The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-03
q. ". MoEsill Launches ! Big
Railroad and Coal Enterprise.
aA,LeoAo sev9n MILES Lono.
1bs encouragement that ~ fssns time 80
49, ~4orss6 Ntssaerra yEassafnxsass mining

TIE sneosysxsmsns that ~ from time 50
lame e2orxe6 Western Washington mining
anf{rprtxe. "a sss richness OF ifs re-
pssxrcss beaossss esttsr kao~n sasossSn
prsapseslnx and investigation will s1ss
xsar receive substantial impetus n the
unDeGzisy large proposition behind waseh
n H. w. Aesetl: ard the other naesHsssx
% the Western American Coal Company.
the operations Of which have been quietly
earrisA on Until nex,
a couple OF weeks ago slse Fass-intsiH-
usucsr es,soassE@a ina Incorporation. with
80 amount ef stock ST E<o.sae. ef the We.s-
era American Coal Company. ~saaen bad
a. IT. ofsjart Eae mining and sale of coal
anl mIEefaIs si8s assissfAEs eqelppiag and
running Of railroads sasi sI1s other features
tkak ara usuksly assp@sases with kisadrsi
eateyprssss ia. incorporation OF tho
WeosSTn Agaeriesn Coat Company ~ss
natad with othsrA ~ practically the same
nature ard fasisd at tire slsn< 80 satsrae.
sry marked attention asiag 10 IN. fssifss-
hsr ~ msainx eoapsuis~ that AT. almost
daily noted In flss county clerks office ~
the courthouse.
Those Interested however. were well
aware Of tbs magnitude OF the company
and its Intentions. ard proceeded ne carry
osst the ZIG scheme without any hfD-ser
or announcement 1t ROW trarspsrsa that
sps enterprise is ene OF considerable mo-
ucnt, which Will enhance tic value Of sv-
cry legitimate mining proposition wesf OF
The Cascade range of mountains. The
mining holdings ct tic company are eight
miles ssasth of the foothills Of Mount Raj
nier. Frcsn the place where development
work has ss@st carried on, 10 fsrhanzdo,
on the Northern Pacific railway ia "a d. S.
lance OF sATeEa miles. ard as IA nss aas OF
delivery the company viii build standard
gauge railway With fail standard eaa.p
ment.
Tho ss,fYeg= Tor this road are new nsar-
iy completed Mzrtintls s,ixFtsa. Of The
firm Of sttSfua n Sasssn. civil eng sgsssrs
10 In the field with fourteen assistants s.ed
a. soon as ne definite roates ban heari To-
GATED there Will be feree OF 30 men gu,
70 work and the rossiisesi and track rsssiesi
10 compiesfan. T u, Corey. Formerly mine
superintendent of tbs 0rexas1 Improve
msns Company. ia TO he Superintendent Of
the mining operations or this Western
American Coal f.ompsHa. and the general
manager Of it, railroad Mr. Corey ar
rived In the city Saturday night and left
yesterday Afternoon Tor fha cesnpanys
properly. He WIS asked about he intrn-
lions os the company. and verified the re-
port which lad gained limited circulation
In Seattle. Mr.. Corey stated that Static
VIII Be the new casspany's headquarters.
and that its operations will be directed
from here. The railroad will te IN opera~
ffon ard thF delivery Of coal 10 the vari-
Gus yards and hunksrs ~ Seaftls San
Francisco. Portland ard Tacoma wall COM
Nance As that time Construction Will be-
sin aexf week
In addition 10 tapping the coal and TIM
Der lands belonging TO The Incorporation.
the railroad VII eventually he pushed
through 10 Mount RaiaIar. where very
rich mineral deposits have already b@en
located. Mr. ssufsy says hat assays OF
samples Of quartz taken from the Lodges
that are now being thoroughly prospeeted
with a diamond dfsli have seen AZ high
as ~ iser cent. copper. while under ordi-
nary circumstances Is 10 81 per cent Is
considered unusually rich. The mountain
t. ALSO showing UP In pstees With silver
ana gold,
Mr.. Corey also says that the rod IL sur.
yeyed 80 as 10 tap the eampanys timber
lands. which. he says. are fuii OF as Hue
standiug timber us can be found fin the
state, A sswr,lls is bcins sci up I'm fhe
camp. and 1t 3tls be slarsed al nsscs. in
cutting humber 10 hssila the houses, board
tag and bunk houses. and siare aad ware
houses. ut this company, ard Ia pfer,are
the way fes it's timber atitpu.
AIR. Carey states that ne is+ made an
estimate OF ths amount 81 eo4l Ia the
eosupaas'S mines. ard tae ngures are
3.eav.ua apus- The veins he located him.
ssH two years age. ~ which i.rte he
looked ever the aroana for Mr aeSeiH.
HE fstsnd groupings Of thirteen veins
running is varying thickness fran
three to thirteen feet HE believes that
the eoal that Was shown - the best i'm
tns Northwest II Ia hisunsneus but
ssrses IN grads and application 10 use
a. mueh ~ sasila bs Noasib.e. There is
. hsshgrsa* s'esna'us coal. eosing coal.
deuisrss and stnlthtnE eu8,s the iatt.r
hesng pronounced equal 80 that brought
from Psan@xisamla. Tvs Thousand feet
Of sanasis have already besn paf IN. the
lev Of tne VEINS 10 the sane Of the
mountain he.ag in every way to 50 adj
vantage fog handling The tunnels are
Txss tsss ta size,
The railroad VIII be built with a slight
grade from the nstFes to Carbonate,