392 SUPPLEMENTARY ging Company, Sedro- Woolley, 2~ men; Patrick l\lcCoy. Edison, one locomotive, six miles of railroad, three donkey engines, 50 to 60 men; Ballard Lumber Company, Bay View, one loco- motive, three miles of railroad, 40 men; Hough- ton Lumber Company, McMurray. 125 men. At the present time the Blanchard Lumber Company, on Blanchard slough, is not operating its mi11s and camps, but it deserves mention both on account of the long period of time during which it has followed toe business of logging on the sound, and on account of its having been the first company in the county, indeed the first in the sound country, to use an all steam outfit. Per- haps mention should also be made of the Alger Logging Company, which some time in the later eighties bought out the Samish Logging Com- pany and moved the outfit to McElroy slough, where for years it operated very extensively. It sold in 1900 to the Lake Whatcom Logging Company. It is said that whatever may have been the failures of R. A. Alger, as secretary of war, he was one of the most skilful managers of a large lumbering company that ever operated on the sound. The saw-mills now operating in Skagit county, with the location and daily capacity of each, are as follows: A. VV. Fox's, Fredonia, 10,000 feet; Gorton Brothers', Bay View, 6,000; Cedardale Lumber Company's, Mount Vernon, 1~,000: North Avon Lumber Company's, 20,000; La Con- ner Lumber Company's, 10,000; Edison Lumber Company's, 10,000: Clear Lake Lumber Com- pany's, I)~,OOO; Fidalgo Mill Company's, Ana- cortes, -10,000; Hightower Lumber Company's, Hamilton, 1;'),000; Tower Mill Company's, Van Horn, 23,000; Butler Brothers', Bow', 15,000; Atlas Lumber & Shingle Company's, McMurrav, ~O,OOO; Nelson & Neal;s, Montborne, 75,000; Day Lumber 'Company's, Big Lake, 100,000; Lyman. Lumber & Shingle Company's, -15,000; VV. M. Rodger's, Anacortes, 7~,000; Jacobs & Harpst's, Avon, 10,000; North Avon Lumber Company's, 2;),000; D. J. Cain & Company's, Thornwood, -10,000; Great Northern Lumber Company's, Anacortes, 100,000. Inception was given to the shingle mill busi- ness in Skagit county by Mortimer Cook in the fall of 188(5. Mr. Cook deserves the further and greater honor of having been one of the very first who introduced the red cedar shingle of Puget sound to the markets of the middle western states, thereby starting a trade which has grown to enormous proportions, and contributing immensely to the development of the entire sound basin. As a result shingle mills are abundant in every accessible part of western Washington. That Skagit county is not behind in the extent to which this industry has been developed will appear from the fol1owing list of 111i11men and companies operating- at present: Hawley Mill Company, :Milltown, 125,000; Green Shingle Company, Sedro-W-ool1ey, two mills 200,000; Baker River Lumber Company, 125 000: Hatch Bonser Mill Company, Milltown ~O'000: Siwash Shingle Company, Mount Vern~n, itio: 000; Fidalgo Island Shingle Company, Anacorte~ 50,000; Cleary Brothers, Belleville, 55,000; Sterl: ing Mill Company, Sedro-Woolley, 100,000; Sulli- van Shingle Company, Sauk, 100,000: BOYd Shingle Company, Sauk, 125,000; Rockport Shingle Company, Marblemount, 30,000; Hawk- eye Shingle Company, Sauk, 125,OOU; Bat" Shingle Company, Anacortes, 150,OuO; Burpe~ Brothers Company, Anacortes, 123,000; Ana- cortes Shingle Company, 150,000; P. E. Berard Shingle Company, 150,000; Little Mountain Shingle Company, Mount Vernon, 130,000; 'rin- ner Shingle Company, Bow, 7;:>,000: Allen Roray Company, Bow, 75,000: Blanchard Shingle Com- pany, Fravel, 50,000; Kalberg & Schaffer. Bow 50,000; Belfast Manufacturing Company, lUU,OOO'; Castle & McKay, Bow, 60,000; De Can & Yorks- ton, Wickersham, 50,000; Clear Lake Shingle