Pend Oreille County Gold Locations

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Pend Oreille County Gold Locations

Gold Mining Site WA • Pend Oreille County County
Description
There were 38 lode mines and 5 placer mines reported in Pend Oreille County up until 1959. Probably the most like places to prospect would be on the Pend Oreille River and its Tributary, Sulivan Creek, above Metaline Falls.
Historical Notes
Source: Tom Ashworth's Prospectors Cache (tomashworth.com / Mike Higbee / 49erMike). Author: Tom Ashworth. Original page: pend_oreille_wa.shtml. State index: https://web.archive.org/web/20040830075749/http://www.tomashworth.com/goldloc.shtml Map coordinates are an approximate county centroid — not a precise claim site. There were 38 lode mines and 5 placer mines reported in Pend Oreille County up until 1959. Probably the most like places to prospect would be on the Pend Oreille River and its Tributary, Sulivan Creek, above Metaline Falls.
Status / Verification historical_site — Legendary or approximate

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