The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-11-23

Strange Mineral Deposits Near
Port Townsend.
THE CLAY or oRcAs ISLAND.
Saline E6oreseenos on Brieks-Rsmark.
able Iron Ore In the Buttss q
Je@ssson County.


3. 1onT TOWNSEND. nov. zo.--t Wlls'en 10
sle lost. AsIkLLic kScxk.l NOV snas ,ne
1ao.lon % cheap manusacsuao =. ~,
. snala = ssslscune 20 mucn .'sen .lon,
L.ve enougnt ~ might o 81 lnssross ~ Out
Sasa..ns 70 expi1n soOut s1ls suossanco,
u'ou - mors COM mon snaH lon ~ '.o
iormauons OF iands on fuges sound, an9
Pefnaps. little snougntiul astension y
.ilec'eo 20 is discussion y may even.ua's
"a eeveloplns very impofsans snu vsau-
s0ae industry.
aluminium - tne metaiiic Dase q
elunina' winch y the only oxlde OF tnat
me.al, ana : constituent part OF large
Potaon 9. me eartny sliicious HIN
elaas. ~ the Iel0spsrs' Mica scaPonss'
corunoum' ruby ana sapphires. uauoin
produced an artinciM rudy oy mixing pure
Aydrs'e OF aiumina with oicroma'e OF POI
sassa. ufying. ma tnen neaIlng IN tmo oAy-
hydrogen pioWpipe name ana LEVINE mas
Aolneo tue sappnires oy some nas slmnar
uoans. IN pure naturai staee u - Tue
mlnerA sapphire ana " - the cnaracIeriz-
.ns eienens o. common olsy 10 which - - -
lSss - an I'M pure sihcase Win Wasef. ins
COmnon aium OF commerce IL oouoie
suipnate OF aiumina ana potassa. iumihs
= also seen % Wnite emorscence on clay.
niunlinu,n Metai Is wni.e WIN : uau'su
nnses ano - rematksole ior iss resisssnce
% oxyaauon ana ior iss ngntness. having
aspeclnc Rravisy 9, only aoous [of.
very maiieaOie. ana can % roAeo or Oeaten
very snln. ~ y aaso very uucule ana
capaole u oein6 Drawn INTO me WIRE. Ane
:. sullace % lois metal taxes nne poiisn anu
= ~. scseo upon py tno al, Ou. Is essly
oAyu'seo ~ Posassas an0 IN snst iOrM
- found IN all clay Soils kaoln
or porcelain clay is composed of
40 parts of aluminium and As of silica,
associated with the bases potash. soda.
lime and magnesia. Kaolin is found in
many places on Puget sound. / have re-
ceived fine specimen from Judge War
bass, Of San Juan island, and it is also
found on Lopez island. Marrowstone
islands and at Port Crescent. At East
Sound Orcas island the clay is so impreg-
mated with aluminium that when dry and
exposed to the air it will become covered
with white efiiorescence. wasa at Colonel
Mays farm several years since and he had
recently dug well through . stratum OF
clay which was full OF aluminium and
the heap Of clay thrown out OF the well was
covered with an incrustation or effiores-
cence like thick frost. The presence OF
aluminium and the sulphate OF magnesia
which exists TO an excess IN some VI our
clay will, when formed into bricks, be
found occasionally to cover the outer sur
face OF new-built walls with saline efiior-
escence ike boar frost.
Aluminium 10 found IN notable quantl-
ties In deposit OF iron ore and clay be-
tween lrondale, on Port Townsend bay,
and Port Ludlow, on the Little Chimakum
prairie.
!. ms vle nas euaa A,o'e p.oPo 3.
rnlcn nsve MOI oeiore observer. - -
shuassu !. ,Oul slnan uus'es " u.ls w.'cu
80 " ous =. sAo pls.. = sDu n.o ~ ILL.,
ellns ~ saea =. sDous o.0 sS.e,; ICY
s1o ADous io.l nlnes 1,om Ut IuuAow,
vno anu one,na'l ,nneS iiom OsA Wy anu
s1lee n.ne 80 .ioH1 ~ - W.. n
atosua'o saas - esssys o. - , - e 70
s s.,:H s.opp,ns nv M. nsns a snl
go -. 49,. &c 80 ~. .,'s ::
800. a..o" '.-e oe ~ - ss1 -
- oy -o1ay .m
az go 800 - :.S ~ 70.
e.,u lounu,! iass ylo'uea 81 lol "
snseIy "unone's anu very a'qulu w.en
:s s -. 5000 ay - ..o e . 49,
u'.cs "a 'n1 NnlmaAuM pos olD, Dus VIM
wv puosPno. 70 - eu'pHul ISIS "a wig
e'ay Iounu ~ sne in'ne piose - " 10 l'cn
~ alunina' ,.,. xu,
nuous . s yesl .o..' az, "onas ueaman
Sne ss - oDSu sAo ..esa' asau.1 ~ :.
y Aouon ~ potassium upon eu'oI.ue y
a.1 ~, ~ a'
vas ony useu ~ iaoo. asss .u ~,
any Ioi n11Ans o.1Aa - s'0Aes' sAu
us saiuo was g, equai ~ solu
xu,'o ,o.enAy u.sSoseiy n1s usel mauo
oy WHICH WIS sa'uauo nesal oan o1 plo-
ouceo a. aoou. Genus PEI Pounu, win E
pIonise VIM 10 VS. wa e s..'' .ui snel
1s-N ~
.ul :. Wy e aAaA-
ns nposs ~
ANY olulualy- lelnaoe' 1lS uniy mesns
WHICH nave pcen iounu aseiao'o iol i's TO-
uuc.lon On comlneloiai scalo Using ny
eiecsroiysiS, nesnou "nicn nas oeen Per
iecteu Wy .ne 1"'Spuis meuucso" ooln-
Pany' =, Il'souik, Ano Sonpsny
power plant consists Oh several DAocock q
VICE. ponei LUG sne ,on arg snIes =,
numuer' TWO oeins VI wv nofse' power o,
.ne "esusnouse 1on.pounu .ype' anu
ono "esunsuouse au'ona'ic ENGINE %
10 horsepower,
Inc eiec.1ic plant colsiss VI iour a,rec1
current uynamos' Inaoe py .nc west
lngnouso Iiectr,c anu Manuisc.uring
1om pany sno TUG on,'cu o.a.Ss Giee.alc
Aign'ing company Vi Ne"afA' =. :. ING
armstures OF these oynamos are snunt
WOUND, ana al Oh them iurnisn ,ne current
LOT the reouci Po.s' "o u rnes0 uy-