The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-01-01

The OUTPUT af coal RI the state 81 wash
ssaion fer 1850 was OIL so tons. yalIed ct
81 b57 eBI. Except Tor tie interruption %
the KING county snires ~ the great TIRE Of
seattle, which destroyed facilities for slip
meat. the years industry was steady. No
new features marked the business except
the large Increase Ia local demand. By
local Is measst the cities OF Puget sound
and the BIZ. feet q steamers pivsng on her
waters. Local sales Of the Oregon I'm
provesnerlt Company at Seattle we're four
times IS large IS during the year iss5. and
are constantly increasing The destruction
81 tha extensive hankers stopped opera
tons ia the Franklin, Black Diamond.
Cedar Mountain ard Newcastle mines
during the month OF June and part oil
July, aud cur down the average yearly out
put about 10 rer cent The work OF re-
building WAS prosecuted with marked vigor
ard the company, while they were about
IL. prepared for the future. They now have
facilities for receiving and discharging
a,O0sn00 tons 3 year.
THE KING couSrY Kisses.
la King county the seattle Caal and
Iron Company, which opened the Gilman
mine ON the Seattle, Lake shore & Eastern
railroad in lsss and took out about 1900
tons. extended thsiF operations and pro-
saeed in 1850 q total OF 55.lt2 tons This
mine gave employment TO 239 men, whose
average earnings were 50 per day. About
ons-half Of the product was shipped to san
Francisco and the remainder sold locally.
They have sunk the slope on No. | vein 40
feet aud viii Immediately begin to drive
ganwwags. During the past six months.
~ further advance vas made into the veins,
the quality .. the coal grew better in every
respect and the demand for the product
grew brisker. The company have just
completed hunkers ct the foet og Madison
street and arc now for the first time In a
position 10 handle the city ard sound trade
In good shape.
This Black River Coal and Transportation
Company. which vas incorporated IN oeto-
Der, 1870. with a capital stock Of $50 900.
has opened up q mine near Black River
Junction on the Puget Sound Shore rail-.
road (now the Northern Peeitie), twelve
miles from Seattle. The owners OF the
mine began the preliminary work last
March, and prospected slope t0l feet and
turned Rsngways Oh each side They are
nav driving permanent slope. The mine
Is less than quarter of = mile trom Black
River Junction and has been connected by
rail with the Northern Pacific. Bankers If
nla tons capaslty have been built at the
mines Engines boilers and steam pumps
are now in position and work viii COM
fnenee in earnest before tbs middle az this
month. The scam on which the company
Is now NJ work Il six aisd oneshan feet OF
clear coal. 1t Is OF Ne. quality for do.
nestic purposes and a very fae steaming
coal
Toward the end az the year much
progress WAS made in the Franklin mine.
No, IS vein. which bad beeh yielding 80
tons day. was worked up 10 SO tons ard
before February / next the company
expect To take ost Loco tons. Marked ina.
prevemunts have also Just been completed
81 the Newcastle mine, whose product viii
probably be Increased TO go tons per day
within i month. The Cedar Mountain
mine took oat little coal during she year.
but they are nas opening ep \ rev slopa
al very good quality, amd expect 10 tase
cat &U tons dsy within a month TIE
demand since December /. both locally
aud fsussi Oregon and California, has been
greater than the sapply and large bust,
ness fer the remaining winter months Is
mere than assured
TIE o1tput hy aaealAs ef the four mines
whose product t. received ~ the Oregon
improvement Ccfursny's hunkers IL a.
Eeilews