North Cascades


MARKETING THE WILDERNESS: DEVELOPMENT OF COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISES

Cascade and Thunder Creek Mining Districts
Cascade and Thunder Creek Mining Districts

MINERAL RESOURCES: MINING


Thunder Creek Mining District

"We have in this part of the Cascades a mineral district of a character and richness to make another Butte, another Leadville and another Cripple Creek." [113] Originally considered part of the Cascade Mining District, the Thunder Creek Mining District came into its own as a district in the late 1890s. As elsewhere, silver rather than gold was found in paying quantities and by 1901 Thunder Creek was hailed as "a rich and important district." [114]

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Mining
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Marketing The Wilderness
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