Marcus Daly
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- Apr 27, 1895Twenty a Day: The Gold Rush Pouring Into the MethowA Spokane traveler back from the Slate Creek mines describes a road lined with families, prospectors, and warnings that there are already ten men for every job.Winthrop, WA
- May 20, 1895A Gold Rush Above the Snow LineA Spokane traveler reports from the new Methow Valley mining camps, where promoters are laying out towns, charging $3.50 a day for trail work, and warning poor men to stay away until the snow melts.Methow, WA
- Jun 23, 1895The Slate Creek Boom Shrinks to 500 MinersTwo Fairhaven men return from the North Cascades with word that the stampede to Slate Creek was far smaller than reported — and that snow, unpaid bonds, and a half-built trail are cooling the rush.Slate Creek, WA
- Jul 2, 1895The Millionaire, the Colonel, and the $100,000 SnowbankMontana copper king Marcus Daly poured a fortune into a Cascade mountain mining camp — then sent an auditor up to see what the colonel had been doing with it.Slate Creek, WA
- Apr 26, 18981,200 Cattle Bound for the Yukon Gold CampsA Seattle-led expedition planned to drive a thousand head over the Dalton Trail and float them down the Yukon, with the herd fattening in the Wenas Valley before the journey.Selah, WA