Governor Semple, in his report for 1887, gives as the total shipment for the year ending June 30, 1887, the amount 525,705 tons. And he gives as the total output of coal from all the Washington Territory mines from the beginning of shipments to June 30, 1887: MINES. TONS. Newcastle 1,308,178 Franklin 46,272 Black Diamond 148,418 Renton 35,015 Talbot 10,000 Cedar River 64,816 Carbonado 402,207 South Prairie 139,792 Wilkeson 10,372 Bucoda 4,550 Roslyn 40,987 Bellingham Bay (estimated) 250,000 Clallam Bay 500 ---------- Total 2,461,108 I have now given a sketch of all the coal mines and coal areas of Washington Territory, and will conclude with a few words on the coal of Vancouver's Island. [Sidenote: Coal on Vancouver's Island.] _g._ _Coal Seams in British Columbia._ The productive coal field is on Vancouver's Island, on the east side of the Gulf of Georgia. There are three mines in operation as given below: ANNUAL OUTPUT. SHORT TONS. Nanaimo Colliery 112,761 Wellington Colliery 185,846 East Wellington Colliery 28,029 This coal is marketed chiefly in California. The coal is lignitic; and yet it is said to coke well. It is also good stocking coal. The beds dip from 5° to 30° southward. The cost of transportation to San Francisco is about the same as from Seattle, and the cost of delivering on board ship about the same as from the Newcastle mines. The tariff of 75 cents per ton on foreign coal is regarded with satisfaction by the coal men of Washington Territory. The repeal of this tariff would inflict a heavy blow upon the mining industry of the Territory. [Sidenote: The Iron Ores.]