First Thought Mine
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- Dec 3, 1908The Smelter Fires Up Again, and a Town ExhalesA second furnace roars to life at Northport's smelter on Thanksgiving week, the payroll swells — and a manager's quiet trip to the Orient mines hints that more stacks may follow.Northport, WA
- Jan 7, 1909Five Levels Down, Orient's First Thought Mine Hits a Wall of GoldA sixty-foot stope averaging better than $100 a ton — and assays running to $800 — convinces the Stevens County camp that the deeper it digs, the richer the ground gets.Orient, WA