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HISTORIC NEWSPAPER REPORTS OF COARSE GOLD WIRE GOLD LEAF GOLD MASSES OF GOLD AND SILVER, ALTURAS BINGHAM BOISE CUSTER LEMHI COUNTIES IN IDAHO HARDROCK MINES

Ada county, Hidden Treasure mine, Neal, King ledge, wire gold. 1898
Ada county, Black Hornet mine, 11 miles from Boise, 70$ gold chunk. 1897
Ada county, Black Hornet mine: 43.5873 -116.0477
Alturas county, Guy mine, many specimens crystallized silver. 1883
Alturas county, Bidwell & Beaver extension mine, native silver. 1883
Alturas county, Columbia & Beaver mine, Beaver gulch, some wire silver. 1882
Alturas county, Sonora ledge, Col.Preston, 1 by 2 inch leaf gold. 1866
Alturas county, Columbia and Beaver mines, Beaver creek, wire silver.
Alturas county, Leonora ledge, Yuba, sheets gold with quartz holding together. 1866
Alturas county, Last Chance mine, some specimens crystallized gold. 1882
Alturas county, Last chance mine, above Monarch mine, specimens crystalline gold.
Alturas county, Ingersol mine, Little Lost river, Blackburn, native silver.
Alturas county, Monarch or Atlanta mine, native silver. 1882
Beaver county, Indian creek M.C. Newton, nuggets and wire gold.
Bingham county, King mine, Willow creek, ore cannot be broken with hammer. 1897
Bingham county, King mine, Willow creek, 4ft vein full of wire gold and silver. 1897
Bingham county, King mine, Willow creek, Dewey property, much wire gold. 1898
Bonner county, B.F. and H. mine, Hope, native wire silver. 1898
Boise county, Peter Reichert, Lost creek, free gold ore assays 1,000$/ton.
Boise county, Mayflower mine, 25 cent specimens wire silver. 1881
Boise county? Gold Hill mine, Granite creek, visible gold. 1868
Boise county, Pioneer shaft, Centerville, 50$ gold chunk.
Boise county, Iowa mine, Quartzburg, small wire gold attached to pyrite. 1896
Boise county, Iowa mine, Quartzburg, wire gold attached to crystals, gold attached to pyrite. 1896
Boise county, Belshazzar mine, Quartzburg district, large gold, small crystals.
Boise county, Belshazzar mine, Quartzburg district, 2 by 3 cm. crystalline gold.
Boundary county, Buckhorn mine, gold in quartz.
Boundary county, Mountain Chief mine, Boundary creek, nests of coarse gold. 1891
Boxelder county, Vipoint M.C., native silver.
Canyon county, x, Nampa, 500$ gold pocket and 15$ gold chunk. 1907
Cassia county, Cassia creek mines, ore half gold. 1896
Custer county, Lucky Boy mine, Custer city, wire gold. 1897
Custer county, Wright and Scott mine, Marshall lake, wire gold 20,000$/ton. 1901
Custer county, Ramshorn mine, Bayhorse, ore filled with native silver. 1881
Custer county, Mountain Girl mine, Stanley basin, wire gold and nuggets. 1907
Custer county, Morrison mine, Yankee gulch, 240 oz/ton gold. 1885
Custer county, King mine, Willow Creek, ore held together with wire gold and silver. 1897
Custer county, Charles Dickins mine, considerable wire silver. 1883
Custer county, Good Enough group, Marshall lake, 75 lb ore worth 2,000$ gold. 1907
Elmore county, Golden Star ledge, Atlanta, gold plainly visible. 1892
Elmore county, P.J.Pefly mine, Atlanta, wire gold. 1892
Gem county, Silver King mine, visible wire silver. 1897
Gem county, Pearl Quartz claim, Pearl, half wheat seed sized visible gold. 1897
Idaho county, Dewey mine, Thunder mountain, leaf gold 80$/ton. 1927
Idaho county, Mountain Chief claim, Marshall lake, ore half gold. 1899
Idaho county, Mountain King mine, Smiley creek, native silver. 1881
Idaho county, Mountain Ram mine, ore filled with gold 10$/ton. 1901
Idaho county, Lucky Strike mine, Goodenough properties, Yakima, wire gold. 1907
Idaho county, Kimberly claim, Marshall lake district, Warren, 2 foot vein wire gold. 1903
Idaho county, Fox and Briggs claims, Marshall Lake, Holte vien, native specimen gold ore. 1920
Idaho county, Bonanza mine, Albany mines, Santiam, fine wire gold in quartz. 1890
Idaho county, Victor claim, fine specimens of native gold.
Idaho county, Ira Lamoreaux mine, 1.5 miles Elk city, ore ribbed with gold. 1900
Idaho county, Gold coin mine, Seven devils district, free milling gold ore.
Idaho county, Seven Devils mine, large nuggets of gold in ore.
Idaho county, Pilot mine, gold ore assayed up to 30,000$/ton.
Idaho county, x, parallel to Blue Dragon-Red Stone claims, ore half gold. 1899
Iron county, Copper zone mine, native silver, 5,000 oz/ton.
Kootenai county, Iron cap mine, Santa camp, coarse gold.  
Kootenai county, Sierre Nevada mine, Coeur D'Alene, Milo creek mines, frequent wire silver.
Lemhi county, Golden Gate mine and Shoo Fly mine, Wallace creek, wheat sized gold nuggets. 1901
Lemhi county, Gold Dust mine, Leesburg, specimens gold ore. 1903
Lemhi county, Delmar mine, 2$ chunks silver. 1890
Lemhi county, Delmar mine, Anchor shaft, 26 lb silver chunk. 1891
Lemhi county, Red Jacket mine, free gold and pure silver seen in ore. 1873
Lemhi county, Crescent Gold mine, Golden reward mine, visible gold 500$/ton.
Lemhi county, Treasure Box mine, Kirtley creek, pea sized gold. 1910
Lemhi county, Barnato group of claims, Salmon City area, Carman creek, 3$ bailing wire gold. 1896
Lemhi county, Barnato group mines, South Fork Carmen creek, coarse and wire gold. 1896
Lemhi county, Charles Dickens mine, silver nuggets and wires 3 oz to 1 oz. 1882
Lemhi county, Charles Dickens or Montana mine, Yankee fork, ore glittering with native gold 5$/lb. 1883
Lemhi county, Dickens vein, visible gold silver, free silver nuggets and wires to 3 oz. 1882
Lemhi county, Dark Horse mine, E Salmon city, coarse wire gold 20,000$/ton. 1902

OWYHEE COUNTY ABOUT  75 REPORTS OF COARSE GOLD AND OR SILVER

SHOSHONE COUNTY 35 REPORTS

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