Burgsdorf To Warren — Idaho County

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Burgsdorf To Warren — Idaho County

Gold Mining Site ID • Idaho County County
Description
The entire length of the Salmon River, especially in T22N R4~6E, have had productive placer operations. In the south part of the county, in T20N and T24N R4E and R8E, is the Warren Marshal (resort) district. It had a total production through 1959 of 906,500 ounces of gold. The Warren Meadows, discovered in 1862, had some huge placers worked by bucket dredges. All area bench gravels and high meadow deposits contain placer gold. The area lode mines produced 1,765 ounces of gold from 1929 to 193...
Historical Notes
Source: Tom Ashworth's Prospectors Cache (tomashworth.com / Mike Higbee / 49erMike). Author: Tom Ashworth. Original page: idaho_id.shtml. State index: https://web.archive.org/web/20040830075749/http://www.tomashworth.com/goldloc.shtml Area: Burgsdorf to Warren. Map coordinates are an approximate county centroid — not a precise claim site. The entire length of the Salmon River, especially in T22N R4~6E, have had productive placer operations. In the south part of the county, in T20N and T24N R4E and R8E, is the Warren Marshal (resort) district. It had a total production through 1959 of 906,500 ounces of gold. The Warren Meadows, discovered in 1862, had some huge placers worked by bucket dredges. All area bench gravels and high meadow deposits contain placer gold. The area lode mines produced 1,765 ounces of gold from 1929 to 1935, but placer has been king in this area.
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