Roslyn Coal Production Surges
A new Union Pacific contract promises to revitalize the Roslyn coal camps after a sluggish summer.
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The Northern Pacific Coal Company has secured another coaling contract with the Union Pacific system, commencing October 1. The Union Pacific Company takes 400 tons, or about thirty cars daily, with the probability that the order will be doubled before November 1. This will increase the output for railway consumption to over 1200 tons daily. The residents of Ronald, Roslyn and the surrounding country are very much elated over the news. The past summer has been a very slow one in the Roslyn camp, many of the miners having departed for other fields on account of the short work. The new arrangement will give steady employment to 1000 men at good wages.
“The new arrangement will give steady employment to 1000 men at good wages.”
The reliance of Roslyn on the coal industry defined the town's early history and volatile economic cycles. Today, the town has transitioned from coal extraction to a recreation-based economy, but the physical legacy of these mining contracts remains etched in the landscape and heritage of the Kittitas Valley.
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