Lucille To Riggins — Idaho County

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Lucille To Riggins — Idaho County

Gold Mining Site ID • Idaho County County
Description
Along the Salmon River and its tributaries, you can find many regional placer mines that produced enormous amounts of gold. Between Riggins and Freedom, in T24-28N R1E, is the Simpson Camp, in the Howard-Riggins District. There was around 10,000 ounces of placer gold that came from 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: Lucille to Riggins. Map coordinates are an approximate county centroid — not a precise claim site. Along the Salmon River and its tributaries, you can find many regional placer mines that produced enormous amounts of gold. Between Riggins and Freedom, in T24-28N R1E, is the Simpson Camp, in the Howard-Riggins District. There was around 10,000 ounces of placer gold that came from this area.
Status / Verification historical_site — Legendary or approximate

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