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