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 mining the

coals of Western Washington is light, averaging one dollar and ten cents per ton.

The only coal-mine on the east slope of the Cascades is at Eoslyn, on the line of the Northern Pacific Eailroad, to which company it belongs. This mine furnishes the locomotives of the road with steam fuel, and this coal is shipped to Montana, Dakota, and Minnesota to grade up the inferior coals mined in those States, while the Oregon Eailway and Navigation Company and Oregon Short Line are glad to use any surplus which may be had. A vein of anthracite is reported discovered on the Wenatchee Eiver, northeast of Eoslyn. The output of the various mines for two years is thus tabulated in the report of the governor of Washington for 1889.

Comparative Statement or Coal mined in First and Second Districts for Years ending September 30, 1888 and 1889.

Name.

1888.

1889.

First District.

Bucoda.

South Prairie.

Wilkeson.

Carbon Hill..

Tacoma Coal and Coke Company.

Tons.

49,160

36,149

2,300

203,702

14,371

Tons.

26,600

45,107

6,738

195,387

8,081

Total.

305,682

281,913

Second District.

Franklin.

Black Diamond..

Cedar Mountain.

G-ilman.

Roslyn.

Newcastle.

Durham.

182,921

186,522

52,813

13,528

234,201

158,134

136,844

105,255

23,120

41,482

230,548

76,122

22,319

Total.

828,119

635,690

Output first district.

Output second district.

305,682

828,119

281,913

635,690

Total output.

1,133,801