. Factory and industrial management. KLELlRic iRuLLEY CHARGING CUKE OVENS, 1 EkME, i;. C. i68 THE ENGINEERING MAGAZINE. to British Columbia. The l:)est seam in the WelHngton colhery is from5 to lo feet thick. Exclusive of Vancouver Island, the Puget Sound coal basin coversan area of about seven hundred and fifty square miles. There areseveral distinct fields within this basin but the character of the coal. SUMMIT OF WHITE PASS, LOOKING SOUTH TO THE P.\C1FIC OCEAN This is the present boundary between Alaska and British Columbia, elevation feet, and 14 miles in air line from Dyea Inlet and
. Factory and industrial management. KLELlRic iRuLLEY CHARGING CUKE OVENS, 1 EkME, i;. C. i68 THE ENGINEERING MAGAZINE. to British Columbia. The l:)est seam in the WelHngton colhery is from5 to lo feet thick. Exclusive of Vancouver Island, the Puget Sound coal basin coversan area of about seven hundred and fifty square miles. There areseveral distinct fields within this basin but the character of the coal. SUMMIT OF WHITE PASS, LOOKING SOUTH TO THE P.\C1FIC OCEAN This is the present boundary between Alaska and British Columbia, elevation feet, and 14 miles in air line from Dyea Inlet and Skaguay, zo miles by railroad, which 90 miles further north reaches dee]) water on the Yukon. differs in each separate field, varying from a lignite to rich bitumnous coking coals. In percentages, these coals run : Moisture. Volatile. Fixed Carbon Ash. Lignites 8 to 12 35 to 45 30 to 45 6 to 18 Bituminous i to 3 25 to 35 45 to 60 2 to S Some of these coals make excellent coke. The lignites are hard,bituminous lignites soft but firm, and the bitumirous coking coals aresoft and require washing. THE COAL RESOURCES OF THE FACHUC. 169 It is very encouraging to find seams of coal near Alaska 18 feetin thickness, as the seams in the Puget Sound region rarely exceed 7feet and many of only 30 inches are worked. Some of the Puget Sound mines seem to produce more tons peremploye than any other coal mines in
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