13 Mar 1906
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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1906
Page
1
Ed O Nea l visits from Pah samaroi valley as Challis community items cover a closing party, ranch purchase, court session, local births and deaths, weather quirks, trades, and a long note on Charles Funkhouser visiting Salt Lake City and recalling 95 years with the Tribune.
A Waves of Idaho legends center on Isaac P. Swim who vanished after locating a rich gold ore near Bonanza in Custer County in 1880. A. H. Weatherby recounts Swim’s pact with Harper, the scented map letters, and the mine’s rediscovery by John H. Andrews near the Salmon river headwaters close to the Silver Bell and Kansas City properties.
Mining interest surges at Parker Mountain as seven or eight Challis miners shift to new claims. Williams, Adamson, and investors in Utah and Ohio syndicates expand operations, with Parker and nearby Stanley Basin prospects showing rich ore and plans for a stamp mill.
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