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Rich Custer county mines drive Idaho boom optimism
In Custer county Idaho a rail line falls short but mining prospects shine. The Yankee Fork district hosts Lucky Boy, Chas Dickens, Montana and Lost Packer veins with high gold values and deep crosscuts. Loon creek reveals the Lost Packer and Eddy’s Lucky Star with promising ore in several tunnels. Stanley Basin and Valley Creek ogle rich porphyry dikes, see hot springs, and await a major new mill to lift output.
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Robert N. Bell
Inspector of Mines
Idaho
Custer County
Salmon River
Oregon Short Line
Blackfoot
Mackay
Caster County
Yankee Fork
Custer Mountain
Custer
Lucky Boy Mining Company
Lucky Boy
Elmore
Owyhee
Chas
Dickens
45 the Lucky
McFadden
Estes Mountain
Montana
Jordan Creek
Golden Sunbeam Mining Company
Loon Creek
Estes Moun
Tain Pass
Pike's Peak
Cripple Creek
Salt Lake Valley
Bonanza
Eddy
Packer
Stanley Basin
Valley Crees
Sawtooth Mountains
Stanley Creek
Valley Creek
Warm Spring Creek
Fisher-Borne