Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-04-03
PERSONAL

Nelson Bennett arrived in the city last
evening on his return from New West
minister where he has been on business.
r. II. J. Pennefather. prominent
attorney of Seattle was in the city yester-
day. lie is here ON real business before
the superior court at Whatcom.
J. Il. Williams. editor of the Whatcom
Bulletin made the HERALD pleasant
call yesterday while in the city.
\. q. q. Locke. of the firm of Hunter
and Locke. returned from Tacoma last
evening where lac had been ON a business
trip.
W. \. Parrish, of Cleveland. and W. II.
BroughurSt, of Chicago. registered al the
Prosser house last evening.
senator W. J. Parkinson. registered at
the FairhaVen yesterday. The senator is
ON his return from the legislature where
he has been for the past five months.
=. j. McDougal. a noted mining man
from the kOOtenai country arrived in the
city Tuesday and will remain until the
snow mets IN the mountains when he will
go into the Cascades for the summer.
Mr.. ;. g. Bevington returned last Tues
day from a trip as far south as Portland.
He says he has not seen place In all his
travels whore the people are so happy.
hopeful and prosperous as in Farhaven,
nor town that is growing So rapidly.
Mr.. O. y. Matthews. late of Winterset.
Iowa. brother-in-law of :. e.. Bevingtoa.
arrived here yesterday To take up his
residence. He is delighted with Fair
Ravens prospects.
Mr. J. W. Alton. general agent for the
Union Pacific system for the Bellingham
bay cities. was here yesterday establish
ing an Office in Fairhaven and he gave
the HERALD pleasant call.
Captain Z. c. Parkinson, of the [. 5.
Pension Bureau. visited FairhaVen and
the HERALD yesterday. Captain Parkin-
son has quarter Of block in Fairhaven
and is exceedingly glad OF it. which is
natural enough. He thinks with the mil
lion that Fairhaven i to be the great city
Of the sound.
Professor Olof Bull. leader of the or
chestra of the Tacoma Theater. was in
Fairhaven yesterday looking ror an in
veStment in city property. He was ac-
companied by son OF Manager Hanna.
Of the same theater.
Among the arrivals at the Fairhaven
hotel yesterday were j. = Mundy and ID.
j. Merriman. citizens of the keystone
state. Mr.. Mundy is here to take charge
of the Bcllingham mills and will locate.
Mr.. Merriman came west for his health
and having improved 50 rapidly he has
concluded to locate here. He is well
pleased with the city and will. in a short
time build residence aud have his family
with him here. He is man of means
aud will be- an acquisition to Fairhaven'S
business and social circles.
W. II. Fuller. assayer aud mining eX-
pert, returned yesterday from a trip to
the coal and iron mines on the Skagit
river. Mr.. Fuller was seen Yesterday by
a HERALD reporter and when asked about
the prospects of the mines now opened,
replied: The mines now opened promise
very well indeed | was only IN the
Skagit valley a short distance above
Hamilton and do not know about any of
the finds above that point. The iron
mine now being developed opposite Ham
llton has any quantity of ore in sight and
IL now only remains to be tested This
will be done very shortly and the value of
the ore will be demonstrated. The ore Of
different mines differs in quality and is
therefore used for different PURPOSES
just what the ore Of the mine in question
will be used for is still unknown but ii IS
thought that it is of very fine grade
The vein is about fourteen feet in thick
ness. and a. soon as the railway gets to
the mines a large business will he done
The coal mines are in prosperous condi-
ton. The vein now being worked is about
ten feet In thickness and Of good quality.
There = lower vein that has not vet
been touched beyond testing it. and the
test was highly satisfactory"
VIII you go into the Cascades this
summer?'
Yes. expect to start into the noun
tainS a. soon a the snow goes off. and
VIII stay there some time looking over
the country with reference to the min
erals that are supposed to be- i'm them
There will be. ! think. large number of
men In the mountains this summer. pros
pecting and developing those mines
alreadi located. There will be- great
activity in mining properties in western
Washington this summer"