The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-01-01

Talbot, ten miles, and the Newcastle. nine.
teen miles, all yielding high grade lignites.
Inc annual output since 1879 has been
5000 tons, or q total of 1,30s, IFS tons.
another great output of seams occurs on
mountain spur in the valley of Sauak
creek. The length owned by one company
Is about two miles, but this has only been
recently opened. Analysis shows the fol-
lowing percentages: highest fixed carbon,
N.01; lowest, 37.I2. Professor Ruffner.
DID,, made very complete report on / 800
acres OF one seam. He says that out of six
feet three and one-half inches fully five
feet SIX inches can be depended upon for
shipping.
The development of the iron mines is
slower because of the necessity of greater
capital. With the exception of the iron
works already referred to and foundry at
seattle (whose progress may be known by
It's possessing So, 600 travelling derrickl,
tnese resources are still dormant. The
IRON ores are known to be practically ex-
naustiess, and Professor Ruffner says in
ms official report: There can be no
doubt OF the superior quality of the Sno-
quaimie iron ores. Analysis shows that
they rank with the best steel ores in their
large percentage of metallic iron and small
admixture of deleterious impurities. /"
Analysis of six specimens shows the fol-
lowing average: Silica, 247M; metallic
IRON, S.Sl 10; sulphur, o.2lL1s phosphorus,
o.Si1s. Commenting upon this, Professor
hunner says: "This showing places Sno-
quaimie ores in the first rank of American
steel Ores" Mr.. f. H. Whitworth. wit
idg OF the Cle-Elum beds, says he traced a
weii-dehned ledge for two miles. On
Mount Logan was found one exposure pre-
senting horizontal front some sixty feet
In length, and from forty to fifty feet
In thickness. Iron was found from 1000
feet above water level to 4, 700 feet.
The report of the census bureau saws
that THE limestone and marble associ-
ated with the iron ore on the Cascade
mountains will have great value for nux
and commercial lime. On Mount Logan,
King county, the limestone deposit almost
covers the mountains above the lower line
OF the iron ore, and is SO exposed as to be
quarried with the greatest easen
The lumber industry was long confined
to the coast line, where transportation
was easy, but as railroads are built the in
land forests are being reached. 1t still
forms, therefore, as it always has and must
be for many years, on account of the vast
quantities available, the chief staple of
trade. In 1883 there was manufactured
ia, 9S5, l45 feet of lumber; last year it had
increased to 6S4, iS2, s5l feet The Port
Blakeley mill, on Puget sound. is the
largest lumber mill in the world aud has
its own ships. by which it supplies the
markets of Great Britain, Australia, Bue-
nos Ayres and other South American ports.
A notable shipment was that of a cargo of
logs to Bristol, England, the smallest of
which was i6xl6x61 feet, and the largest
Ax24x90 feet. There are 10000 acres of
timber land in King county alone. The
total cut from the mills of the Puget
sound country during 1859 was: Lumber,
6Sf, Is, S51 feet; laths, 143, 052 $40; pickets,
S,N9, 476. There were also manufactured
SOC, 000, 900 shingles. Douglas iir constitutes
more than one-third of the forests; its
wood is yellow when young, but when
older it becomes a red orange. Its timber
is greatly superior to the fr tribe, gen.
orally being firm and strong. 1t is es-
pecially adapted to ship building. The
white cedar makes q splendid house TIM
Der, its wood is light, soft and cream
colored. On the Atlantic side it rarely
reaches more than fifty feet, but here
it rivals the FIR, and often
reaches 800 feet with q diameter
of ten to twelve feet. Larch Tor tamarack)
is more slender than the European variety,
but its resinous sap would be very valuable
for Venice trrpentine, and its bark is
equal to oak bark for tanning. The hem