Boom and Bust

When the Carbon Fuel Co. Office shut down, Bayne, once a boom town 15 miles east of Auburn, became a near ghost town this South King County mining area. (Ron DeRosa / The Seattle Times, 1967)

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When the Carbon Fuel Co. Office shut down, Bayne, once a boom town 15 miles east of Auburn, became a near ghost town this South King County mining area. (Ron DeRosa / The Seattle Times, 1967)