The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-12-27

a vein which is known as the "Big
Dirty" vein, which is nineteen feet
thick. The "Big Dirty is not mined at
present, on account of the cheaper Ros-
| lyn vein. But before the roslyn vein
is exhausted, washeries will be INSTALL
, ed which will make the "Big Dirty
vein an exceedingly valuable vein. The
Luhrig coal washers on the market at
the present day are wonderful machines
and are almost perfect in operation, re-
moving over 90 per cent. of rock, bone
and dirt, without losing particle of
coal and at an almost insi gniiicant cost
per ton of coal washed.
AS the price of coal rises, other of
the five remaining veins may be worked
but they are disregarded as valuable
now only because there is such great
quantity in sight in the other two veins.
The five remaining veins aggregate
about fifteen feet of coal. three veins of
about three feet each, one of two and
one of four feet of coal. The total
thickness of coal bearing formation is
is ,, 800 feet, with all the known valua-
BILE veins in the upper 1000 feet.
In order to estimate the value and
importance of Kittitas county as coal
producer, we will consider only the'twe
veins mentioned above, i. @. the Roslyn
vein and the big Dirty vein. The total
thickness of coal in these two veins is
"a feet and assuming this thickness ov-
err 100 square miles of country, will give
is | 800, 900, 900 tons as available for the
market, this amount, at the present
rate of extracting 1,5O0 tons per day or
100000 tons per year OF three hundred
working days, will last 1000 years.
While the work that has been done in
this field, in the last sixteen years,
since systematic operation was in force
is but a scratch in this immense storage
house. The total number of tons mined
since it was discovered amounting to
$500, 900 tons in round numbers. This
tremendous supply of coal places the
Roslyn coal field and therefore Kittitas
county easily in front rank Of rich and
permanent coal producers The lay of
the measures with it's moderate pitch
makes every ton available, as the veins
probably will nowhere be deeper than
fifteen hundred or two thousand feet,
which combined with the light pitch,
of only about sixteen degrees, will
make it possible to reclaim every ton
of coal.
The firm hold this coal has in the
markets of the world, will assure Kit
titas county permanent place in the
industrial activity of the state. A
county that has coal supply, which
will last thousand years and which
ships it's coal to almost every city on
tho coast and to the Hawaiian Islands,
as we'll as supplying almost all of the
large Asiatic and coast wise steamers;
besides many of our war vessles, will
of necessity take leading place in the
state.
This coal is not only valuable for
steam and domestic uses, but it is also
an excellent gas and coking coal. Be
sides this coal supply, Kittitas county
has some excellent prospects in copper
and iron and if these mines turn out as
we'll as the prospects now promise, they
will have permanent and nearby
source of fuel, which will attract capt.
tai and in time we may see Kittitas
county, not only the most important
coal producer but also a copper and
iron mining county.
A county which is 50 favor ed by ma
ture, has bright and permanent fut-
ure, and will in time be one of the most
important mining and manufacturing
counties in the state.