Boise County Gold Locations

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Boise County Gold Locations

Gold Mining Site ID • Boise County County
Description
In the Boise Basin, 25 miles northeast of Boise, had some rich placer activity with many old lode mines found shortly after. The placer gravels are still productive today. Between 1863 and today over 3,000,000 ounces of gold has been produced. The main areas are in the Banner Silver Mines, the Deadwood Gulch Placers and the Willow Creek District.
Historical Notes
Source: Tom Ashworth's Prospectors Cache (tomashworth.com / Mike Higbee / 49erMike). Author: Tom Ashworth. Original page: boise_id.shtml. State index: https://web.archive.org/web/20040830075749/http://www.tomashworth.com/goldloc.shtml Map coordinates are an approximate county centroid — not a precise claim site. In the Boise Basin, 25 miles northeast of Boise, had some rich placer activity with many old lode mines found shortly after. The placer gravels are still productive today. Between 1863 and today over 3,000,000 ounces of gold has been produced. The main areas are in the Banner Silver Mines, the Deadwood Gulch Placers and the Willow Creek District.
Status / Verification historical_site — Legendary or approximate

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