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A history of gold dredging in Idaho

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dc.contributor.authorSpence, Clark C., author
dc.contributor.authorUniversity Press of Colorado, publisher
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-20T19:38:24Z
dc.date.available2016-07-20T19:38:24Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references and index.
dc.description.abstractA revolution in placer mining from inception in the 1880s until its demise in the 1960s and its impact on Idaho, the nation's fourth leading producer of dredged gold which provides a lens through which to observe the practice and history of gold dredging around the world.
dc.description.tableofcontentsDredging on the early Snake River -- The black sands craze -- The Burroughs Brothers -- The Pierce area -- The Florence area -- Elk City and Newsome -- Stanley Basin and Yankee Fork -- Salmon City and Leesburg -- South and middle fork of the Boise River -- The Yukon dredge -- The Warren area -- Boise Basin -- Dredging rare metals -- Other dredge grounds -- The struggle for dredge control -- The aftermath: the clean-up.
dc.format.mediumborn digital
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10217/173663
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartofUniversity Press of Colorado
dc.relation.ispartofMining the American West
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dc.subject.lcshGold mines and mining -- Idaho -- History
dc.subject.lcshPlacer mining -- Idaho -- History
dc.titleA history of gold dredging in Idaho
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