Record Details
Map of the Salmon River Mines, Washington Territory, 1888
Washington State University Libraries
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Map of the Salmon River Mines, Washington Territory, 1888 |
| Identifier | http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu606 wsu 606 http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/maps,1078 |
| Creator | Carr, Henry. U.S. Department of Mineral Surveys |
| Date | 1888 2000 - 2002 |
| Publisher | Portland, Or.: A. Anderson & Co. |
| Description | 1 map; 58 x 41 cm. Scale: 2000 Feet per 1 Inch. Compiled from Official Notes Filed in the office of Charles H. Ballard, U.S. Dep. Min. Sur., and from Actual Field Surveys by Henry Carr, C.E., March, 1888. This map depicts this area in its heyday. The majority of the mines here are silver mines, with a small amount of gold mining. When silver prices fell drastically in the 1890s, the area's mines began inevitably closing. When Okanogan County was formed out of Stevens County in 1888,... |
| Subject | Washington (Terr.) -- Lake Conconully -- Maps; Washington (Terr.) -- Salmon River -- Maps; Mining Claims- Washington (Terr.) |
| Type | Maps |
| Coverage | United States -- Washington (Terr.) -- Okanogan County |
| Rights | Contact Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, for copyright information 509 335-6691 |
| Format | Original maps were scanned in color at 600 dpi on a Microtek 9600XL scanner and saved as TIFF files. The TIFF files were converted into the MrSID format at a compression ratio of 12 to 1 using LizardTech's Geospatial Encoder 1.5 software. These MrSid files were then uploaded into the CONTENTdm database at the Washington State University Libraries. image/jpeg |
| Contributor | Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections |
| Language | English |
| Relation | Is Part of William Compton Brown Papers, 1830-1963, Cage 196: http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/holland/masc/finders/cg196.htm |
