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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (March 23, 1912)
c jtpt ?a, ( 4 "( THE COOS BAY TIMES, MAfisHFIELD, OREGON, -EVENING EDITION ifH it ... s rt iti1 COOS COUNTY COAL F.IELDS .il rn ' ty ni. valim1' wining hn tldernble the rcsoitr Dlt of 6" deposits of Coos conn, tl.o Wostport nnd Pulaski arches up one f tl'B '03J The Newport basin has onl on .-source.:, whlio con' hod o." coal extensively worked i fnV y a '? clty s "nntlKOr 3,,mod na n domestic coal or for' o mh,J ?', , prl,v5t railroad from steam production on ocean vessels Ilbl.. , hriw Mr lfl0,id.m?M U 'l08 nMd navy wnr8l,Ps. The tests which ovpr 1 vf' g thconl,to tldo W,,ltcr ,mv bco i"l so far Indicate that "Or a VPir II I'll tllil initio It'no xlnon.l .1 1 ..... .iiiu-n ...,7i ii . . """" i- i"nn oi mo inventors is entirely i down and the town was a most i In- .. u.in,,,o ' . A It sorted Inn recently the mine together I Wlillo as an Industry coal mini., THE CLIMATE OF COOS BAY, WESTL'KNEIt Is cssentlniiy a to which f-w pay lini0 attontlon. "booster." Ho Is loyal to lils'tini-ir nn,t nimuiv ,in nr Mil.,.. turc. In count)' Is thief nssr' One tcr tounty c' fact tlmi placo great qua' south of ' Oregon m dras good found f near Vnle eon ami "- -...-.. . o ,,,,. t,x 1U0l m cou WUI1 iurKC mi e8lruo 10 j nK8 wng'in. .... ,,, , ,!.. n". . . .' """ '"' l" "ls so mucn miu so otten by clays of , during past you. s, three benches. yielding live feet r sold to the Reynolds ""veloi.i.iont ,.,"! ,,??, Cs I'rtlclar section of the West, and brilliancy that thoro Is no tuoutat oo which w 111 I-or-J workable coal. The hash, o,lBl,mliv Company S , ok X Thnt SS LuLi? ?f ,Jho !1,,al,-v llu wltlc,,s hla lo,ft,,y to L,'- of monotony. volopine.it in tin fu- conlalned over H.OOO.UU'J tons of las loa-ed the . e to Geo o Doll ,. nnilK 'if?? to brnro tho wllolc ot thnt vast. Inden- Sunshine. T the coal of Coos coal most of win,.., was nvnllnble. who Is ope. , lug t and will emit, no j ' , 1, 1 c Z L,'! !,fUll,Ve !"'i' 'obIoi. torn.ed "tho West." This The annual average amount iTl ,,lod as one o! the Tl.o Heaver Slough basin has ' Its nponu.on. ', . V. '' ,,,1 w ( ih" ,oyn V, W,U. 80I,10t"C8 lcn" th WU8t" I "tshine on Coos Uny Is 40 per cent ,ho ocallty. ongH. or over twenty miles extend- A feu ,..., , ,.f MhfMll 1r t" "1,1"Btrlnl "orlJ' "i citizen Into exaggeration. IJ0 la of the possible. Tho sunshln. which gives the Coos, lug from Ivorton to the i.orili Mm. ml.... ivi,!..!? .... '"""""'t-iii ' apt to extol beyond Its deserts tho Is rather unenuallv dlstrlhutod .Mc.lar value Is tho Its of Coos Hay. Th, ImC JJ c " g I 'by "a ew"" Se.Ui,,, U-.JSV t 'ht'com.t'rv mKhT!!" " i'?, ""' tho bu"'nf" " ro,Whot tffXn tho ZriSJ inrallty Is tho only and oxtonds rur hoow Iho , level, 'uohlo. Colo.. ", whlen I now ms f ho i. m t ,,nt"t9 ,f h, town, but l.o Is most , lions following closely tho dry and ,ni Is found in any "ho South Hlmiir.i li.,u .... .i i.. , .......'. ,,,1wllu- . 1B now "lll("i or tl.o oi lust, as little prono to play fast and looso wth the wot RenH.,i, Tim i..ni,n. f m..t. .. tho 1'nclllo coast places to tho coas. ,, I ,V n , S" .,, " sum" conl on Ul nr.". W,",C1' f'Ung of stock Is nee- weather, dot an enthusiastic west-1. nun, , ... u . Bi7wi iinn wwi ((! iui. i i irv. Sound. In contra! , liaslu extends from the lown fn neighborhood of Ma-,11111110 ost and south nii'd Is best A lnrgo mino recently opened on orner and ho'll make you bollovo that 1 ago of ' tent; that of uilnl- havo tli- I I1C rWIHt HlilO ilf tin 1tM ninna In ...II....I limit linen iiiiiiii 1 iiviiiiii.i.i 1. it . 