The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-03

CLIPPING usually 20 the east az heavy
angses AT Carbonate there are signs o.
great disturbance bat the seams are so
numerous and agyegste 50 great thick
ness OF coal that large outputs can easily
Be kept up. The Car5oraGo mine turned
CIT last year So Go tons
At Burnett. four miles north. the South
Prairie Coal Company is operating several
seams dipping 70 tire west This coal -
OF great value for the production OF gas,
and IS largely used for that purpose n
Pacihc coast cities. The Pltfsoarg MINES
On the same creek. are OF a similar cAar-
acter Of coal The veins here vary from
three 70 nine feet OF thickness.
Lewis County Anthracite.
Southwark into Lewis county one comes
20 an anthracite field Of about - square
miles The county has also sIs square
miles of bituniaous and $50 square miles
% Ignite coal There are six mines ia
operation in these fields. one ar Bucoda.
three at Centraiia and two al Cheaaiis-
Quite a number % veins have been sx-
posed. varying from two 10 fifteen feet
between walls. and the product seems 10
prove this a continuation OF the Wilkeson
field. Little f. known OF the ignite. and
the anthracite field. which is further 20
the east. has not been developed because
OF the lack Of transportation facilities
able anthracite Is sure 10 be produced in
Lewis county.
In Cowlitz county. south OF Lewis, there
are mines in operation at Castle Rock and
At Kelso. both mining ignite coal.
The Great RosIyn Mines.
In a direct line east from Palmer, over
the Cascade mountains into Kittltas count
". the Northern Pacific coal mines are To-
Gated. Here the great Roslyn mines are
located. employing between $50 and coo
men. and annually turning out over a
quarter OF a million tons Of frst-class
steam coal. This mine is splendidiy devel-
oped and the output could readily be
doubled. The vein IS five feet thick, ana
dips from TO II degrees south Here are
also the Ronald and the Cle-Elum mines,
and also the Ellensburg mine
In ska=it and Whatcom.
In the northwestern part OF the state
there is a large coal district in the region
OF the Skagit river. Lake Whatcom and
Nooksack river. and extending almost 10
the boundary lire. The area OF this field
is about $50 square miles. The coal around
Hamilton on the Skagit IS rich In carbon.
and has four distinct seams dipping al an
angle OF about IS degrees. For miles south
Of this there are strong indications OF coal
ard several good veins have been discov-
cred. At Cokedale, west Of Hamilton. the
been added last fall to meet the growing
demand for this excellent coke, said to be
as good as any In the United States.
There are large seams of iron ore exposed
along the Skagit river, ard when these are
developed the coke VIII be convenient for
smelling.
The Blue Canyon coal mine Is located
on the eastern shore Of Lake Whatcom.
The vein varies from one to twenty feet.
= oil ct al
Belingham bay. where the first discov-
cry OF coal in this state was made and
mined for the HGdson Bay Company's
steamers. over forty years ago. South OF
this is Chuckanut bay, whore the coal
measures crop out for miles. The coal on
the Nooksack river is all OF high grade,
but the seams are thin.
In Snohomish county several veins were
discovered some years ago. but the de-
velopment OF the mines there was de-
layed by litigation until the past year.
when the work was again renewed with
prospect OF good success. Near Port
Townsend coal measures are TO be seen,
ard as there has never been a geological
survey Of the state, and all the discov-
cries mentioned have been pretty much
by chance, II Is well within the bounds Of
reasonable probability that valuable dis
coveries will continue for some time.
In the second District.
The Carbonate, operated by the Carbon
Hi Coal Company. has done only neces-
sary development work, its mines being
now in condition 10 meet the demand
for some years 70 come. The output came
close up 10 900 600 tons, and altogether 800
men were employed. on an average.
The Wikeson mine. operated by the
WEkeson Coal and Coke Company. is thir-
ty-.hree miles east OF Tacoma, and IA
served by two branches OF the Northern
Pacific, one starting from Croker and
the other from Cascade Junction The
Wilkeson is one OF the richest coal fields
in the state. and is now being rapidly de-
veloped. The output last year was 5000
tons. ard the average number OF men en-
ployed 300.
The South Prairie mine is on a short
branch Of the Northern Pacific, running
from Cascade Junction 70 Pittsburgh, and
produces good gas coal Its output last
year was IN the neirhborhood Of 90 on tons,
and Il employed on an average go men.
This mine IS owned by the Southern Pa
cifc Railroad Company.
The Ouimette and other small mines In
this district have been doing some deve,-
opment during the year. but have not
made any output OF consequence.
New Mines and Discoveries.
The Lawson. or Light Ash, is a new
mine IN another dip Of The Franklin basin.
and its product IS similar IN character TO
that Of the Franklin Mckay. Although
prospecting Ead been going on for some
time. actual development only began last
year The mine is q drift or wafer level.
and is now IN about 900 feet. The company
has erected a new hosting engine. put IN
a ventilating fan and built buakers The
number OF men employed has averaged
90. and the output has been about l2.coo
tons.
Another new mine was opened az Che
halls during the year. employing about
% men. Two thousand tons were mined.
and the coal shows signs % improving
In the extension Of the workings.
Two cooperative Mines.
The Danville Coal Company organized
IN October. 1895 and began development
work soon after On the property purchased
IN Maple valley. The whole or the work,
so rar. has been done by the sharehold-
ers themselves. The company took out
the first year about 900 tons OF coal. naul-
Sound railroad, and this coal found a
ready market in Seattle. Since then the
miners have confined themselves almost
almost entirely 10 development work. They
have driven a tunnel l79 feet and struck
a vein OF semi-btfuminOus coal ten feet
thick. and are sinking a slope.
The Rentou mine. which was one az the
earliest in King county, but was closed
down ia 1854 vas started again during
the year by the Renton Cooperative Coal
Company. and extensive developments
were made. A level has been started on
q line with and Ia close proximity 20 the
o.d mine. which Is now filed with water,
and the slope IS beng continued down for