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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1909 | 2 |
2 stories
- A Train Spark Nearly Burned Orient Off the Map
A Spokane Falls Northern train set the timber alight near Orient, and residents, ranchers, miners, and railroad crews turned out to keep the flames from swallowing the town.
- Five Levels Down, Orient's First Thought Mine Hits a Wall of Gold
A 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.