A series of Adobe Acrobat files telling the story of Mining in Stevens County Washington is now available on this site: Mining Part I – Tells the story of the rocks that make up the county and the kinds of mines found in them Mining Part II – Talks about early mines and miners up till 1883 Mining Part III – Takes a look at the flurry of important mines discovered around 1883 Mining Part IV – Finishes the story with a look at some current mines Some of these are files up to 8 megabytes.  They may take awhile to load. … Read entire article »