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Chelan County:
1, Blewett; 2, Entiat; 3, Chelan
Lake; 4, Wenatchee.
Ferry County:
5, Republic.
PRINCIPAL GOLD-PRODUCING DISTRICTS OF THE UNITED STATES
CHELAN COUNTY
In 1860 placers were discovered in the Blewett
(Peshastin) district, in what is now Chelan County;
at that time this area was part of Kittitas County.
The first lode discoveries were made in the same
district in 1874.
The largest gold-producing district of the State
is the Chelan Lake whose output from 1938 through
1956 boosted Chelan County to the lead in production
for the State. This district, however, was inactive
from 1957 to 1959. Other important gold
districts are the Wenatchee and Entiat.
Production of the county from 1903 through 1959
was 666,198 ounces of lode and byproduct gold and
581 ounces of placer gold. Production data for the
years 1952-55 were combined with those of Ferry
and King Counties (U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1952-
FIGURE 28.-Gold-mining districts of Washington.
Kittitas County:
6, Swauk.
Okanogan County:
7, Cascade; 8, Methow; 9, Myers
Creek; 10, Oroville-Nighthawk.
Snohomish County:
11, Monte Cristo; 12, Sil··erton.
Stevens County:
13, Orient.
Whatcom County:
14, Mount Baker; 15, SIE't.e Creek.
55); consequently, separate figures for Chelan
County are not available. Production data before
1903 also are not available, but Weaver (1911, p.
71) estimated the value of placer and lode gold
from the Blewett district between 1870- and 1901 at
$1% million (about 72,000 ounces).
BLEWETT DISTRICT
The Blewett (Peshastin) district is in southcentral
Chelan County, at lat 47 0 25' N. and long
120 0 40'W.
Rich gold placers were discovered on Peshastin
Creek in 1860 and were worked intermit1ently for
several years. In 1874 vein deposits were found in
Culver Gulch. For many years only the oxidized
parts of the veins were mined, but in the lrte 1890's
extensive development revealed new and rich ore