The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-22

paaees--tsSS hnckfecerrse< ara h~s-s..~-,.e
ssS@ II p-uc9sioz ana the season, se-
t1efn Lass from JaIy 10 October. as lhyv
-eo~ 'ae SNOW Up as Il r,eigs away, bios
s J1sf below I, ard rissening q little
.eNsr aosn- These berries attract thirhr-
large numbers OF black bear ara il A. ~.
exception when none are IN sight among
Iac PEAKS during the berry season These
sFasSaarGs are also favorite ranges
4oT arg numbers % the elk that are COM
ron al over the peninsula and bands of
nfIy or more are often seen From 400
Iset down. tbs timber Is good and thrifty.
ne Alaska cedar. from oae and one-half
% i've fees IN diameter and running ID
smooth and tall. is a very valuable variety
OF timber and IS common down to fsss3 feet
seose sea level The mountains and I'd
lands OF the peninsula generally are heav-
ny numbered with heulock cedar spruce
NJ. osisSm. pine, vine rnapie alder. cot
tonsood- yew. cherry. etc prevalent in
acout the order named and Of the usual
Puget sound size and quality The valleys
ahc bottom lands IRE densely covered with
sA1ors vine maple. cottonwood. willow.
ooAeider. crab apple. ash. lockwood. and
occasional Immense bottom land sprucss
mere IS frequently also a very heavy W.
ecfsrc~fh OF sallai or salmon berry or OF
nsxei or OF mountain hernlock II Is also
great country for moss which grows
deep ON the ground and down timber and
on the trunks OF standing trees and hangs
IN long streamers from the twigs ana
branches. and is always wet and slippery
except In the dry season. MANY best,ti-
tai varieties OF small. delicate ferns grow
among the forests On the prairies. which
are neither numerous nor large. and whic.,
are often graveiiy. though sometimes con-
tanning very rich soil a large and coarse
variety OF fern grows four to ten feet high.
Between the mountains and the coas.
are about 90 square miles or 80 Qsse acres
OF comparatively level valley and bench
lands OF this about 22s,eeo acres are rich
bottom lands along the various streams
me SOIL OF these lotion lands cannot be
surpassed anywhere on the Coast The
upiShds are generally rolling. but there
are several quite extensive and corpnAra-
uVeiy level tracts. The fact of these lands
not draining readily has encouraged the
growth OF fine bodies OF large cedar. with.
IN some places. tall. smooth large white
pines scattered among them These ceasr
iahuS are n no sense sxamps or boys
Inc soil is heavy clay, into which the
sluggish streams have not cut very deem
channels. and they are frequently clogxei
or turned by fallen timber SO that during
the rams the streams overrun their banss
and spread pretty much all over the coun-
Try, keeping the ground well soaked ALI
,%-cseh >AaC rainy season. There
however. abundant facilities for drainage
The soil is excellent. and there are numer-
Gus small openings sufficiently largo for
nice farms. The soil of the roiiingl up-
lands Is generally a rich. shot cIay. bat
sometimes quite gravelly. The timber Is
generally very heavy and it will be many
years before all the good land is under
CULTIVATION. There are, however. many
open places and small creek bottoms and
hpnYA<sfnrc
very easily cleared. In fact there are few
iso~acre tracts on which cannot be found
ten or more acres OF good land compara-
useiy easy 10 clear. and the timber on all
these lands viii be valuable in a few years
and be a help instead of a hindrance In
establishing a home
The principal streams draining this slope
are the Quiliyhute and its four branches.
the pickey, the Solduck. the killawah,
ana the Bogachiel: the Hob. Queets. Quin-
auit and Humptulips. They are ali clear.
cold. rapid streams. capable OF floating
logs and being canoed considerable dis
tances. They TEEN with salmon and trout
The ouinauit salmon. peculiar To that
stream. is a short, thick FISH, weighing
from three to seven pounds and said to be
the finest variety OF salmon on this Coast
Opportunities for developing good water
power at very small cost are numerous
the mountains. Game is plentiful, and IL
would be paradise for the hunter were
1t not so dificult of access. In addition to
elk and bear, before mentioned. are deer
mountain goat. cougar. beaver. otter, fish,
er. wildcat. marmot. geese, ducks, grouse.
partridge, Gua.i, pelican, and many small
er or less desirable birds and animals. or
the beach from Grays harbor to Point
Grenville is one of the few sea otter
psf
few hides OF that valuable fur to market
each year
The country rocks OF the mountains are
syenite, gneiss quartzite. protogens. crys-
talline and chlroite, schists. slate (l,ard
black fiinty to soft green taic) shale. sand
stone. trap and basalt. In the foothills
on the west and along the coast the for
nation Is principally shales sandstone,
cement gravel, congiomerate lin one place
near Hob head. boulder complementary
ciays and drift. gravel and sand Limestone
much criSs-crossed with small Quartz
seams is found in few places Clays are
especially abundant and good -appearing.
and. so far as tried. give very excellent an
alytic returns. Beds OF partially formed
ignite are abundant along the coast be-
tween the Quinault and QutIlayhute rivers
In bluff few miles south Of the mouth
OF the Hob river. four seams OF such lg-
mite. from eighteen inches to three feet
thick. show. lying horizontally one above
the other, and separa by four to twelve
feet of sand or clay or both. In this lis-
mite the form of roots, trunks and Itrnbs
OF trees. also the grain OF the wood. show
very distinctly. and occasionally pieces OF
wood, but little changed. are found. Small
seams of very good coal crop ont in sew
eral places in sandstone and shale, but
they are too small. so far as found. to be
OF any value. Between Pillar point and
Claiiam bay. on the straits Of Fuca Is
the abandoned Thorndike coal mine
There are said to have been "slx leads Of
coal. ranging in thickness from one to
three feet. dip 10 degrees. distance be-
tween coal leads twelve to 100 feet fo-
nation sandstone" This IL said to have
been one Of the hes. Goals found IN wash
ingtou. II was mined for some time. until
II pinched out or was cut of by a fauit
and the vein was lost and work aban-
doned.
In the valley OF the solduck river.
among the mountains. is group of
springs which discharge quite a volume
of hot water OF undetermined medicinal
value Fine springs heavily charged with
iron or sulphur are very numerous ON
the coast just south OF the Qaests river
In the hlur along the beach. are several
small aim springs. The alum Is present
IN very small quantities, and cannot be
detected during the rainy season, when the
natural hos Of the springs Is reinforced
by the numerous rains: but during the
dry season. when the springs are al their
lowest ebb and when the water from them
is evRpora;ed very fast as IL trickles down
the cliffs exposed 90 the afternoon sun.
the alum marks with white streaks the
margin 81 the rivuIets. There Ia also some
horax present. and probably ether chem
seals might be found In measurable guam
titles
Several varieties cf iron ore are scat
tered promiscuogsly over the peninsula