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with al eEergy ard system ira, seems
sure 10 result in opening paying mines
Mary % last years prospects will ~
opened by tunnels and cross-cssts and ~
ore from the Post-i>ambe ledge vii Ia
worked in d tsn-Stamp quartz mill now
nefng put III by the Portland company tha.
bought thsSe properties While free gold
quartz Is always attractive and many o.
the Gains taken UP last fall are OF this
character Oh TIE surface yet attention i.
being given 20 The base ORES near Hann.-
gan pass and several owners are driving
t4nn@is 10 prove he .o9es Placer claims
are being taken up on both the north and
south forks Of the Nooksack and are De-
Ing works: On Baker river and Ruby creek
and their tributaries On tho latter stream
al expensive hydraulic pant in being pat
Ia ana from the amount of coarse gold
secured by primitive methods In the past
good results seem assured.
Iron and Coal Abouaa.
Although the gold prospects are attract
ins mos attention there Is mucs other IN
developed mineral wealth in the county
!F0n exists IL many places and a, least q
dozen veins Of coal ercp at various points
Iae coal varies from high-grade blum
nous 70 Ignite. The cd mine underlying
New "hatcom producing Ignite was the
Hrst In tbs state 10 snip 20 san Francisco
and though cI9ed for some years, is likely
20 De Aoon reoIened. The Blue Canyon
name. blluminous caA., has been working
steadily Stree 1851. AT Glen Ecao. where
Tour veins are exposed. local syndlca lie
- doing extensive prospecting.
Building stone from Chuckaaut s. noted
ali over the state ana has been used In
B:itiail Columbia and San Francisco
Proaact and Population.
The mineral wealth OF Whatcom is ia;en.
and uuoeFeioged. Its total product n
issI. Goa. geld and building stone go n5t
exceed s25'.yDI The timber product ln me
aanse year. logs. lumber and shingles.
amounted - 8 20 80 and fish. canned
fresh. saited and smoked. were valued al
&iQ0fo. Farm products. fruit, grain and
dairy. are estimated At SsD0.o eco There are
about 1900 people In the county. of whom
ioo"o are In the cities OF New Whatcom
aud Fa.raavea, on BeiHngham bay, which
Join and hare common street car. .tee-
phone and gas service Other towns Of
Importance are Blaine. Ferndae Sumas.
i.ynden, Aoossack and fiolingsworth.
The Lumber Industry.
The lumber business. with many logging
camps. four large samInl.lE on Beilnghan
bay ana forty-eght shingle mills there
ard IN the county give employment %
many hundreds OF men
The fishing Industry has grown from
nothing in FIVE years 10 product having
nearly million dollars value In 1897. and
the county now produces two-thirds OF the
fish shipped from the state There are now
ten cannertes-four a Fairhsven. four az
Blaine and TWO on the islands Attention
has heretofore been given almost entirely
to salmon. but ha.ibut. cod. herring and
sardines are being handled in increasing
quantity. One establishment for produc-
ing by-producis exists. but there liz room
for others manufacturing fish oil and fer
tiiix9rs
Box factories. cooperage works and
sheet metal factory preparing the pack
ages for fish are employing many men
and women. There are three machine
shops and foundrles running on the bay.
\ Splendid Road system
Whatcom county is especially proud OF
its sporieton facilities and was the
frs; in the state 20 avail itself Of the new
road laws As result X has nearly 100
miles Of Improved road. banked or gray-
clea. sixteen feet wide and with no grade
- exceed per cent. It also has several
hundred miles OF ordinary country road.
There are four lines Of steam railroad.
ninety-seven miles. ard eleven miles Of
electric railway IN the county.
Schools are numerous and good. On
Belilngham hay there are eight fine build
iAgs. 200 children. and graduates from
the Two hjgh schools enter the state uni
verS|ty without examination.
Churches of all denominations are repre-
scented and there are two public libraries
ana two hospitals OF the bay.
Openings for settlers.
Farms, fruit hand ana dairies may be
purchased ~ reasonable prices. There is
room for more IN the fisheries and mills
while prospects IN the mining region now
Wall for capital 10 develop.
We come ~ thay have
some useful trad. or business ana are pre-
pared - work. Tile professions OF law
and medicine. aud the real estate insur-
auce. bookkeeping and clerical lines OF
work generally are aire adv fun and per
SONS king m opening may have a long
Wait. Al who have come - Puget sound
seeking 4 new home. however, Will do WEI
before settling down 10 VISIT ana examine
fer themselves The advantages 81 What
com county J J. DONOVAN