Everything below comes straight from the federal record (USGS MRDS) — every documented gold occurrence, prospect and producer in Washington, mapped and readable for free. Not the famous names retold: the actual filed records, including the quiet ground between the famous districts.
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Principal recorded commodities: Sand and Gravel, Construction (2,776) · Gold (1,688) · Copper (998) · Silver (827) · Stone, Crushed/Broken (729) · Lead (601).
The counties with the most recorded gold occurrences — each links into the live map of that ground (claims, creeks, roads and geology on):
| County | Gold records | Producers |
|---|---|---|
| Okanogan County | 334 | 48 |
| Snohomish County | 278 | 32 |
| Ferry County | 177 | 50 |
| Chelan County | 170 | 54 |
| Stevens County | 167 | 33 |
| Whatcom County | 159 | 47 |
| Kittitas County | 123 | 45 |
| King County | 85 | 13 |
| Skamania County | 31 | 6 |
| Pend Oreille County | 30 | 10 |
Sites the federal record lists with medium or large production — proven ground worth a careful, legal look at the country around it:
| Site | County | Status | Recorded size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swauk Mining & Dredging Placer | Kittitas | Past Producer | Large |
| Blewett Camp | Chelan | Past Producer | Medium |
| Bryant Bar Placer | Kittitas | Past Producer | Medium |
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