Originally published in The Seattle Daily Times, June 16, 1924
Hereafter the Indian mine of the Pacific Coast Coal Company will be known as the “New Black Diamond,” according to an official order issued by William M. Barnum of New York, president of the company, who visited the property recently. The mine is in the Cedar River Valley, six miles east of Renton, a suburb twelve miles south of Seattle.
It is a new mine and still in the development stage. The intention of the company, however, is to tap the famous McKay vein, which long has been worked at Black Diamond, a few miles further east, and preliminary surveys have indicated that this objective will be attained.
The new mine is intended ultimately to supplant the Black Diamond mine, which is nearing the end of its productivity. It is expected that it will be brought into fun operation within the next two years.
The Pacific Coast Coal Company is spending several hundred thousand dollars in developing the mine.
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