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Custer County Idaho Promises Riches To Settlers And Capital
Custer County Idaho offers vast inducements with rich mining districts and fertile lands. It grew from little known to a 6000 population with towns Challis Mackay Houston Bayhorse Clayton Bonanza and Custer. The county spans about 5000 square miles with copper mines in Mackay led by Ramshorn and Skylark mines, Bayhorse district, Yankee Fork and Loon Creek, plus five quartz mills and smelters including a dredge mill at Stanley and a new 800 ton smelter at Mackay.
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Custer County
Idaho
General Custer
Montana
Stanley Basin
Loda Creek
Quarte
Challis
Mackay
Houston
Clayton
Custer
Stanley
Big Lost River
Thousand Spring
Round
Pahsamaroi
East Fork
Antelope
Connecticut
Delaware
Rhode Island
Oregon Short Line
Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company
Blackfoot
Ormer
Morgan Creek
Garden Creek
Bayhorse
Poverty Flat
Centennial Flat
Slate Creek
Thompson Creek
Robinson Bar
Fishter
Sheep Mountain
Seafoam
Loon Creek
Washington Basin
Yankee Fork
Luely Boy