Company, 100,000; Clear Lake Lumber Com- pany, 200,000; Burke & McLean, Anacortes, 150,000: James H. Cavanaugh, Anacortes. l~O,- 000; Burlington MiJ1 Company, 50.000; F. N. Hatch, Conway, 33,000; Burns Mill Company, Sedro-Woolley, 100,000; J. M. Hoyt, Prairie, 60,000; J. D. -Cain, Prairie, 60,000; James Yan Horn, Van Horn, 125,000; O. K. Shingle Com- pany, Van Horn, 125,000; J. W, Hall, Ayon, 50,000; Butler Brothers. Bow, 73,000; George Heathman, Burlington, 20,000; McLeod & But- lers, Desmond, 60,000; Pingree & Day, Ehrlich, 125,000; J. C. Stitt, Bay View, 45.000; Lyman Lumber & Shingle Company, 123,000; Minkler & Vanderford, Lyman, 65,000; Hitchcock-Kelley Company, Lyman, 50,000; North Avon Lumber Company, 100,000; Grand Rapids Shingle Com- pany, Sedro-Woolley, 100,000; J. A. Chile;::;, Ly- man, 100,000; Taylor & Ristine, Lyman, 11111.110(1; Puget Single & Lumber Company, Mi1!~()wn, .30,000; Williams & Henry, Milltown, 3U.ilOO; Hawkeye Shingle Company, Rockport, l()(),ilno: Clark & Lennon, Sedro- Woolley, 125,000: :0~ ere drum & Meddaugh, Sedro-Woolley, lon.IIOn; Woolley Shingle Company, 40,000. The mineral wealth of Skagit county is in a very undeveloped condition notwithstandi ng its existence has been known for many years. The I two principal minerals are coal and iron, though discoveries have not been limited to these b',- any means. More effort has been expended upo'n the coal veins than any of the other minerals, perhaps more than on all of them put together, yet the output of coal from the county has never been great, notwithstanding the somewhat wide distri. bution of outcroppings and the fairness of their promise. .. In the western half of Skagit county," says the report of the Washington geological survey for 1902; "coal measures - outcrop at , OCR Text: 392 SUPPLEMENTARY ging Company, Sedro- Woolley, 2~ men; Patrick l\lcCoy. Edison, one locomotive, six miles of railroad, three donkey engines, 50 to 60 men; Ballard Lumber Company, Bay View, one loco- motive, three miles of railroad, 40 men; Hough- ton Lumber Company, McMurray. 125 men. At the present time the Blanchard Lumber Company, on Blanchard slough, is not operating its mi11s and camps, but it deserves mention both on account of the long period of time during which it has followed toe business of logging on the sound, and on account of its having been the first company in the county, indeed the first in the sound country, to use an all steam outfit. Per- haps mention should also be made of the Alger Logging Company, which some time in the later eighties bought out the Samish Logging Com- pany and moved the outfit to McElroy slough, where for years it operated very extensively. It sold in 1900 to the Lake Whatcom Logging Company. It is said that whatever may have been the failures of R. A. Alger, as secretary of war, he was one of the most skilful managers of a large lumbering company that ever operated on the sound. The saw-mills now operating in Skagit county, with the location and daily capacity of each, are as follows: A. VV. Fox's, Fredonia, 10,000 feet; Gorton Brothers', Bay View, 6,000; Cedardale Lumber Company's, Mount Vernon, 1~,000: North Avon Lumber Company's, 20,000; La Con- ner Lumber Company's, 10,000; Edison Lumber Company's, 10,000: Clear Lake Lumber Com- pany's, I)~,OOO; Fidalgo Mill Company's, Ana- cortes, -10,000; Hightower Lumber Company's, Hamilton, 1;'),000; Tower Mill Company's, Van Horn, 23,000; Butler Brothers', Bow', 15,000; Atlas Lumber & Shingle Company's, McMurrav, ~O,OOO; Nelson & Neal;s, Montborne, 75,000; Day Lumber 'Company's, Big Lake, 100,000; Lyman. Lumber & Shingle Company's, -15,000; VV. M. Rodger's, Anacortes, 7~,000; Jacobs & Harpst's, Avon, 10,000; North Avon Lumber Company's, 2;),000; D. J. Cain & Company's, Thornwood, -10,000; Great Northern Lumber Company's, Anacortes, 100,000. Inception was given to the shingle mill busi- ness in Skagit county by Mortimer Cook in the fall of 188(5. Mr. Cook deserves the further and greater honor of having been one of the very first who introduced the red cedar shingle of Puget sound to the markets of the middle western states, thereby starting a trade which has grown to enormous proportions, and contributing immensely to the development of the entire sound basin. As a result shingle mills are abundant in every accessible part of western Washington. That Skagit county is not behind in the extent to which this industry has been developed will appear from the fol1owing list of 111i11men and companies operating- at present: Hawley Mill Company, :Milltown, 125,000; Green Shingle Company, Sedro-W-ool1ey, two mills 200,000; Baker River Lumber Company, 125 000: Hatch Bonser Mill Company, Milltown ~O'000: Siwash Shingle Company, Mount Vern~n, itio: 000; Fidalgo Island Shingle Company, Anacorte~ 50,000; Cleary Brothers, Belleville, 55,000; Sterl: ing Mill Company, Sedro-Woolley, 100,000; Sulli- van Shingle Company, Sauk, 100,000: BOYd Shingle Company, Sauk, 125,000; Rockport Shingle Company, Marblemount, 30,000; Hawk- eye Shingle Company, Sauk, 125,OOU; Bat" Shingle Company, Anacortes, 150,OuO; Burpe~ Brothers Company, Anacortes, 123,000; Ana- cortes Shingle Company, 150,000; P. E. Berard Shingle Company, 150,000; Little Mountain Shingle Company, Mount Vernon, 130,000; 'rin- ner Shingle Company, Bow, 7;:>,000: Allen Roray Company, Bow, 75,000: Blanchard Shingle Com- pany, Fravel, 50,000; Kalberg & Schaffer. Bow 50,000; Belfast Manufacturing Company, lUU,OOO'; Castle & McKay, Bow, 60,000; De Can & Yorks- ton, Wickersham, 50,000; Clear Lake Shingle Company, 100,000; Clear Lake Lumber Com- pany, 200,000; Burke & McLean, Anacortes, 150,000: James H. Cavanaugh, Anacortes. l~O,- 000; Burlington MiJ1 Company, 50.000; F. N. Hatch, Conway, 33,000; Burns Mill Company, Sedro-Woolley, 100,000; J. M. Hoyt, Prairie, 60,000; J. D. -Cain, Prairie, 60,000; James Yan Horn, Van Horn, 125,000; O. K. Shingle Com- pany, Van Horn, 125,000; J. W, Hall, Ayon, 50,000; Butler Brothers. Bow, 73,000; George Heathman, Burlington, 20,000; McLeod & But- lers, Desmond, 60,000; Pingree & Day, Ehrlich, 125,000; J. C. Stitt, Bay View, 45.000; Lyman Lumber & Shingle Company, 123,000; Minkler & Vanderford, Lyman, 65,000; Hitchcock-Kelley Company, Lyman, 50,000; North Avon Lumber Company, 100,000; Grand Rapids Shingle Com- pany, Sedro-Woolley, 100,000; J. A. Chile;::;, Ly- man, 100,000; Taylor & Ristine, Lyman, 11111.110(1; Puget Single & Lumber Company, Mi1!~()wn, .30,000; Williams & Henry, Milltown, 3U.ilOO; Hawkeye Shingle Company, Rockport, l()(),ilno: Clark & Lennon, Sedro- Woolley, 125,000: :0~ ere drum & Meddaugh, Sedro-Woolley, lon.IIOn; Woolley Shingle Company, 40,000. The mineral wealth of Skagit county is in a very undeveloped condition notwithstandi ng its existence has been known for many years. The I two principal minerals are coal and iron, though discoveries have not been limited to these b',- any means. More effort has been expended upo'n the coal veins than any of the other minerals, perhaps more than on all of them put together, yet the output of coal from the county has never been great, notwithstanding the somewhat wide distri. bution of outcroppings and the fairness of their promise. .. In the western half of Skagit county," says the report of the Washington geological survey for 1902; "coal measures - outcrop at , Granite Falls Historical Society,Library (Books & Booklets),General Library,Searchable Books,1906 Skagit and Snohomish.pdf,1906 Skagit and Snohomish.pdf Page 419, 1906 Skagit and Snohomish.pdf Page 419