The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-13

~ AA3t WI Htt s1bH0ttS@0s~ assssA~ -
Nlt resources that the addition Of .
few more and the frequent dis
covery OF riches OF q new kind
cause 10 particular comment
among those acquainted with Northwest
en- conditions. IL is taken az a common
occurrence. Thus II y that In the pie
thora Of lumber industries. the fishing. the
coaiing, the shipbuilding. the general COM
mercs and multitude Of great develop
nents. and the excitement over the discov-
cry OF gold In Alaska and attendant rush
thereto have TO considerable extent less
ened outside interest Ia mining In Wash
lngton. Except for tho capitalists directly
ostercsted and the actual operation OF
mines, there ase few who have given tho
minerals II this state much attention
An. yet. ba&nx this statement on the
vpr! Of some OF tho most experienced
mining engineers In the world. and who
ase familiar with mining In eli the rich
Districts known. there II no part Of the
earth that Offers such ample opportunities
Cor mineral exploitation nor such album
AAnt and urs returns az the state of
Washington. Amos. every mineral known
% science exists here, and. In the case Of
the leading minerals In great and easily
accessible quantities.
Hut i n seems to he common among
searchers after easy wealth TO go great
distances In this hunt for their Golconda:
they Will not believe that such a thing can
be found at homo. Give them . rumor Of
new finds OF gold IN the wiids OF Alaska. In
South America. In South Africa. in Aus
traiia. and there they viii mock from al
parts Of tha earth. and 90 through almost
uncomfortable hardships and peril for the
sAke Of an improbable reward. So usual
= this that when the first cry Of gold came
out from Alaska. and Berry arrived In
San Francisco with his first certain evil
dencc Of the truth OF the rumor. not only
tho West. hut the East and Europe and
the Far East were rapidly dcpopuiaied Of
their Idle men. who gathered expensive.
outfits and Joined in the mad stampede for
the North, Cases are even ON record Of
men In Washington who were prospecting
In districts known TO be rich. though little
explored. with promising outlook Of their
ultimate success. who threw up every
thing. lost their prospects and went to
Alaska. why they went can never be ex-
planned.
All Metals Are Here.
Gold. silver. copper. lead. all the chief
metals and minerals known 10 man. are to
b. found within weeks walk from Seat
tie. to say nothing OF the coal fields that
have as,onlshed the world by their value
and vast extent And iron II here. too.
and IN sufficient quantities To furnish pro-
due, for The operation OF the largest soun-
dries and rolling mills. Another thing lit
Tie known - that the only coke rnanusac-
turea on the Pacific coast. in the United
States. comes from this state. In the mid
die June number OF Tin ami Terne. tech
meal Journal published In Pittshurg, Pa,
the following appeared from the pen of
w G. Croaemeyef,
"A, the presen; time Il "a estimated sha,
there Is about iao.sp tons of pis Iron con-
sunsed annually en- the Pacific coast. The
supplies are drawn mainly from Alabama.
some going by an all~Taa route and some
BY part water and part rail- route. When
No foundry iron was selling IN pi..shurg
~ SO a ton. the price PAID Tor southern
Ne. iron Was So 20. From the writer's
CNA tfG8S s+tNtANtsiiS. II MAY Nr f@slt-
mated thar Pig iron couid ~ produced In
Washington with facilities az command.
fer SIS ton. even taking into account the
Fact thas coal !. bringing ,hers very high
prize. from s. to s. ~ ten. white 10 pean-
sslvsasa methods were introduced IL IL
eta'eA that the cost ~ both coal aud coke
~eala he reduced very much. ard might
rGs be greatly IN excess Of that tn Perm
sslvsn.a az the present sifae.
There ss very large demand aieng The
Pacific coast Ger paStlnsN uss<s in shln-
building ~ tAe present time mast Of these
castings ara taken in a finished ar partly
finished state from the Eastern foafsarses.
sna In some eases they are imported IT,
however. TIRE SOS. % pig t~an was reduced
hy thu establishment ~ an iron industry
I'm Washington. she local iron could be
,sesi sn the production og ;se~e castings
Through this Influence large Industry
esult sss snilt up. ana the pig iron caussa
aise he worked inta wrought tras. walca
weula and rvaay sale
In ssss there were teres cake sStaAllss-
meats tn Washington. which has ia Owns
eailt. In tass year the coke vas az made
from wsehea run ~ snlas. hus fver, fssf q,
lsss tse hstk waS wsSsszs ssack TIRE rrxs-
euelion af shss Northwestern s~asntry. ss,-
eiadlns tsse eeoEsses ~ Ssasis ard What
err WAS grsf's sver sAiyd ~ she states
total in isss. ard considerably ever sAsrs
the year before Ire state rrs1aced - .Ss
sNors tors eg eoke m iss' ana e, sss so-sr
In Isss A peculiar fact IL ssst the Yield
cf coke n Washington was ;he highest 81
lss< ard isSs 81 any safe tn is~ ceaatry as
Tar back as IRE gesSarSs ~ ine geological
survey g.. The average s&S s. re~ sSnt
IN each wear Ire average 80 penm~yssx-
piasis considerably hesew thai az sas Cen