Gold in Washington

by

Marshal T Hunting

Bulleting Number 42

State of Washington Division of Mines and Geology

1955 158 Pages

"Gold in Washington" originally published in 1955 by the State of Washington Division of Mines lists all known gold deposits both placer and lode mines in the state of Washington by county. The now very hard to find original is back in print by miningbooks.com.

Contents:

• Forward
• Introduction
• • Selected Bibliography
• Properties of Gold
• Uses
• Gold Ores and Ore Minerals
• • Lode Deposits
  • Placer Deposits
• Prospecting for Gold
• • Sampling
  • Size of Gold Particles
  • Identification tests
• Locating Mining Claims
• • Mineral Rights
  • Staking Lode Claims
  • Staking Placer Claims
• Patenting Mining Claims
• Mining Methods and Treatment
• Market and Prices
• History of Gold in Washington
• • Production
• Occurences
• • General Statement
  • • Abbreviations
  • Lode Gold Occurrences
  • • Benton County
    • Chelan County
    • Clallam County
    • Clark County
    • Cowlitz County
    • Ferry County
    • Jefferson County
    • King County
    • Kittitas County
    • Okanogan County
    • Pend Orielle County
    • Pierce County
    • Skagit County
    • Skamania County
    • Snohomish County
    • Stevens County
    • Whatcom County
    • Yakima County
  • Placer Gold Occurences
  • • Asotin County
    • Benton County
    • Chelan County
    • Clallam County
    • Clark County
    • Douglas County
    • Ferry County
    • Grant County
    • Grays Harbor County
    • Jefferson County
    • King County
    • Kittitas County
    • Lincoln County
    • Okanogan County
    • Pacific County
    • Pend Orielle County
    • Pierce County
    • Skagit County
    • Skamania County
    • Snohomish County
    • Stevens County
    • Whatcom County
    • Whitman County
    • Yakima County
  • Bibliography for Occurences
• Index