Priest Rapids — Grant County

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Priest Rapids — Grant County

Gold Mining Site WA • Grant County County
Description
IN the far southwest corner of the county, near toll bridge junction of route 24 and 243, in sections 10 and 11 T13N R24E, is the Chinaman's Bar Placers. The river gravels yield placer gold.
Historical Notes
Source: Tom Ashworth's Prospectors Cache (tomashworth.com / Mike Higbee / 49erMike). Author: Tom Ashworth. Original page: grant_wa.shtml. State index: https://web.archive.org/web/20040830075749/http://www.tomashworth.com/goldloc.shtml Area: Priest Rapids. Map coordinates are an approximate county centroid — not a precise claim site. IN the far southwest corner of the county, near toll bridge junction of route 24 and 243, in sections 10 and 11 T13N R24E, is the Chinaman's Bar Placers. The river gravels yield placer gold.
Status / Verification historical_site — Legendary or approximate

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