Grangeville — Idaho County

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Grangeville — Idaho County

Gold Mining Site ID • Idaho County County
Description
Out of Grangeville 42 miles, in T25N R3E and R4E, is the French Creek and Florence districts. This was one of the most productive areas in Idaho. It had a total production of over 1,000,000 ounces. All regional gulches and streambeds are rich. They had many thousands of miners working in the area in the old days. Later the Chinese reworked the areas for the rich placers left behind. Above the placers there are several mines that had minor lode gold production, but placer is king in this area.
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: Grangeville. Map coordinates are an approximate county centroid — not a precise claim site. Out of Grangeville 42 miles, in T25N R3E and R4E, is the French Creek and Florence districts. This was one of the most productive areas in Idaho. It had a total production of over 1,000,000 ounces. All regional gulches and streambeds are rich. They had many thousands of miners working in the area in the old days. Later the Chinese reworked the areas for the rich placers left behind. Above the placers there are several mines that had minor lode gold production, but placer is king in this area.
Status / Verification historical_site — Legendary or approximate

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