History of Idaho, Vol. 1

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Excerpt from History of Idaho, Vol. 1: The Gem of the MountainsIn the fall of 1861, prospectors starting fromthe placer mining camp of Oro Fino, situate upon the waters of the Clearwater in what was then the east ern part of Washington Territory, and which had itself only been discovered a few months before, found rich placer gold deposits in the Florence Basin on a small tributary of the Salmon River. The news spread and the few white men who had straggled into this unknown and almost inaccessible region, soon congregated in the new camp. The deposits were not only rich in gold but seemed extensive, and the parties interested made diligent efforts to procure proper sup plies to carry them over until spring. A severe winter, however, set in unusually early and most of those who had made locations found themselves without pro visions and were compelled to go to the lower country to escape starvation.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.