1957 Directory of Washington Mining Operations
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State of Washington Albert D. Rosellini, Governor Department of Conservation and Development Earl Coe, Director DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY Sheldon L. Glover, Supervisor Information Circular No. 27 DIRECTORY OF WASHINGTON MINING OPERATIONS 1957 By Vaughn E. Livingston, Jr. Olympia, Washington January 15, 1957 FOREWORD The current Directory, like those published in the preceding years, is designed to provide information on all companies, agencies, or individuals who are producing minerals or mineral aggregates in Washington. The names of the concerns and of the mines or other properties are listed, together with addresses, locations, and the minerals produced. In most instances the concerns listed are cur rently operating; some, however, are in a development stage but expect to produce in the near future. The data used are from the files of the Division of Mines and Geology and have been obtained principally through personal contacts with the operators at their mines, quarries, or places of business. Sand, gravel, and common crushed-rock operations include all the more prominent producers~particularly those operating commercial pits and quarries, as distinct from state and railroad quarries. As the emphasis is on operations of some permanence, the many pits of the Washington Department of Highways are not listed individually because of the temporary or intermittent nature of their production. The rock referred to is mostly used for road-building purposes. That used for riprap, breakwaters, and dimension, architectural, and land scape stone is listed in the nonmetallic section of this report. Every effort has been made to insure the completeness and accuracy of the data included in this Directory. However, as changes in status due to reorganization, removals, and altered mining con ditions are continually taking place, it will be appreciated if additions and corrections are brought to the attention of the Division. Sheldon L. Glover, Supervisor Division of Mines and Geology Olympia, Washington CONTENTS Foreword Introduction: Arrangement and use of the directory............... 1 Statistics of Washington mineral production....................... 5 Metallic mining operations • . • • • • • • . • • . • • . • • . • • . • . • . • . • • • • • 6 Nonmetallic mining operations . • • • • • . • . • • . • • . • • . • . • • . • . • • • . 20 Sand and grave 1 operations • . • . • • . • • • • . • • . • • . • . • • . • • • • . • . 42 Property index . 67 Metallic product index • • . • . • • . • . • • . • . • • . • . • 73 Nonmetallic product index . • • • . • . • . • • . • • • • • • • • . • • . • 75 County index . ... 79 Identification of samples Some recent publications of the Division of Mines and Geology ILLUSTRI\.TIONS Index map of currently active metallic properties ...•••..•..••.••• 2 Index map of currently active nonmetallic properties .••••.••••..•. 4 l DIRECTORY OF WASHINGTON MINING OPERATIONS, 1957 By Vaughn E. Livingston INTRODUCTION ARRANGEMENT AND USE OF THE DIRECTORY The active mining operations of the state are arranged in three categories: those producing or currently preparing to produce METALLIC minerals; those producing NONMETALLIC minerals exclusive of sand, gravel, and crushed rock; and those producing SAND AND GRAVEL, and crushed rock. In the text of the directory the operations are listed alphabetically by organization under ee.ch of the three categories. Each entry, in addition to the organization name, includes the names of officers or other individuals familiar with the operation, a mailing address, the current status of activity, the product or products in order of importance, and the location of the producing property by legal land description. Following the alphabetical listings appear three sets of indexes. The first, the PROPERTY INDEX, requires that only the appropriate mine, prospect, claim, pit, or quarry name be known in order that one may ascertain full information about the property from the alphabetical section. The second, the PRODUCT INDEX, requires that only the product or products from a property in any of the categories be known in order to obtain full information. The third index, the COUNTY INDEX, lists all the active operations of each category that are located in each county. This index also includes the product or products of each operation. Thus by knowing only the location of a property, one may obtain full information. The abbreviations used throughout the directory include: Ag - silver Cu - copper Mn - manganese Pb - lead Au - gold Fe - iron Mo - molybdenum U - uranium Cr - chromium Hg - mercury Ni - nickel W - tungsten Zn - zinc Underscoring indicates the metal of principal economic importance. Locations by legal land descriptions are abbreviated; for example, NEi sec. 15, (29-37E), which written in full would be northeast quarter of section 15, town ship 29 north, range 37 east Willamette meridian. I\) CURRENTLY ACTIVE METALLIC PROPERTIES ' 120• A D ---'1"'"----. I -~ V t, ._. ,... "' ' -=-~' I • J"'-. o rJMl !' ~ I 1.,,.