Murray — Shoshone County

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Murray — Shoshone County

Gold Mining Site ID • Shoshone County County
Description
Murray was the original county seat and is now nearly a ghost town. The area right in town, lately especially behind Kris Krisofferson's Tavern, in the surface soil, you can find nuggets to 10 ounces. Along Prichard and Eagle Creeks, there was some very rich placer gorunds of the 1880's, rivived in the 1930's and intermittently worked today. The South Fork of the Coeur d' Alene River, had many rich lead silver lode mines, with a peak production in 1911. All streams in the area produce gold.
Historical Notes
Source: Tom Ashworth's Prospectors Cache (tomashworth.com / Mike Higbee / 49erMike). Author: Tom Ashworth. Original page: shoshone_id.shtml. State index: https://web.archive.org/web/20040830075749/http://www.tomashworth.com/goldloc.shtml Area: Murray. Map coordinates are an approximate county centroid — not a precise claim site. Murray was the original county seat and is now nearly a ghost town. The area right in town, lately especially behind Kris Krisofferson's Tavern, in the surface soil, you can find nuggets to 10 ounces. Along Prichard and Eagle Creeks, there was some very rich placer gorunds of the 1880's, rivived in the 1930's and intermittently worked today. The South Fork of the Coeur d' Alene River, had many rich lead silver lode mines, with a peak production in 1911. All streams in the area produce gold.
Status / Verification historical_site — Legendary or approximate

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