Snoqualmi — King County

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Snoqualmi — King County

Gold Mining Site WA • King County County
Description
West by Northwest, along the Snoqualmi River, in bars and bench gravels is where the Snoqualmi River Placer was operated. If you to North by Northeast, along the Raging River, in the gravel bars you can also find placer gold.
Historical Notes
Source: Tom Ashworth's Prospectors Cache (tomashworth.com / Mike Higbee / 49erMike). Author: Tom Ashworth. Original page: king_wa.shtml. State index: https://web.archive.org/web/20040830075749/http://www.tomashworth.com/goldloc.shtml Area: Snoqualmi. Map coordinates are an approximate county centroid — not a precise claim site. West by Northwest, along the Snoqualmi River, in bars and bench gravels is where the Snoqualmi River Placer was operated. If you to North by Northeast, along the Raging River, in the gravel bars you can also find placer gold.
Status / Verification historical_site — Legendary or approximate

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