GOLD  PLACERS  OF  THE  COAST  OF  WASHINGTON." 
By  Ralph  Arnold. 
Introduction. — It  has  been  known  for  a  number  of  years  that  the  • 
beach  sands  of  certain  portions  of  the  Pacific  coast  of  Washington 
contained  gold,  but  no  effort  was  made  to  mine  any  of  them  until  U 
1894,  when  a  report  spread  that  pay  sand  was  to  be  found  almost  any-  ! 
where  from  Cape  Flattery,  at  the  entrance  to  the  Strait  of  Juan  de< 
Fuca,  to  Grays  Harbor,  50  miles  north  of  the  mouth  of  Columbia; 
I  ID 
Fig.    11. — Sketch    map   showing   location   of  gold    placers   and    coal   deposits    in    Clallam 
County,  Wash. 
River.  As  a  result  of  this  report  a  "  rush  "  was  made  to  this  portion 
of  the  coast,  and  most  of  the  sand  beaches  for  00  or  TO  miles  south  of 
Cape  Flattery  were  staked  and  prospected.  Pay  sand,  however,  was 
found  at  but  few  places,  and  at  the  present  time  only  three  claims  are> 
being  worked.  The  northernmost  is  located  on  Shishi  Beach,  between 
Portage  Head  and  Point  of  the  Arches,  about  10  miles  south  of  Cape 
°  For  a  brief  description  and  general  geologic  outline  of  this  portion  of  the  Olympic 
Peninsula  sec  pp.  413-417. 
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