"For as long as I can recall, I have wondered why the Monte Cristo mines failed, sending the town to its final doom. The blame has been placed on the failure of the Everett and Monte Cristo Railway and its successors as well as the murderous weather and declining ore deposits. These certainly were factors, but not the only ones." - Daryl Jacobson,1 The Decline and Demise of Monte Cristo The Syndicate Mines Foreword For as long as I can recall, I have wondered why the Monte Cristo mines failed, sending the town to its final doom. The blame has been placed on the failure of the Everett and Monte Cristo Railway and its successors as well as the murderous weather and declining ore deposits. These certainly were factors, but not the only ones. Once history is lost, it cannot be revived. For that reason, I am putting my thoughts, based mainly on unpublished data and personal observations in and around the mines of Monte Cristo, into a document for others to continue to pursue from. A great deal of this information is unpublished data from the Forrest Johanson collection. Back in the early to mid-1980s, I told Forrest, I was researching information for a book a group of fellow history buffs and I were planning to write about the mines of Snohomish County and another one about the Everett and Monte Cristo Railway. Forrest suggested I use some of his research data in the books, but also requested we not use his name. So I copied several thousand pages of his documents, and have used them freely since in PowerPoint presentations and research. It was not until the 1999 MCPA winter social that Forrest told me that he did want his name mentioned. Well, it’s too late to put his name in the credit for the books, but not too late to honor him here and possibly future documents. So here’s to you Forrest Johanson. Northwest Underground Explorations , Accession/Object ID: , Object Name: White Paper, Title: The Decline and Demise of Monte Cristo, Author: Daryl Jacobson, Description: "For as long as I can recall, I have wondered why the Monte Cristo mines failed, sending the town to its final doom. The blame has been placed on the failure of the Everett and Monte Cristo Railway and its successors as well as the murderous weather and declining ore deposits. These certainly were factors, but not the only ones." - Daryl Jacobson, OCR Text: 1 The Decline and Demise of Monte Cristo The Syndicate Mines Foreword For as long as I can recall, I have wondered why the Monte Cristo mines failed, sending the town to its final doom. The blame has been placed on the failure of the Everett and Monte Cristo Railway and its successors as well as the murderous weather and declining ore deposits. These certainly were factors, but not the only ones. Once history is lost, it cannot be revived. For that reason, I am putting my thoughts, based mainly on unpublished data and personal observations in and around the mines of Monte Cristo, into a document for others to continue to pursue from. A great deal of this information is unpublished data from the Forrest Johanson collection. Back in the early to mid-1980s, I told Forrest, I was researching information for a book a group of fellow history buffs and I were planning to write about the mines of Snohomish County and another one about the Everett and Monte Cristo Railway. Forrest suggested I use some of his research data in the books, but also requested we not use his name. So I copied several thousand pages of his documents, and have used them freely since in PowerPoint presentations and research. It was not until the 1999 MCPA winter social that Forrest told me that he did want his name mentioned. Well, it’s too late to put his name in the credit for the books, but not too late to honor him here and possibly future documents. So here’s to you Forrest Johanson. Northwest Underground Explorations , Granite Falls Historical Society,Documents (articles, clippings, letters, papers),Local History Articles,Other (articles, research, etc.),Decline and Demise of Monte Cristo,Decline and Demise of Monte Cristo 1 Page 1, Tags: MONTE CRISTO ROCKEFELLER HOYT COLBY, Decline and Demise of Monte Cristo 1 Page 1