Monte Cristo — Snohomish County

Source: Tom Ashworth's Prospectors Cache (tomashworth.com / Mike Higbee / 49erMike). Author: Tom Ashworth. Original page: snohomish_wa.shtml. State index: https://web.archive.org/web/20040830075749/http://www.tomashworth.com/goldloc.shtml Area: Monte Cristo. Map coordinates are an approximate county centroid — not a precise claim site. The Monte Cristo district, is in the south central part of the county which with the Index, Silverton, Silver Creek and Sultan districts make a territory 20 miles long and 10 miles wide extending from the center of the county to the King County Line that produces considerable amounts of gold. In SE 1/4 section 3 T28N R11E, the area along Silver Creek, is the Remonille Mine. This mine was a lode gold mine consisting of 3 claims. On the west side of Silver Creek, in section 6, is the Red Cloud Mine. This mine was a lode gold, silver and lead mine. On the west side of Silver Creek, in NE 1/4 section 19, is the Michigan Mine which produced lode gold , silver and lead. There are many mines in the area of the Michigan Mine. Northeast .25 miles, in section 22 T29N R11E, is the Rainy (Ben Lomond) Mine, 3 claims which produced lode gold and silver. In section 22, 1 mile east of Monte Cristo, is the Keystone Mine, which produced lode gold, copper, lead and silver. Nearby in section 26, is the Monte Cristo (Mystery Pride) Mine. The Monte Cristo Mine, consisted of 14 claims, primarily for copper, lead, silver and zinc, but also produced a by product of gold. Half mile northeast of Goat Lake, in SE 1/4 of section 2, is the Glory of the Mountain Mine, which consisted of 7 claims for lode gold and silver. West 2.5 miles on the east slope of the ridge dividing the Sauk, sultan and Stilaguamish waterways, overlooking Crater Lake, is the Del Campo Mine. In section 33 T29N R11E , on the north side of Silver Creek, .25 miles east of Red Gulch, in W 1/2 of section 32, is the Mineral Center Mine. 2 miles from Monte Cristo on the Mineral City road, is the Good Hope Mine. On the east side of the East Fork of Silver Creek, is the Minnehaha Mine. In the Wilmon Peak Area, on the northwest side, in section 27 T29N R11E, overlooking Monte Cristo, is the Justice Mine. On the west slope, in NE 1/4 section 27, is the Peabody Mine. On the West side of Weden Creek, is the Northwest Consolidated Mine. You will find lots of mines on the USGS map of the area.