miles OF the mouth OF tho
Wenotchee Is fine tin mine, and that the
owners are waiting until they get hold of
all the surrou ndiDR property before they
will make their great discovery public and
commence to work and develop this mine.
Good specimens OF copper and iron ore
have been found all along the banks OF
this metallic river.
MARBLE AND BRICK.
The whole Wenatchee valley with that
of the ColuI1bia is rich in building stone,
and there are so many 6ne auarries of
marble that the mountains Of granite and
sandstone will have to so to waste, for all
the public buildings and the business
houses, and the mansions of the rich shall
be built out of this beautiful marble, and
there is a good quality of red brick clay TO
bnild the chimneys with.
CLIMATE.
The climate Is very healthy, the sky il
generally clear and the air is dry. The
days. during the summer months, are
quite warm, but the cool air comes down
the Wenatchee river from the sn0w.capped
mountains and coon coois the valleys. Mr..
Merriman calls those breezes "the We
nachee zephyrs." IL rains quite often dur.
ing the early srring and May and June,
but not very heavy. The winters are
very mild and pleasant, and o gentleman
who has Travelled all over the Pacific coast