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Vast Custer county Idaho mining region advertised for settlement
The article extols Custer county Idaho as a vast prospecting and farming district. It traces mining history from placer work in 1862 to quartz adoption, lists towns Challis Mackay Bayhorse Clayton Custer Stanley and others, notes 5000 square miles, compares to Connecticut, Delaware, and Rhode Island, cites transportation needs, rail line to Challis, a Bell system line from Blackfoot, and outlines numerous mines mills and smelters with major districts like Mackay Yankee Fork and Loon Creek.
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Custer County
Idaho
General Custer
Montana
Stanley Basin
Loon Creek
Challis
Mackay
Stanley
Big Lost River Valley
Thousand Spring
Round
East Fork
Antelope
Connecticut
Delaware
Rhode Island
Oregon Short Line Railroad
Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company
Blackfoot
Caster
Morgan Creek
Garden Creek
Baylorse District
Poverty Flat
Centennial Flat
Clayton
Slate Creek
Thompson Creek
Robinson Bar
Fisher
Sheep Mountain
Seafoam
Washington Basin
Yankee Fork
Lucky Boy
Custer
Bayhorse