On Hold The Lone Jack King of the Mount Baker Mining District Whatcom County Gold Rush

In 1897, Jack Post discovered gold on the side of Bear Mountain in the area of Whatcom County East of Mt. Shuksan thus creating the start of the Mount Baker gold rush. And all the elements were there, riches, hardships, fires, disappointments, avalanches, and murder. The Lone Jack is a story of a man's struggle to settle a true wilderness. The first owners in Portland had a complete lack of knowledge of the winters and snowfall in the North Cascades and the development took years instead of the planned one season. This book contains information from newspaper articles, assay reports, court records, claim files, sales records, maps (big fold out one in the back of the book), personal papers, and many other resources. It also contains many old historical photos and others of current times. Some are in color while the older are in black and white...180 pages, by Michael G. Impero ships to USA only... this book is in acceptable condition due to stains on it