2014 Location Notes;
Mining hoist foundation in Black Diamond is at 47.307053,-122.001503
Old railroad depot and historical society museum is at 47.308697, -122.007176
Well-tended cemetary is here: 47.304369, -121.952337
For the town, park near here : 47.300159,-121.953575
Entrance is at : 47.301056, -121.952390 Do not park here.
Y in the road, one way to town, one way to cemetary is at: 47.297939,-121.959
Grown-over cemetary is at : 47.293203, -121.968059
School foundations are at :47.306141,-121.954652
FRANKLIN (King or Pierce) ... no buildings left, just foundations. Cemetary. Most, if not all, of the site is located within undeveloped "Hanging Gardens" State Park. Legal [walk-in only] access is via two sets of gates, that can be easily walked around. The gates are to keep out vehicles. The first gate is located just before the "Green River Gorge" bridge, a few miles east of the town of Black Diamond, WA, on the south side of the road.=Walk around the gate, through an old graveled and grassy "field" a short distance to the State Park boundary gate. Walk around it and continue up a gravel road into the heart of the town site [half of a mile?].
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin,_Washington
http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/wa/franklin.html
Finding the Franklin Mine http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7BUr90lZ7Q&feature=channel
http://northwestjournalonline.com/index.php/puget-sound-ghost-towns
http://www.palmercc.com/Greenrivergorge.htm
Click here for a pdf of the Pacific Coast Coal Company Mine Map 1918 which includes Franklin
http://picasaweb.google.com/seniorhikers/FranklinGhostTown51410#
http://picasaweb.google.com/seniorhikers/FranklinGhostTown52909#
http://forums.popphoto.com/showthread.php?176743-Images-of-a-ghost-town
http://www.ghosttownsofwashington.com/Franklin.html
http://forgottenpacificnorthwest.blogspot.com/2009/03/franklin-townsite-and-cemetery.html
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http://wildwests.com/Reference%20Material/Time%20passes%20quickly.doc
Franklin, WA
Black Diamond Museum gives free tours of the townsite occasionally.
Visits
2014-11-08 https://plus.google.com/photos/+MikeBetz/albums/6084452934796177121
2014-01-18 https://plus.google.com/photos/+MikeBetz/albums/5970811922915921985
2013-11-09 https://plus.google.com/photos/+MikeBetz/albums/5948987204990307185