Sultan — Snohomish County

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Sultan — Snohomish County

Gold Mining Site WA • Snohomish County County
Description
At the west end of Sultan, on the Sultan River, T28N R8E, is the Sultan River Placer, which was probably in section 31. The Sultan River is very rich for placer gold. Numerous placer deposits on this River.
Historical Notes
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: Sultan. Map coordinates are an approximate county centroid — not a precise claim site. At the west end of Sultan, on the Sultan River, T28N R8E, is the Sultan River Placer, which was probably in section 31. The Sultan River is very rich for placer gold. Numerous placer deposits on this River.
Status / Verification historical_site — Legendary or approximate

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