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3 stories matching amalgam

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  1. The Tacoma Gold Rush That Was Salted With Quicksilver

    A mining journal exposes how placer claims on Tacoma school land turned a public trust into a speculative jackpot—complete with imported gold, alleged bribery, and a land office that kept saying yes.

    Mar 14, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerTacoma, Pierce CountyFollow the Money · City Hall

  2. Striking Gold in the Black Sand of the Beach

    A Tacoma visitor reports a machine at Ocosta that pulls a dollar of gold from every ton of beach sand — and a local banker has already bought it.

    Jun 1, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerOcosta, Grays Harbor CountyBoom & Bust · Strange But True

  3. The School Land That Was Salted With Gold

    Washington's attorney general told the Interior Department that a claimant had planted jeweler's gold in gravel from a Pierce County school section to turn public land into a mine.

    May 17, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerTacoma, Pierce CountyFollow the Money · City Hall

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