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Custer County Idaho Seen As Rich Mining and Farming Hub
The article extols Custer County Idaho for its mining districts including Mackay Bayhorse and Yankee Fork, and its farming and stock-raising, noting 5000 residents, diverse towns, large irrigable valleys, and prospects for irrigation expansion. It highlights transportation links, mills and smelters, hundreds of mining claims, and the need for capital and improved roads to unlock vast mineral wealth amid a growing agricultural future.
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Custer County
Idaho
General Custer
Montana
Stanley Basin
Loon Creek
Challis
Mackay
Houston
Clayton
Custer
Stanley
Big Lost River Valley
Thousand Spring
Round
Pahsamaroi
East Fork
Antelope
Connecticut
Delaware
Rhode Island
Oregon Short Line Railroad
Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company
Blackfoot
Morgan Creek
Garden Creek
Bayhorse
Poverty Flat
Centennial Flat
Slate Creek
Thompson Creek
Robinson Bar
Fisher
Sheep Mountain
Seafoam
Washington Basin
Yankee Fork
Lucky Boy
Sawtooth Mountains
Wood River
Eters
Salmon River
Woise
Anlie
Curtis
Ids
John Altham
Forney
Ida