Bellingham ….a Look Back - The Blue Canyon Coal Mine (copy of 1906 Bellingham Buyer article)

Copy of an article from the Bellingham Buyer, February 1966, titled "Bellingham...a Look Back - The Blue Canyon Coal Mine - Photos and Research Materials Courtesy of Galen Biery" describes the coal claim purchased originally by James Wardner in 1890 and sold shortly after to the Helena Syndicate out of Montana. It was managed and run by J.H. Bloedel and J. J. Donovan. It operated until may 1921. An explosion on April 8, 1895 took the lives of twenty three men. Article included photos of the mine at the south end of Lake Whatcom; the bunkers at Bryant Ave. and State Street in Bellingham where coal was stored and loaded onto ships; the steamer Ella that towed scows of coal on Lake Whatcom; Jim Wardner; Fairhaven with Wardner's "Castle" visible. Also a sectional view of the Blue canyon Mine.

1966-02

still image

Biery, Galen (photographer)
Biery, Galen (collector)

black-and-white photographs
photographs

1 black and white print

Bellingham (Wash.)

Galen Biery papers and photographs

Digital objects made available by the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries, Western Washington University.

WaBeCP
Western Washington University

Center for Pacific Northwest Studies

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/
The copyright status of this resource is unknown or undetermined. For more information about rights or obtaining copies of this resource, please contact the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225-9103, USA (360-650-7534; heritage.resources@wwu.edu) and refer to the collection name and identifier. Any materials cited must be attributed to the Galen Biery Papers and Photographs, Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries, Western Washington University.

gb3536

wwu:28725

This resource has not yet been digitized (no online resource available). Contact repository for more information.