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Custer County Idaho A Land of Mines and Rich Prospects
The article extols Custer County Idaho explaining its rise from exploration to a 5000-strong population with towns Challis Mackay Houston Boydhorse Clayton Bonanza and Stanley Basin. It highlights rich mining districts Mackay Bayhorse Yankee Fork and Loon Creek. 5000 mining claims. mills smelters and a planned Mackay 800-ton smelter. Agriculture irrigation and stock-raising supplement mining as climate and schools improve, with vast uncultivated arable land along Salmon River promising future growth.
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Guster County
Idaho
Custer
Ita
Moptava
Stanley Basin
Loon Creek
Custer County
Challis
Mackay
Houston
Boydhhorse
Clayton
Bonanza
Stanley
Big Lost River
Thousand Spring
Round
East Fork
Connecticut
Delaware
Rhode Island
Oregon Short Line Railroad
Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company
Blackfoot
Morgan Creek
Garden Creek
Bayhorse District
Poverty Flat
Centennial Flat
East Park
Slate Creek
Thompson Creek
Robinson Bar
Fisher
Sheep Mountain
Seafoam
Washington Basin
Yankee Fork
Lasky Boy
Bay Bores
Sawtooth Mountains
Wood River
Salmon River
Whellis
Chal
Concord
Bayhorse
Robinson
Looncreek
Sheep Mountain Thunder Mountain
Yellow Jacket
Forney
Singiser
Leesburg
Blackbird
Lemhi Opal Fields
C. V. Hansen
F. Nickerson
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