A Gold Rush on Silver Creek
A spectacular assay of ore has ignited a fever of excitement in Snohomish.
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Snohomish has been enjoying a fever of excitement this week on account of the receipt of an assay of ore purporting to have been found in the Silver Creek district. Mr. Lang, of the Snohomish Mining Co., brought down a piece of rich-looking ore which he claimed was "croppings" from one of the company's recent discoveries. The specimen was sent to the chemical laboratory and assay office of Thomas Price & Son, San Francisco. Their certificate of assay shows the ore to contain 12 oz. gold, worth $248, and 14 oz. silver, worth $14.70, for a total value of $262.70 per ton. If this assay is from alleged croppings, it is safe to say that the vein from which it came will prove to be the richest ever discovered, if it has not already done so.
“If this assay is from alleged croppings, it is safe to say that the vein from which it came will prove to be the richest ever discovered.”
The late 19th-century Pacific Northwest was defined by mining booms that frequently collapsed into ghost towns. Today, the pursuit of wealth has moved from the mountains to the digital regrade of the tech economy, yet the same speculative energy remains central to Seattle's civic identity.
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