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Gold Creek mining risks and prospecting advice
The Messenger of Challis cites a superstition that great mine discoverers meet violent ends, recounting several historical deaths. It notes Gold Creek near the Idaho border offers little lure yet surrounding camps may rival it, advising patience until snow melts. An ex postmaster’s rheumatism improved with Chamberlain’s Pain Balm, and Hood’s Sarsaparilla is advertised for cures.
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Challis
Ida
George H. Fryer
Fryer Hill
Standard
California
Colonel Storey
William Fairweather
Alder Gulch
Homestake
John Horner
Horner
Eureka
Nine Mile Clarks
Montana
Plummer
Dutch William
Caribou
British Columbia
Marshall
Gold Creek
D. Wiley
Black Creek
N. Y
Chamberlain
W. A. Brown