Whatcom County Gold Locations

Source: Tom Ashworth's Prospectors Cache (tomashworth.com / Mike Higbee / 49erMike). Author: Tom Ashworth. Original page: whatcom_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. Whatcom County had 63 lode mines and 15 placers that produced 89,156 ounces of lode gold and 2,425 ounces of placer gold between 1903 and 1959. In the extreme east part of county in the middle of the Cascade Range between latitude 48 degrees 45 minutes and 48 degrees 50 minutes, longitude 120 degrees 45 minutes and 121 degrees 0 minutes, is the Slate Creek District. Nearly all regional creeks and streams, in bed and bench gravels and in ancient channel terraces contain abundant placer gold. In the Harts Pass area, on Mill Creek, in sections 30 and 31 T37N R17E, the Azurite Mine, which can be accessed from the Methow Valley in Okanogan County and over the pass, was a good producer. 5 miles northwest of that by the pass road, in section 33 T38N R17E, is the Mammoth Mine, which was the largest producer in the district. 6 miles northwest of the pass and 2 miles north of the New Light Mill, in SW 1/4 section 26, the Chancellor Mine. 7 miles northwest of the pass, in the center of S 1/2 of section 27, is the New Light Mine. 10 miles northwest of the pass, at the head of Barron Creek, in NW 1/4 section 27, is the Baltimore Mine. On both sides of the Cascade summit about 10 miles south of Canada, is the Gold Ridge Mine. Near the head of Cascade Creek, in SW 1/4 section 24 T38N R16E, is the Anacortes Mine. In Allen Basin, in section 34 T38N R17E, the Allen Basin Mine is located.