Geological Papers. 235 



As has been incidentally mentioned, there are indications of 

 coal in all the sedimentary rocks west and north of the Olympics, 

 especially in the sandstone series of the formations. As has been 

 noticed, small veins of poor-grade coal were found exposed in the 

 canon walls of both the Hoko and Sekiu rivers. In the supposed 

 Cretaceous rocks below Portage Head on the Pacific coast, small 

 veins of black lignite were seen interbedded with the gray sand- 

 stone, the veins varying from stringers and fragments to seams 

 several inches in thickness, the latter being exposed only at low 

 tide. In the sandstone series of Johnson and Strawberry Points, 

 small seams of coal are exposed, the coal seams being thicker and 

 the coal a better grade the farther inland the exposures are found. 

 A few miles up the Quillayute river from its mouth, a coal seam is 

 found running in an east and west direction with nearly a vertical dip. 

 The coal is a good grade of lignite, but the vein is less than a foot in 

 thickness. Coal has also been found at the headwaters of the Quil- 

 layute river, at Freshwater Bay and at Clallam Bay. The last three 

 coal areas are extensive, the coal a good quality of lignite, and in 

 quantity sufficient to be workable. 



Quillayute River Field. — A coal outcrop occurs about three 

 miles above Salalet, or six miles from Forks, near the Bogachiel 

 river. About fifteen years ago a railroad company, said to be The 

 Narrow Gauge Railroad Company, spent considerable money tun- 

 neling into it. The tunnel was driven thirty feet. The coal-vein 

 was about one foot in thickness, coal a good quality of lignite. 

 After merely prospecting, the work was abandoned. 



An analysis of coal from the headwaters of the Quillayute river, 

 Washington, likely from the above mine, gave the following:™ 



Moisture 5. 10 per cent. 



Valatile combustible matter 39 . 15 " 



Fixed carbon 47.01 " 



Ash 7.77 



Sulfur .97 " 



Total 100.00 per cent. 



From indications this section will undoubtedly be a valuable 

 coal-field when developed. 



Freshwater Bay Field. — Arnold's description :^i "The eastern- 



71. Loc. cit. 



most locality in (Clallam) county at which prospecting operations 



69. Also see Arnold. Coal in Clallam county. Washington, U. S. Geol. Bull. No. 260, pp. 213- 

 221. 



70. Loc. cit., p. 417. Also. Bethune, Geo. A.. Mines and Minerals of Washington; Ann. 

 Rept. First State Geol. Surv., pp. 15. 16, Olympia. 1891. 



