Editing Northport, Washington (section)

==Janni's chimney==
Peter Janni was born in Italy in 1874 and came to America to work on the railroad. Eventually he ended up in Northport and in 1923 purchased a limestone quarry south of Northport.<ref name=B&L200>N.L. Barlee, Gold Creeks and Ghost Towns of Northeastern Washington., Hancock House Publishers., 2004</ref> Janni shipped limestone all over Washington from the quarry. The quarry was located in the center of the tetrahedrite mineralized zone of Northern Stevens County.<ref name=B&L200 /> Ore deposits in the district occur in "Vugs" or "Chimneys" usually narrow veins of galena with high silver content. In 1953, Janni's crew discovered a chimney of galena with silver, 6 feet by 5 feet (1.8 m by 1.5 m) on the second level of the quarry. They followed it down and shipped nearly forty tons of high grade galena to CM&S Company's lead refinery in nearby Trail. After following it down 15 feet (4.6 meters) Janni came and said: "cover the damn thing up !".<ref name=B&L200 /> Janni's men pleaded to follow the chimney further, but Janni refused, saying: "maybe someday we will dig her up again".<ref name=B&L200 /> Why he abandoned the chimney remains a mystery. According to some old timers in Northport, the rich chimney is still at the quarry buried under tons of limestone, located on the second level.<ref name=B&L200 />