The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-09-18

IN general terms ID may be said 90 oe north
TO soath. depending on which slope III the
great aalielinal and sycinal folds the
seams are exposed. The area is about 3f1
square ui,es. Near Hamilton, on the
Skagit river, the coal is very rich In car
bon. ~ this place. across the river, there
are three or fonr distinct seams dipping
CT an angie Of about ~ degrees. Adioin.
ing this are large seams of iron orc
which ara exposed % view By the skaglt
river, It's head being in the Cascade mount
aims. Stili back OF this Co the sonth there
are some prospeetS for coal, showing three
seams. but they have not been efficiently
deveoped 70 STRIVE at any definite con-
cluSion as regards their worth. Tho coal
seams nearest 20 Hamilton arc more regu-
lar IN thiekuess than any IL has been my
pleasure 10 see in tAIs district. A. Iea-
nings. still further down the river and
west o. Hamilton. there are two or more
coal scans being developed. and coke ovens
have alfeasiy been constructed and more
are in course of erection. This coal makes
excellent coke and will be very convenient
for smesting iron. The coal runs srregu-
Jar. varying trotn thirty feet to oae FOO: in
thickness, aad dips at various angles.
T. rsons who arc familiar With the oil
fields in Pennsylvania have examined the
coal measures al this place and are strongly
oi the opinion that OIL exists. and there
wlii be IN the near future q test made to
prove whether this theory is correct or
not
18TH further north and west we reach
tha coal mine 81 Blue Canyon on the east
eTn shore Of Lake wkatoom. This coal j.
decidedly 'pockety.' varying in thickness
from twenty feet 20 one foot. Ii is a high
grade Of coal. but has rot the coking qaal-
tiles OF skaggt coal, and is better ADAPTED
for gas makiag. ntp, northwest 81 Be.
Trees. The upAessai of the slate some
a.
much with the workings. The seam al
most rests on Are cay slates. which are
sott and swell causing considerable
trouble. About lao 0oa tons have been
mined, and the coAl finds a ready sale in
san Francisco. The company operating
Ht tAis place has expended q large amount
Of money erecting hankers aud large
transfer boat 10 transfer railroad cars
across the lake, which - AZ the foot Of the
mountain, to a railroad which carries the
coal TO New Nhatcon. Thence IL Is con-
yeyed &c the Coast towns by ships
Ncw Nhascom - located Ga Relling-
ham bay. Near this bay the trst coal IN
the state wss discovered and Eniaed for
the Hudson BAY CompAny's steamers
some thirty or forty years aga. This coal
Is Ignite. and ewing 10 as tendency 10
spontaneous combustion thu mine nred
several times and was finally abandoned
Recent tests with a diamond drill have
4NGn1 the uNp0SAt kDEfheF back in the
hills ten 80 twelve feet n thickness. THIS
coal is taana IN tas upper measures og the
ereiaceouS, az Is = hgntte. aud is net ua-
deriaid BY rnesaInoTphie states. TIE dip
IS northwest, and tt is the same FED whlch
Was worked Tor the Hudson Bay Company
Returning to Lake WAAteom, on tie
west side, there are several small seams Of
coal, hns IS yet none have eeen found that
are considered Of sufficient worth 10 Work
Almost every gusch on either stle OF the
laSe has ats coal prospects. sometimes on
the contact tsehlSts aad coal measures land
Others away up on the series. Ga the
other eide of the lake from Hue canyon
situated on Soath hay. good deal ef
worS has been done mostly on the con
tact seam Rue eaayanl Nothing Of any
value was discovered. Along on the coast
hne in What Is knosn As Caaeka nas bay.
the eoai measures eFop oat for miles,
showing an enormous thickness. Lots of
work has tseea done enIy 70 prove their
woFIBgessuesSz They cad ABRUPTLY in the
northwest corner eft SGaSSt coausy.
situated On CAeeksnut hav IL . large
sandstone quarry. from whlch stone has