1 - .. uiitu wi liiii 1111 iiuiiiiniLU limiruumin iiuik in-uii -a iiiduu iiiuiiK I lie I'll 1 e 1' V.T M... -'.H..I.I .... i i .. .. ..T... , also baoii found south of tl.o timn ..bout four 1, 1, . J ' " ' " "' 'V10'" ",8, ' ,0 'V"l1' ! inlliviir county, .lack- Tho character c.i the , , n I d ! u- h," ,,,'-1 ,w" u? J- A; ,ln.. counties also Is Indicated by the analys s r r. . ... !," '"."." ,,i;vi,,0t1,u1,,t 1 iiiun,....i..i.. .......1....1 ..r .1... 7.7 r "l. " 1 company, a cor .oral on formed bv 1 I'll.!.. 1inw. v . .v.a 111 1I1IUI-. Ill I lie.ll'IM' Mill lllllli. I . . . Polk mid other which Is as follows hut tho Holds of Fixed carbon ... . i i.,..,.iiti- 11..... ' '" ln ci 111 ,on,j to deep water and n btinkci liave been western r Coos conn valuable l try of coal Important in any pif' Most of ..... nt ti. aunty w ,,,n,, by '' Sl u,l,or f the ceologU" survey of tho Dopnrt- Lent of the interior. Mr. Dlllor In his latest rcp'-rtfl states that the coal of Coos county Is classed as sub- bituminous coal as recognized by tho geological survey. Tho Coos Hay coal field embraces tesrly 250 iiuunro tulles. It has 1 luvui u.iiiii'HH moil ior 1110 purpose 01 neve. oping ti,e property. Mr. In this locality than Oregon. .1 I'MoiimIvi. (iiverniiient Investlgn- iial Holds of lleinet- lllll Mine. Tho largest mine In tho countv Is Coos tho Heaver lllll, owned bv Hie Heaver Hill Coal company, which is a Southern Haclllc corporation. The mino Is located about twelve miles from Mr.rshlleld mid is readied bv 1 branch of the railroad between Coos Hay and Coi,illle. The coal s brought by train to Mnriliflulil to bunker 1 ,,,.. on 1110 waierrront navo been built 1UU.IIU pel cent ,,, ,,.1..,.. ...mpI.i,,,,-.. inBtnlln.l. :t Is claimed for tho mino that It has tho advantage of being near to tho , shlpiilng facilities and that the I quality of tl.o coal is good. Tho Lillian coal initio on Coos Itlver was opened and operated by Ii. J. Slmpnin boiiio years ago bat that mine Is now closed. The proj, erty Included about 9 00 acres of coal lands, On Cntcl lug Inlet between Marsh- argo coal bunkers on tho water front of the bay The mine I s fluid and Stunner a small coal mine wn qiwrrrTBHW11 n i wi i 11 hbul J HBSkiSkHlB&yliBSrutfal VSKZiBiSiSiSHttijKi rfl BSsa'Vl' (iiiBHiSPisH'isBisHiBiisWHisHiJkfrisisisisisisi PMtBMptKaT' j dlsfl&MisisisiiisisHJiisKiHi9fisisDisiHVisisisisisH STICAMKIt LOADINO AT MAHSIIKI KM) COAlj UU.VKKIIS. ' SHIPPING AND ii ' COMMERCE I P HII'I'INQ In 0110 of 1 taut features of tho ; life of Cooh county a tho mild Biinshlno of a balmy spring sheds a perpetual radiance over his town; thnt there Ib never either heat or cold there, nor rain, nor storm. An Kiiiiililo Climate. Hut Coos county has ns equable a cllmnto as ran be found anywhere. There are really 110 extremes hero. tho l.npor COMUIIurclal TI.,, .I.ivh never urnw iilmni-Miiil'v nnd tho pos- j,ol w 6lm0r nor nbnor.ually .slbllltles In this lino aro so great cold In the winter. Tho four roa- that It wilt bo a chief factor In tho sons of tho temperate 7.0m shade In- .future development. Coos Hay is to one another so gradually that I lw. ...!.. u1.l...l.. ....l.i f 1... nnllllll- 1. iiIIm..i ..... .I.I..1. 