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First Thought Mine

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State: Washington
County: Stevens
Elevation: 2,884 feet
Latitude: 48.8832379
Longitude: -118.1605572
Type: Gold, Silver


Location: Secs. 7 and 18, (39-37E).

Access: 3 mi. E. of railroad at Orient, on First Thought Mtn. Lookout road.

Property: 17 patented, 11 unpatented claims.

Owner: Gold Syndicate Corp., Spokane, Wash. (1949 --). First Thought Gold Mines Co., Ltd. (1905-1934). First Thought Mining Corp. 0937-1944).

Ore: Gold, silver.

Ore minerals: Pyrite, free gold.

Gangue: Quartz, calcite. Deposit: Mineralized zone 15 to 110 ft. wide in rhyolite porphyry and quartz latite. Richer ores in the zone occur at intersections of faults. Dev: 1112 mi. of workings on 7 levels. Assays: 40,000 tons of ore avo % oz. Au, 1f2 oz. Ag.

Production: $1,350,000 in gold prior to 1948. Produced 1904, 1906-1909, 1934-1942.

Source: Gold in Washington, Bulletin No. 42, 1955. State of Washington Division of Mines and Geology.
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