Cedar River mines, 117--Talbot and Renton mines, 118--Newcastle Mine, 118--Cost of mining, 119--Large production, 119--Misrepresentation, 120--Correction by Mr. Whitworth, 122. _d._ The Squak Creek, Raging River, and Snoqualmie Group 125 Gilman Mines, 125--Structure of Squak Mountain, 125--Peculiar advantages for mining possessed by the Gilman Mines, 127--Seattle Coal and Iron Company, 127--Seven seams, 128--Details, 128--Good coal, 128--Another good coal seam, 128--And another, 129--Large body of valuable coal, 131--Washington Mines, 132--Raging River coals, 132--Details, 134--Snoqualmie Mountain Coal Group, 136--Details, 136--Good coking coal, 136--Also good coking coal, 138--Large and valuable bed, 138--Another good bed, 139--Geological relations, 139--This the bottom group, 140. _e._ The Yakima and Wenatchie Group 140 Yakima or Roslyn coal field, 140--Coal on the Wenatchie, 141--Coal under the Great Bend country, 142. _f._ Bellingham Bay, Skagit River, and other Coal Fields 142 The first mining on Bellingham Bay, 142--Coal on Skagit River, 142--Coal south of Puget Sound, 144--Total shipments of coal from Washington Territory, 144. _g._ Coal Seams in British Columbia 145 Coal on Vancouver's Island, 145. II. Iron Ore 146 The iron ores, 146--The great magnetic ore beds of Cascade Mountains, 147--Resembles the Cranberry ore deposits, 147--Guye Mine on Mount Logan, 148--Denny Mine, 149--Chair Peak, or Kelly Mine, 149--Middle Fork Mines, 150--All easily reached from Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway, 150--Cle-ellum ore beds, 150--Burch's ore bed, 152--Dudley ore bed, 153--Undoubtedly large beds of steel ores, 153--Of superior quality, 153. ANALYSES OF SNOQUALMIE IRON ORES 154 Proved by analysis to be unsurpassed, if equaled, 155. COMPARATIVE ANALYSES OF STEEL ORES 155 Improved processes, 156. III. Granite, Limestone and Marble 157 Granite, 157--Marble and Limestone, 158. IV. The Precious and Base Metals 159 Precious metals on Cascade Mountains, 159--On Cle-ellum River, 160--Large copper vein in Stevens County, 161--Precious metals on Methow River, 161--The rich mines of Okanogan, 162--The mines in the Colville region, 164--The Old Dominion Mine, 165--The Daisy Mine, 165--Young America Company, 166--The Little Dalles, 166--Coeur d'Alene Mines, 167--The large tonnage from and to the mines, 169. SPECIAL REMARKS ON THE COUNTRY AND ITS RESOURCES ALONG THE LINE OF THE SEATTLE, LAKE SHORE AND EASTERN RAILWAY 171