11.... ..... ... m. . ................. ... . mi' iiiiiiii Diiiiifi.itt ikiiiil ifi tuv; liiiiiii mi. nwiiiiii'n u iiiiuiv ki.iii u uiu nil iiiiuriiiiiivui. a noil ui a nllCCCSolUU on account of the lino harbor The the dawn of spring when we s oiildof storms with Intervals of clear or Coutilllo river Is another shipping bo in tho m'ddle of winter To the, partly cloudy days, And It Is only point which serves well In Bonding Japan curm it can be attributed the tl.o rare storm thnt Is particularly mum fliinshliio Dccembor, with an nvorago of 18 per cent. Kroni lfiO to Ills rainy days, that Is days mi which tho precipitation will roach 0.01 Inches mny bo ox pectcd at least that Is the average last year's official records allow ing 155 days. Tho official record for Inst year given herewith shows Hint tho rainy season extends from November to April. Hut tho rainfall throughout those months Is not Incessant. It Ii tin: i.umv mink ki!om wiiirn nrxnitKiis ok tiioiswi.s oi- -. oxs ok eo.w, iiavk iikk.v .ship. I I'KI) TO TI KSAX KltANCISCO AM) I'O'.TI.V I) MAKKKTS. isisisisisisisisHVCfNrfakKKsIiWiflKisVaVCtf 'ArW JiViCalrfiHisiiHiisisisisisH tEEr filflPjkSH9WiMH' liislPisisBGiisisisH SlaMbat&St JisVr',4''C?iiK9IWvflis9HisiH ISISDfllSISIPWlHlHllSISISISH 1 : " ?; ' (JATHKIUXO THK IlKAI'TIKl'I. HIIOnODKXDHOX HI.OSSOM.S oi about cloven miles. The north trajiart of the conl Hold Is Interned J lx Coos Day and tho southern tt it tho territory through which ltngth north and south of about been operated for many years and la opornt?d by n local ro.upany. On thirty miles and n maximum breadth , w" sold to tlo Southern Pacific uthmus Inlet aro Ilia Honryvlllo nnd when tho latter company iMiuglit tno M.,xwoIi ,..,,. ...,..,.,. nr,, nQt Ilow ralli'und and other lioldlugs in this, ,xe ,,nM WI1U-1 rc ot now county six or sov3n years ago. V. S. . oicrnteil. 'Iho former Is owned by Chandler wiih prominent In tl.o dov-jtho Southern Pncl'lc and will prob- nlii.iiiini.i nf Mm mini. I.i.l.iir nui ti. nli.v lin niiornl?il 111 Ihn flit urn. the Coqulllu river Mows. These two nger of the nil. road and mine when i Many annul pilvato initios arc hiic en outlets glvo tho locality spo-llt was under hla. recolvowhlp and Jcessfully opornted on a email scalo cl advantages ns thoro nro few ' nho for n time after the purchase In different localities of Coos Hay. " in mo world where coal can was :nade by tho Suutlorn Paellle. Among thoso is tho mino of Al Smith lenlned so close to tldo water. Surrounding tho mino Is nulte n mi Coos lllvcr. Toe coal mined Is a good domestic little settlement, the town being In tho Coqulllo VnKey aectlon of wI. Is sold extensively In Portland known as Heaver Hill. Many minors! tho county ccnl mining Is nn Im- M4 San Kraiulsco and U used by reside there with their Hi ml Uu and portnnt Industry. At HIvorton on nny of the co.istwlso vestols. It has large hoarding houi-es and a store tho Coqulllo river there nro aovornl lw been tested as fuel on torpedo ir operaed by the conipiiny. 