Spending the night of October 30 at the camp, I went next morning to the Guye Iron Mines, which were one mile from the line of the railroad. The outcrops of ore and limestone lie high on a mountain, which I named Mount Logan, in honor of General T. M. Logan, who seems to have been among the first of the Eastern men to put faith in the resources of this remarkable region. I returned in the evening to the engineers' camp. [Sidenote: Denny Mine.] The next day, November 1, I spent visiting the Denny Mine, two miles from the railroad line, and also high on a mountain, and again returned to camp. The Chair Peak Mine (also called the Kelley Mine), thirteen miles distant from the railroad, and Guye's Mine on Middle Fork Mountain, six miles distant, I did not visit, owing to want of time. [Sidenote: Salal Prairie.] [Sidenote: Moss Bay Co.] November 2.--First rain. We returned down the mountain, and stopped for an hour at Salal Prairie, where we found a large camp occupied by the employees of the Moss Bay Iron and Steel Company, of England, who expected to build iron furnaces on this admirable location.[A] This night we spent at Hop Ranch, a description of which is given hereafter. [A] This wealthy company has since determined to establish its works on Lake Washington, at Kirkland. November 3.--Spent the most of this day in examining the coking coal beds on Snoqualmie Mountain, three miles from Hop Ranch, and reached Falls City that night, pausing by the way to look upon that wonderful sight, the Snoqualmie River Falls, 267 feet high. [Sidenote: Raging River.] November 4.--Left the line of the railroad and went up Raging River ten miles, where I visited the coal openings, and spent the night at the miners' camp. The Raging River valley and mountain-sides are covered with large timber. [Sidenote: Gilman Mines.] November 5.--Descended Raging River valley six miles to the line of the railroad, which we followed to the Gilman Coal Mines, on Squak, passing a bed of ochreous earth, which might have value for paint, and may lead to a bed of iron-ore. At Camp Gilman I looked at all the openings which were accessible, and observed the preparations making for large mining. Spent the night at Tibbett's in Squak Valley, two miles distant. November 6.--Returned to Seattle. November 7.--In Seattle. [Sidenote: Blakeley Mills.] November 8.--Crossed Puget Sound to the great Blakeley Lumber Mills, and also examined Mrs. Guye's large collection of the minerals of Washington Territory. November 9.--Made short excursions in and around Seattle, including a trip on the Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway, fourteen miles out. [Sidenote: Wilkeson Mines.] November 10.--Went to the Wilkeson Coal Mines, where I found the only coke ovens I saw in the Territory.