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Caribou County Sun in Soda Springs, Idaho

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Caribou County Sun

Location

Soda Springs, Idaho, United States of America

Date

Jul 01, 1976

Page

4

Phosphate Mining Expands in Southeast Idaho

Southeast Idaho hosts a growing phosphate industry with nearly six million tons mined last year and plans for expansion. The Western Phosphate Field spans Idaho Wyoming Utah and Montana holding about one billion tons of reserves. The impact statement reviewed by Interior Secretary Kleppe informs decisions on future development.

Idaho US. Department of the Interior Geological Survey Land Bureau Bureau of Land Management US. Department of Agriculture Forest Service Kleppe Western Wyoming Utah Montana Soda Springs United States la Platt Cache County Secretary of the Interior Tennessee Europe J. R. Simplot Company Anaconda Simplot Fort Hall Indian Reservation Fort Hall Monsanto Company Monsanto Ballard Henry Stauffer Silver Bow Leese Bureau of Mines Caribou County

Early Pacer Mining Methods in Idaho

The article explains early placer mining in Idaho focusing on panning rockers and sluices. It compares output rates: panning about a yard daily, rockers handling three yards, sluices ten yards, and giants processing roughly 500 yards daily. Water, ground type, and cemented gravel determined method choice.

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Mining methods for rich ground described

The passage explains that rockers were used when sluices could not be employed, or would lose too much fine gold, or fail to recover gold in cemented gravels or clays. It notes rockers as an alternative to maximize gold recovery in challenging deposits.

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