Gold Rush Fever Returns to Swauk Creek
A new gold strike in the 'old French pocket' sends miners racing back to the historic camp with reports of high-value veins.
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A report of a marvelous strike has come from Swauk. Tweedy, Johnson and York have struck a ten-inch vein on Selma point. Several tests show it goes $6,000 in gold to the ton. It was found in what is called the old French pocket, which was worked eighteen years ago by a party of Frenchmen who took out a nugget worth $1,000. Today's report created great excitement in Ellensburg, and a number of men will leave for the camp tomorrow.
“Today's report created great excitement here, and a number of men will leave for the camp tomorrow.”
Swauk Creek remains a legendary site for prospectors in Washington, and the cyclical nature of 'gold fever' reported here echoes the modern interest in precious metals and the enduring lure of the state's rugged interior.
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