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Schroder Member
Joined: 26 Oct 2007 Posts: 6696 | TRs | Pics Location: on the beach |
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Mon Jun 22, 2009 11:46 am
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Recently I was given a bunch of local mining papers from the estate of the grandfather of a friend of mine that was somehow involved in mining in Snohomish County. I came across this promotional brochure for the 45 mines that I thought I'd share. I am posting them as jpgs in the full resolution I scanned them in.
Here are the covers of a couple of newer ones I found among the papers. I won't post the Wilkie book because of copyrights
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Tyler Member
Joined: 06 Jun 2003 Posts: 61 | TRs | Pics Location: Monroe |
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Mon Jun 22, 2009 12:29 pm
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Excellent find, thanks for sharing!
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Jake Member
Joined: 13 Jun 2004 Posts: 257 | TRs | Pics Location: monroe, Wa. |
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Mon Jun 22, 2009 3:26 pm
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Thanks for posting Schroder. I wouldn't worry too much about copyright on Rosemary Wilkie's book; A Broad Bold Ledge of Gold. The copyright on it ran out many years ago and I'm sorry to say, she passed away some years ago too.
I would think she would be proud that someone would re-print her book for others to enjoy...even if it is just a scan on a website.
It is a fine book, with a lot of information not found other places.
Trouble is, that she didn't provide any bibliography or references in it, so there is no way of confirming it.
In all due respect to her, at the time she and Dell ran the lodge there, many old timers still were around who lived and worked around Monte Cristo. Maybe she got her information from them. Who knows. Just wish she would have added references.
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Jimbo Member
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Mon Jun 22, 2009 7:44 pm
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That is WAY COOOOOOOOOOL stuff.... Is the book available ?
Guns only have two enemies; rust and politicians
Guns only have two enemies; rust and politicians
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Gsnorgathon Mile-per-hour club
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Mon Jun 22, 2009 10:16 pm
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A Broad Bold Ledge of Gold is available from the Seattle Public Library. Much to my astonishment, it's a circulating copy! The prose style is very sweet and quaint. You've got to take anything in there with a fairly large helping of salt, though. Among other things, it's got the story of the Number 7 tunnel collapsing and killing the Chinese workers (there were no Chinese workers, and no one was killed, so that bit's 1/3 right), and another bit mentioning someone burning down the UCC concentrator (which, AFAIK, collapsed under snow).
I'd love to have a copy of that book.
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Schroder Member
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Tue Jun 23, 2009 8:19 am
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I'll work on a pdf copy of Wilkie's book when I have the chance.
Here are a couple of photos I took of the 45 Mine when coming off of Hall Peak in 1970. It was quite an effort to get down from here.
45 mine 45 mine & Big 4 West Ridge
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Jimbo Member
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Tue Jun 23, 2009 10:05 am
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That's cool schroder, thanks.
Guns only have two enemies; rust and politicians
Guns only have two enemies; rust and politicians
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Scrooge Famous Grouse
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Tue Jun 23, 2009 10:21 am
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That chunk of breakdown sitting inside the tunnel entrance is pretty scary.
Something lost behind the ranges. Lost and waiting for you....... Go and find it. Go!
Something lost behind the ranges. Lost and waiting for you....... Go and find it. Go!
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Hulksmash Cleaning up.
Joined: 20 Apr 2008 Posts: 7113 | TRs | Pics Location: Arlington |
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Tue Jun 23, 2009 11:16 am
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Thank's for sharing....reminds me i need to make a nother trip up marble pass for fun.
"Bears couldn't care less about us....we smell bad and don't taste too good. Bugs on the other hand see us as vending machines." - WetDog
Albuterol! it's the 11th essential
"Bears couldn't care less about us....we smell bad and don't taste too good. Bugs on the other hand see us as vending machines." - WetDog
Albuterol! it's the 11th essential
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Schroder Member
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Schroder
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Tue Jun 23, 2009 11:27 am
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Just for perspective - the $47,000 value of shipments from the 45 Mines is about $1 million in today's prices. That's not much return for the effort put into this project.
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Jimbo Member
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Tue Jun 23, 2009 11:38 am
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That's how it was back in the day, Hulk I want to go so don't go solo. I'll need a Weeks notice though.
Guns only have two enemies; rust and politicians
Guns only have two enemies; rust and politicians
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hikermike Member
Joined: 24 Jun 2003 Posts: 1238 | TRs | Pics Location: Tacoma |
Thanks a lot this is so good!
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RC Member
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Wed Jan 13, 2010 11:21 am
45 mine lower entrance
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For those of you that have a penchant for brush, there is a lower mine that was excavated hoping to intercept the 45 Mine ore body at depth. It is very interesting, because as was so often the case in the Cascades, the fault that contained the 45 Mine large ore body, had no mineralization about 600 feet lower elevation, just the fault. I am sure there was disappointment because there was a lot of tunnel excavated and no return on the investment.
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chris_NWUE Member
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really great
thanks for posting it, and I like the pictures you took, do you have more?
Again thanks for the post, us history buffs cant get enough.
Chris
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Jake Member
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Mon Jan 18, 2010 8:56 am
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I've got some more historic documents of the Monte Cristo area if someone wants to scan and post them.
Off the top of my head, I'm thinking of Sam Strom's remembrance and the John McDonald Wilmans remembrances. May be others too. Been a long time since I last purged my files.
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