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Author: Admin | 2025-04-27
Barron History Barron was located in an extremely rugged area in the northern Cascade Mountains. Prospecting in the area began in the 1870s, but the remote and rugged location slowed development of the mines in the area. It wasn't until the 1890s that some of the mines were worked at scale, and the first permanent settlement (Barron) was established among the mines. Barron had a post office from 1899 to 1910.The following text is selected from the Slate Creek mining district description that was originally part of the 1969 publication Mines and Minerals of Whatcom County, Washington by the Washington Department of Natural Resources, Division of Mines & Geology. Although placer mining had been carried on in the Slate Creek district since the 1870's, the main rush to the district did not take place until 1894-the year following the discovery of the Eureka lode by A. M. Barron. Upon the discovery of free-milling gold ore at the surface, trails were opened into the district from the Skagit River on the west and from the Methow River on the east in Okanogan County. Prospectors rushed into the district, and the mining camp of Vera Cruz sprang up near the site of the new gold discovery (Vera Cruz must have been a small and short-lived camp as very little has been written about it). Terrain Map illustrates Barron's location in extremely rugged terrain. Yellow dots are mines.Around 1900 the mining camp of Barron, named after A. M. Barron, who had discovered the
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