'ITo mines with railroads and largo iMtsof the Tinted Stntes nnvy. The Heaver lllll coal Is porhaps regnrdod hunkers. Ocean-going bonts can wy transportation for tho conl at as the best Hint the county has yjt come up tho river from Handon nnd present in.ir- is or course by iirodiiccd. In cddltlon to tho mine load conl al Itivertou. Trio Port p. Ilallrcidi of various length as It la now being worked tho com- mino, Coqulllo and others In Hint iisK' 'isisisisisisisisisisisisisiHiisisisisBiaHHHvl BKEa3rMLMfaw$wmUtJElrnKfiTr ijKMf by water to other innrkots tho prod ucts of Hint section Tho shipments from Coos Hay nro mainly coastwise, to Portland, San Francisco nnd San Pedro, tho lumber going to tho two Inst named p aces. An occasional cargo goes to n foreign part. With a rntlroad connecting Coos Day with tho Interior country tho port will b:conio u gateway to the Orient nnd foreign countries, serving na tho outlet for tho prod ucts of a vast country behind It. The Importnnco of tho placo na a ship ping point will bo greatly advanced with tho opening of tho Panama canal. Passenger boats now ply bo tween Cooa Hay and Portland, San Frnnclsco, Euroka and smaller ports. These also carry general freight of nil kinds In nnd out. Sailing ves- sola and stenm schooners, tome of tho Inttor tho largest on tho const, enrry cargoes of lumber to San Frnn clsco nnd Sail Pedro which aro tho chief distributing places for tho products of tho mills. Smaller boats (ontn iiiiiko regular trips 10 nuuriiy mnmr j .. MUD. vui'u I".; im'ii.h inn mum T,..,i. r. 7 .onlont trading plnco and point ' t.n..a olil..n,nllt 'Pl.o tf.vl.nclU .HH... .11 if lll.aDIIIJfIIUIIl. IIW V..HM in . Mny. Juno equableness of tho Coos Hay c.lmnto. severe. Many people hero will toll .Not .ill Itu ii. ' you that you mny expect a porlod A facetious onaterner onco replied of clenr and beautiful days during to a question on Coos liny c liuato , Into January and early February, conditions by .uyliig: "Thoro aro two j This cannot, of course, bo dopondod seasons the rainy and August." lie, on. Hut It frequently happens thnt was far from tho truth. Ituiu dies lino days do come during this rnlny rail Hero, tint It la all by way or 'season mid they are often inlBtakon contrast. Thoro Is rain occasional ly to offset tl.o beauty of a sum mer's day; rain to mar tho spring or to dim U:o glory of autumn, ami mill again, rain to Biib.tltuto for snow. Hut nt thnt V.o total rain fall hero Ib not much greater than that of Now York. Tho dlfforoncc lies In tho fact that what wo call ruin la more or lesj a gontlo drizzle for a harbinger of spring. Tho sum mers nro especially freo from sud den 1'iilod, or showers or thunder storms. Toruadues aro, of course, unknown. To Suit All. Concluding, then, ono finds Hut tho cllmnto of Coos Hay and Coos county will afford Just enough vari ety to suit tho most fastidious. Coos Bay Weather in 1911 Temperature. Hi In Itnluy Clear Partly Cloudy Highest. Lowest. Average. fill. days. duy. cloudy days. July Aug.. Sop.. A XIXK-KOOT VKIX OK COAL XKH fiLASfiOW. ... .. . iiS !. h '"ed into b Thero ?.?' Cflal. Bin.,. ! v' Cledo n l.E'. Thn . ClM. ,. v - iho coal from tho ' jinny is sinking a now shaft W-lch district have been successfully opor- 1 tho bunkers on ' will be 3,000 feet deep mid will g3 nted tho conl can be down farther than any other mine Ilrlijuet Possibilities. I In the locality. It Is enld that this T1(J brlqitottlng of Cooa county "iiimtlniis. developniont will require nn outlay coa( lH ,, industry which It Is ""1 formations of of n,,m,t 300.000 on tho part of lh0llgllt WII1 bocomo highly luipor- ,ew tho Emnho I tl10 company but It Is hoped that It tnut , tho fltlire. Tho plan to 'lie Pulaski forma '' w,u reauU '" a gieat ,ncrcas0 ln tI,e use tho wasto coal In tho form of ninient geologists leld into six por s nnd two arches. tro coal and the 'he surfaco tho un ' hlch nro generally lv The basins nre IlenvA Gin..