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Custer County Idaho Promises Rich Mining and Growth Prospects
The article extols Custer County Idaho for its scenery, farming, stock-raising and rich mining districts. It traces settlement from 1860s placer to quartz growth, lists towns Challis Mackay Houston Bayhorse Clayton Bonanza Stanley and others, notes 5000 square miles, connections by Oregon Short Line and Rocky Mountain Bell, and highlights numerous mines mills and a new 800 ton smelter at Mackay.
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Custer County
Idaho
General Custer
Montana
Stanley Basin
Loon Creek
Challis
Mackay
Houston
Clayton
Bonanza
Custer
Stanley
Big Lost River Valley
Thousand Spring
Roend
Pshsamarci
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