The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-09-30
THEFAIRHAVEN ROAD
Trains to the British Boundary
by November 1.
RICHNESS OF CASCADE MINES.
The Fairhaven Mine, on the sksgit.
About to Begin Shipping coaI-A
VISIT 70 the Coiliery.

Visit 70 the Coiliery.
Through the courtesy Of Assistant Chief
Engineer Donovan and Superintendent A.
J. Borie, representative of the Posr-IN-
TELLIGEKcER last Friday afternoon rode
over the line Of the Fairhaven & Northern
from FairhAven as far as constructed. The
terminus was then ct the Taylor creek
bridge. about ten miles from Fairhaven.
and about two miles from the Nooksack
crossing, at Ferndale. The Taylor creek
bridge is 700 feet in length. and the rails
were then being land across it. It was ex-
pected to have construction trains running
to the Nooksack Monday evening. The
Nocksack bridge will delay tracklaying
about two weeks.
Mr.. Borie is confident that tracklaying to
Blaine will be completed by November l.
The line affords . delightful ride over the
waters of Bellingham bay for more than
mile. From the beach at Eldridge's place.
west Of Whatc0m. it ascends by an easy
grade, and after following the shore for
some distance. giving splendid view of
the bay and Lummi and Orcas islands, it
enters the trees and crosses the fertile
wooded plain of the lower Nooksack re-
gion.
r. Jennings, the mining expert, has re-
turned TO Fairhaven after two weeks
prospecting tour in the mineral region
about the Cascade pass. Mr.. Jennings is
enthusiastic over the prospects of the Cas-
cade mining region of Western Washing
ton. There is as fine a show in the coun-
try / visited as there was at Butte
City. Much of this Northwest
country has been badly disturbed in the
glacial epoch. The Cascades. however,
seem to be undisturbed, solid granite
Many important discoveries have been
made on the Cascade. The famous Boston,
discovered q year ago by George Rouse, has
been bonded to Hauser & Down, of Helena,
for $4,000. They now have force of
twenty men opening the mine. / took
samples across this vein of pure galena
that showed fifty-five ounces of silver and
60 per cent lead, with q small percentage
Of gold. 1t will 60 over 500 per ton. This
vein is exposed 600 feet. The Epoch, an
other galeBa vein of similar quality as the
Boston, has been discovered this season by
Tabor Bros. and Carnick, Of Seattle.
There are q large number of prospect0rs,
and an intelligent and experienced class of
prospect0rs, too. on the Cascade at present.
One year ago it took me fourteen days
to get to the Cascade from Hamilton. This
year mounted horse at Hamilton, and
reached the Cascade in . day and half.
There is now wagon road up the Skagit
to the Sank. The Doty trail has been
opened this season from the Sank through
the Cascade pass to the Bunchgrass coun-
try Of Eastern Washington. Horses and
cattle have been brought through the
range for the first time this season by way
Of this trail. 1t was put through by con-
tributiOns Of the settlers of the Ekagit
valley. Last year, when visited it. the
Cascade valley was an inaccessible noun.
tain solitude. This year / found half
dozen or more settlers there, who have
taken up ranches. Several of them have
growing crops.
The expense of getting supplies into
this country is very great. The Cascade is
about fifteen miles above the Sank. There
is now supply store at Marble Mount, at
the mouth of Marble creek, ten miles
above the Skarit
DR.. Everette, of Tacoma, il now at the
examination of the Tinkham and O'Toole
ating their purchase. There are nineteen
of these claims altogether. In this iron
range there are five veins from ten to
twenty-five feet in thickness.
The coal output of Washington will
during the next two months be swelled by
the first product of new coal field, the ia
nous Skagit valley. from the Fairhaven
mine, near Sedro. This mine has been
heretofore known as the Bennett mine At
Q recent meeting of the directors ct the
Fairhaven Coal and Transportation Com
pany it was voted to name it the Fair
haven mine.
This mine was recently visited by rep
resentative Of the PosT-INTELLrGEHcER,
who was courteously entertained by Super
intendent J. p. Cummisky. The mines
are in the mountain lying between the
Skagit and the Samish. For more than a
year the company has had force OF men
prospecting in their coal lands. Early In
July last large force of men was put to
work in putting in the permanent works.
Work was begun on a transverse tunnel
eight feet wide and six feet high, and also
on shaft on the Jennings vein, named
after r. Jennings, the company's mining
expert. The shaft will drop into the tun-
mel and will serve as an air shaft. The tun-
mel is now in fully 500 feet and is being
driven continuously by three eight-hour
shifts of men. 1t will strike the jennings
vein about 800 feet below the surface at q
distance of .22O feet. The Jennings vein
is probably one of the richest ever discov-
cred on the Coast. 1t has . thickness of
sixteen feet at the outcrop. Sixty feet be-
~
through it in the shaft, and it was found to
be thirty-four feet thick. The coal is q fat,
semi-bituminous coking coal, an ex-
cellent coal for gas. A steam pump
has been placed in the shaft and ali the
hosting is done by steam. There are no
less than six veins. averaging about 125
feet apart. One new vein two feet in thick
ness was cut by the tunnel at distance OF
443 feet from the entrance. There are two
other veins between two and three feet in
thickness that will be cut before the Jen.
nings vein is reached. Beyond the large
vein are two veins of ten and sixteen feet
at the surface The range has been traced
by the out-crops for a distance of q mile
and half. The Fairhaven 4 Southern
Railroad Company now has = large force
of men at work putting in . spur from
their Skagit river line, and viii have il
completed inside of sixty days. The COM
pany will put in bunkers at Fairhaven. and
within four months they expect TO Be
handling 1000 tons per day. E. G.E.
Prominent San franciscan Dead.
San Francisco. Sept. 29-When the San
Francisco Stock Exchange opened this
morning for business the members received