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

cific coast steamship lire II has also
g large steam collier, the Willamette. ana
generally charters three 20 four sa-Ang
yssse.s every month.
AT the Franklin. which = on Green
RIVER and on a distinct branch or the com
pany's railroad, the Oregon improvement
Company has opened an entirely new mine
On the Mckay vein and abandoned the
cid workings. as detailed in another col
unn- The Mckay basin. which was OPEN
ed by the Franklin mine in 1854. Is great
DEPOSIT Of -bituGnlnous coai- The
slope IS 80 fee Gown, * an angle or 50 de-
grees. and from il Two leve.s on each side
have been run
The output for 1855 was 7o.5Si tons. and
for last year Il. SIS, which 5 large output
taking into cons. derar.on the fact that
the company has been engaged tn opening
new mine. An average of 20 men has
been employed, but this number and also
the output VII be largely increased as
more men can be put TO work.
Eastward OF this is Maple valley, where
the Daavilie Coal Company has been ar
work Tor a year on a 10 feet vein Of semi
b,tGm4nous eoal. The company is building
a Tratlroad two miles bong 20 Eddyvil.e TO
connect with the Columbia < Puget Sound
railroad ard will during this year be an
important shipper.
Black Diamond Mines.
At the Black Diamond mine there are
three veins OF hituminous coal, five. six
and seven feet in thickness. The new
slope. called the Morgan, is down TO a
depth of 100 feet, on pitch at q de-
grees. and is being extended before get
ting ont coal from IL Mines No p No. IL
and No. IA have been operated during the
year. and the total working force has
avera ged 200 men. The output amounts 10
li5.02S tons.
The coal from the Cedar Mountain mine
finds its market in Seattle and does a local
trade exclusively. Its output for the year
is estimated at eo.eco tons. A landslide oc-
Cured three weeks ago that partially filed
up the slope and forced suspension of oper-
atoms until the holidays, doing damage
estimated al s. .o00. The number Of men
employed during the year has aged
twenty-five.
The Denny Clay Company's coal mine.
which is operated in connection with the
clay mine. the coal and clay veins being
side by side. was idle for three months in
tho year. owing to the general depression
Of the business. but during the fall turned
out about 5000 tons They employ In the
mine thirty men,
Mines Around Palmer.
The Eureka Coal Company's mine. two
drift opening on water level which is In a
distance of LOCO feet and has ten rooms
opened. The coal is bituminous and of
high grade. No work has been done dur
ing the year.
The Navy mine, which Is located on the
main line of the Northern Pacific near
Palmer. and half mile from the Eureka.
has driven new tunnel through the coal
measures TO deepen the seam at the base
OF the mountain. and new airways are be-
ing driven TO connect with the old levels.
Twenty-six men have been employed dur
nix the year and the output was 4.347 tons.
The Carbon Coke Company. I'm the same
vicinity. has put in washers TO wash its
nut coal. Ii has employed twenty men.
and its product was about 500 tons for the
year.
The Kangley mine, operated by John
Kangley & Co. is on the Green river
branch of the Northern Pacific The low
er level. which had been abandoned and
allowed 10 I'll up with water. has been
again pumped out. and the slope is being
sent down TO another level. This work
was begun just before Christmas. The
company is getting coal on the upper
level while this lower one is being cut.
Its output last year was 7,f9o tons. but
with the new working opened the product
win be increased very soon. The number
OF men employed averages forty-five.
Large Output at Gilman.
The Gilman mine at Issaquah. operated
by the Seattle Coal and Iron Company
has put out 137 500 tons during the year. as
compared with a2.S79 tons last year. At
the same time the company has been con-
tinuing the development Of the mine be-
gun last year and Increasing it's capacity
TO an extent far greater than its present
output. The average number OF men en-
ployed has been ITO inside and IS outside.
The Roslyn District.
The Cle-Elum Coal Company has con-
tinued on the even tenor OF its way during
the year and has Increased its output
from 7.7i5 tons in 1885 10 about 10000 tons
employing twenty-five men. The mines
Of the Ellenshurg Coal Company. also al
-Elum have been operated regularly.
getting out about Loo tons and employing
eight men.
The Northern Pacific Coal Company. at
Roslyn, has been operating only mines
Nos I and during the year. No. 3 not
being worked for the reason that the other
two. actively worked were found sufficient
TO supply the demand BY Increased ac-
tivity during the last quarter OF the wear
the output for the year was over 210 900
tons. as against 1911 tons last year The
average number Of workmen in the two
mines was 52o inside and 12i outside.
Swain & Haight are operating a small
mine near Ronald about three miles west
OF Roslyn, employing seven men. princl-
pally in DEVELOPMENT work. The company
miaei about 800 tons during the year.
Keelan & Ward work another small
mine near by. of and on. merely TO supply
local demand their output for the year
being about 30 tons Roth these mines
are working on the same scam % coal.
Ths Rlue Canyon mine, I'm Whatcom
county has been nutffnr ont hut a small
amount Of coal during the year. but has
sunk new subterranean shaft at the end
OF the water level Tunnel and has got
down about 800 feet. II has employed
forty.eiEht men inside and eight outside.
The Rocky Ridge mine. on Lake What
com. has done some development work
during the year. bat its neishbor. the
South Bay mine. has been practically at
standstin.
The Fairhaven Mines
Up IN the skaeit valley. about thirty
miles from Fslrhaven ~ rail. IL the great
property % the Skagft CoaI & Transpor-
tation Company known generally as the
Tairbaven mine. u was purchased in 1sSs
from the men who discovered the coal out
crop IN the bel Of a little creek. and since
that time with vary little interruption.
tho work % DEVELOPMENT has been dill
gently prosecuted The Fsirhaven Land
Company and the Great Northern Rail-
way Company or LII Hi personally,
are the principal owners of the property.
which is reached BY n SPUR from the Great
Northern coast line running up the valley
from t1e Seattle & Montana Junction. the
mine station being known as Cokedals.
The vein. which IS nearly perpendicular
varies IN width from sir - City feet. The
main working tunnel Is ]. 100 feet IN length
ard taps thu vein AZ dspth ~ S1o feet.