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New Idaho Gold Fields Prospect Draws Perilous Trek
A Texas editor Miss Rice recounts the first woman’s journey into Thunder Mountain Idaho in May 1902. The party crossed deep snow and faced high danger with horses lost, a near-fatal collapse, and a long march to Roosevelt amid beaver ponds and forest fires as they sought claims and samples including a platinum-like find.
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