-~,. ' ~ I ';,. ·1 ' \ " I . ... @EPHRAU. 'L -------r·-- ---~I "'I ·1 @RJTIVILL[ I' : .... c-, Cl c-, <>j "l ~ 11 I1:·~· ... '<: 0 0 123" 1u 0 121• Sco.le oMd~s 119• 10 KEY TO ACTIVE METALLIC PROPERTIES 1. Crescent 21. Seipman 41. Knob Hill 61. Lucille 2. Boundary Red Mountain 22. Flag Mountain 42. Nine Mile 62. Admiral 3. Saginaw 23. Mountain Daisy 43. White Horse 63. Gladstone 4. Evergreen 24. Gold King 44. Newland and Sullivan 64. Lasota 5. Midas 25. Gold Bond 45. B. & C. 65. Pend Oreille 6. Cypress 1 and 2 26. Blue Bonnet 46. O.K. 66. Grandview 7. Twin Sisters 27. Lucky Strike 47. Washington Metals 67. Scandia 8. Industrial 28. Pickwick 48. Edna 68. Deep Creek 9. Bonanza Queen 29. Big Dome 49. Togo 69. Northport Unit (Van Stone) 10. Iowa 30. Bear Cree.K 50. Deer Trail 70. Rocky Creek 11. Mineral Gorge 31. Howe Sound 51. Turk 71. Longshot 12. Kromona 32. New Light 52. Germania 72. United Copper 13. Covered Wagon 33. Walla Walla 53. Keeth 73. Kulzer 14. Copper Bell 34. Silver Star 54. Norton 74. Curtin Lease 15. Devil's Canyon 35. Gubser 55. Midnite 75. Little King 16. Rainey 36. Mineral Hill 56. Crystal 76. Huf'fman Lease 17. Chinook 37. Peacock 57. Big Smoke 77. Lehmbecker Lease 18. Mount Ruth and Ten Vein 38. Chrome Cli:t'f 58. Dahl (Stevens County) 78. Dahl (Spokane County) 19. Eagle Peak 39. Aguila 59. Lowley Lease 79. Daybreak 20. Spencer 40. Kelly Camp 60. Red Top Bo. Smith Lease w '.:- CURRBITLY ACTIVI WOWMBTALLIC PROPBRTIBS ... r 12,· ,,,. C = - I iM, .,.= A N A i D A '(~ ul I I ) • ( T I~ / / rI 2 J \ :1",'" 1 .s, i ~T"' C ~MT'SAKl'!R I (r~. 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'i'··~':..t" " \ I '<: Barite Ls Limestone Pu Pumice Carbon dioxide Mg Magnesite Sh Shale Clay Ml Marl Si Silica Coal MS Molding sand Sp Serpentine Diatomite MW Mineral water Sr Strontium Dolomite 01 Olivine SB Sodium sulfate Epsom salts Pe Peat St Stone o GN Gypsum sand pt Pumicite TS Talc-Soapstone I I I 1z4• 123° 122° !21" Scale 120• 119" 118' \17" ,.o 4-/JMtlu 5 WASHINGTON MINERAL PRODUCTION (a) 1955 1956 (b) Product Quantity Value Quantity Value Clay-------------- short tons 365,331 $411,807 300,000 $330,000 Coal-------------------- do - (b) 610,000 (c) 475,000 (c) Copper------------------ do - 3,958 2,952,668 3,759 3,150,042 Chromite---------------- do - 22 1,706 (c) (c) Epsomite ---------------- do - 100 5,000 (c) (c) Gold------------- fine ounces 74,360 2,602,600 72,030 2,521,050 Gypsum (crude) ---- short tons 3,500 14,000 (c) (c) Iron ore (hematite) ----- do - (c) (c) 2,565 (c) Lead-------------------- do - 10,340 3,081.320 11,517 3,685,440 Peat-------------------- do - 37,640 113,254 38,000 114,ooo Sand and gravel--------- do - 21,645,161 19,350,682 22,000,000 20,000,000 Silver----------- fine ounces 436,348 394,917 496,830 449,656 Stone------------- short tons 6,593,212 10,579,631 7,000,000 12,000,000 Tungsten concentrates (6oi wo3 basis) ------------ do - 12 45,949 (c) (c) Uranium---------------------- (d) (d) (d) (d) Zinc-------------- short tons 29,536 7,265,856 25,955 7,007,856 Undistributed (e) ------------ --------- 23,831,962 --------- 21,439,630 Total value --------- $67,137,613(r) --------- $67,587,668(f) (a) These figures are furnished by the United States Bureau of Mines in cooperation with the Division of Mines and Geology, State of Washington. (b) Preliminary figures, partly estimated. (c) Value included with "Undistributed." (d) Uranium ore production data are classified by the Atomic Energy Commission. (e) Abrasive stone, barite (1955), carbon dioxide, cement, diatomite, gem stones, magnesite, olivine, pumice and pumicite, talc and soapstone, and minerals whose value must be concealed for particular years (indicated in the appropriate column by footnote reference c). (f) Total has been adjusted to eliminate duplication in the value of clay and stone. The four Pacific Northwest states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana, over the 10-year period from 1946 to 1955, showed an increase of 120 percent in metal production and 125 percent in nonmetallic mineral production. The dollar value increase was from $151 million to $321 million. Washington's share of the gain was from $33 million to slightly more than $67 million, accounting for 20 percent of the regional production. 6 METALLIC MINING OPERATIONS Abbreviations used: Ag - silver Cu - copper Mn - manganese Pb - lead Au - gold Fe - iron Mo - molybdenum U - uranium Cr - chromium Hg - mercury Ni - nickel W - tungsten Zn - zinc Underscoring indicates metal of principal economic importance. Locations by legal land descriptions are abbreviated; for example, NEi sec. 15, (29-37E), which written in full would be northeast quarter of section 15, township 29 north, range 37 east Willamette meridian. NAME OF OPERATION PRODUCT PROPERTY LOCATION ADDY DEVELOPMENT CO. w STEVENS COUNTY George Monroe and South of Gifford Frank Birch, lessees Center st sec. 19, (32-38E) Addy, Wash. 25-ton mill in SEi sec. 20, (32-38E). Current development at Washington Metals mine. ADMIRAL MINE Zn, Pb STEVENS COUNTY A. C. Neiman, operator Northport district Aladdin Star Route Sec.