The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-12-08
mIsEnAL WEALTH.
Great Discoveries Made ON Sunday in
Dies MoiEeS.


On Sunday last, while prospecting around
widths the cltys limits, mineral wealth OF
great properties vas discovered o. our visitors.
While the fact that al Of these minerals were
here ia abundance has heen known 70 our eiti-
zeEs for long tine, none 81 them nave been
sufficiently wei pos'e1 IL UiAeTaaogy 10 know
that any value could be attached 10 tbeEBs SO 1t
wss q matter Of surprisa and wonder 20 them %
find that they were living over territory OF
mineral wealth greater IN variety and worth
tsan ass ever bgen imagined could exist n this
state.
s. l. Palmer, Of san Franciseo was sent ont
some time ago by the company Hhome he rep
resents 10 look for location for q tile and pot
terry mandatory. and while in Des MONIES on
Sunday his attention was sailed 10 a certain for
nation IN one part OF our cit! where indications
of the exact variety for which BE sough, we're
seen IN abundance. Investigation disclosed not
only clay OF & superior quality. but also bog iron.
coal croppings, kGoiin, IRE clay, oitek Clay and
"a excellent grade of terra Gotta.
The boat by which this gentleman aud his
frieads arrived was due 10 leave NJ / D. m, hnt
the time heightened out uufi far past that hour,
as a return was secondary consideration com
pared with the interest andR alaes OF their dis
coverses. that became more and more apparent
As their investigations proceeded The full
worth Of tseir discoveries has not been learned
al this writing, but experiments are being car
ried on a grand scale, and with considerable
secrecy. bus this we do know:
That the clay with which they are experiment.
ing viii make Grst-class article of drain tile,
sewer pipe, irebFick and terra coits-
THAT the groupings OF coal OF which they OBJ
tanned samples, while not what can Be called
fst class coal yet viii burn and send forth heat,
as several of our citizens have used IL 20 mix
With their Gre coal for some time past
That there are no gold or silver mines, or gold
or silver bearing ore IN this vicinity.
But that bog iron. Of very superior quality,
exists here In abundance, and we are confident
that iron ore win soon be found in sufficient
quantities TO pay for the working.
That the clay bed from which they obtained
their samples Is not marker 10 others we have
here. although the one in question Is from
eighteen inches TO six feet In depth, and covers
several acres
Mr.. Palmer is the gentleman who built the
large drain tile and sewer pipe works ct Ala
media and Sacramento. the two largest manu-
farfoyies 81 the kind on the Pacific coast. He Is
a man OF great experience IN the working OF
different kinds Of clay and his company is
ready 20 swear by what he says. should his sx-
pefiments turn ont ~ tt<.tn-S 70 him we can
depend upon having one OF his celebrated man
nfaetoFies in Des Moines By spring
At any rate, with the mineral wealth that is
surely here and the famous White river valley,
rich Ia agricultural wealth, At our back; our
heaetifal haFbor aud heavily timbered forests,
and oar desirable location from any point of
view: with all this in our favor We ask you
where there is town In the state in which a
residence and investment is so much 70 be de-
sired as In Dss MoIuese