-.. ... tparla,t,r So.th Slough. They.Oreg u) wnat aro known as pany of S5cb rhin brlnS t vi'n8 strat al .. C'i,' r, port' ti .iMie output of the mine. brlquottes and mako a good steam Otli?i- Conl Mln?h. fuel, it Is bollovod, will groatly aa- Tho Newport mino. cninnion'y vnnco tho Industry. IJr. E. Mlngus known na tho Llbby mino. tho latter of Marshfleld. and II. C. Dlora of being the name of tho llttlo town North Bond. Hjvo Invented a pro- whoro it is located. Is about three cers for using the wast o coal of ho harbors, Cooa Hay conv for from tho harbor besides lumber con slst of tho products of tl.o snsh and door and shlnglo fac'orlo. t'.io cioamerlos, tho farms, tho vnrlous manufacturing plants, and conl which Is carrlod to California jiolnts for n ' snlo and Is used by mnny of the , . ; ' Hiaiuors, i ne iiiipui i inuiuiiu urn-1 ., r.viuiim iieeueii ny in" ii;i-uiiij iiu.n tho outside. About S00 boats of dlf foont klniH crossed In over tho Coos Hay bar during 1911. Handon has a smaller harbor but ono cnpablo of gront development and will not nduilt ns largo vessels ns Coos Hay but servos as tho ocenn outlot for a lnrgo territory, thus avoiding tho shipment to tho bay. Thrco Ilrst-clnss steamers carrying pnssongors nnd lumber nnd ganornl freight mako rogular trips between tho Coqulllo river nnd Snn Frnnclico. Another bont runs to Coos Hay and a number of snlllng vessels visit tho 'port for lumber, nnd go up tho rlvar to tho various mllla, Tho annual shipments of lumber from Coos Hay ninount to about . ir.0,000.000 feet nnd from tho Co-1 qulllo river about 4.r.. 000.000 foot. This m.ikes a totnl of nbout 200.-' 000,000 foet of lumbor shlppod nn-1 nunlly from Coos county. In a fow j years. u iiiu iui.ii.ik iiiuubii iub in crease, tho shipments will become great and tho locality advanced In Importance from a commercial standpoint. 70 GO 72 mllea from Marshfleld. It also has I mines, the waste wood and saw dust SlouKh ho ' been onerated for many years by the from tho mills and even the wasto finest harbor facilities should mako mSf Tlie? , Son' Coal" mid Navigation Com-' left on the ground ., logging : n U great city anywhere. Coos Day has .71 .CS ,7S .or. .CL 23 21! 2S 2.S 3i 31 42 42 37 31 27 24 40.S 41.3 47.11 4ii.li 10. 1 f.2.S .17..S r.s.s G3.y r.7.1 47.G 42.3 days. IS 2 10 19 in 8 C 15 ii i r is 13 11 7 12 21 G 18 7 IS 1 14 0 21 G 4 7 21 4 G II 10 4 1G 9 11 3 14 18 G B 19 22 7 4 20 .r, rG .' nr. 2.9 0 1.01 r. si! 1.21 0.00 0.23 3.01 2. 70 7 11 ii.r.i Highest t3iiiporaturo during the year 79. (Into Aug. 22. Lowest tempera tin o during tie ,oar 23, date Jan. 23. , ' Mean tnniporntiiro for tho' yonr 49. G ' ..,',, Total rainfall for tho year r.7.21 Niuubor of rainy iluys 155; e'oar J3I; jiart cloudy GO; cloudy 171. Number of times tomporatiiro foil below 32, 58. , Niuubor of times tqinpurnturo wont above 73.4. Last killing frl'ist of th Spring, date April 30th. First killing frost of the Fall, date November 11th. i -r . KDNA I. MINGUS, I "' " ' '' Spoolnl Motoorologlcal Obw"vor. U. S. Department of Agriculture, Woathor Hiiioau. Station Marshflold, County of Coct,, Stnto of Oicgou. Annual Summary Report for tho y ear of 1911. A great railroad terminus and an Industrial center, combined with the Francisco. Patrick making a fuel which can be con- all three factors. ji,mjsj ? EMi 9 K mrTwA l IIKAVKK HILL COAL MINK San i