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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22TV_in-the-early-days_Stanley-ID.html
Prospectors panned for gold in the Yankee Fork-Salmon River area from the late 1860's to 1879.
Then in 1880 the Yankee Fork Consolidated Gravel Mining Company built a ditch to bring water here for their new hydraulic gold mining operations. Trac…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22TT_remnants-of-the-past_Stanley-ID.html
The large piles of rock and gravel around you were left over from dredge mining operations that took place in the 1940s and early 1950s.
The 4-level Yankee Fork dredge floated in water as it dug its way upstream, extracting gold and silver from…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22TK_dredge-tailings_Stanley-ID.html
The first prospectors on the Yankee Fork searched for small particles of gold known as "placer gold." Eroded from exposed ore veins in surrounding hillsides, placer gold washed down valley walls and collected in stream channels. Prospectors used g…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22TJ_dredge-camp-family-life_Stanley-ID.html
Workers on the dredge included the winch men, stern and bow oilers, and the gold man. A ground crew cleared the area ahead of the digging and helped set the "deadmen." The dredge master oversaw the entire operation, deciding were to dig, when to c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22TI_dredge-beginnings_Stanley-ID.html
Thoughts of dredging the Yankee Fork began in 1899 when business groups bought up placer claims along the creek and were revived up again in 1904 when the Boston & Boise Dredge Company drilled test holes. Rising gold prices stimulated interest aga…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22TH_bonanza-city_Stanley-ID.html
You now stand among the remains of Bonanza City, laid out in 1877 and the Yankee Fork's first mining camp. Pack trails linking Ketchum, Stanley, Loon Creek, and Challis converged in Bonanza. At its peak, Bonanza had over 600 residents, a rectangul…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22SH_custer-city_Stanley-ID.html
Searching a hillside across the Yankee Fork in August of 1876, James Baxter, Eldon Dodge and Morgan McKim stumbled upon a rich vein of ore, exposed by a snow slide, that became the most famous mine on the Yankee Fork. Named after the popular milit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22SG_the-crew-of-the-yankee-fork-gold-dredge_Stanley-ID.html
The dredge operated 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, using only 3 men per shift. The winch man (1) was in charge, controling (sic) the dredge from his vantage point four stories above the deck. From there he could raise and lower, and vary the spe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22SF_yankee-fork-gold-dredge_Stanley-ID.html
Starting in 1872, the valley bottom along the Yankee Fork, was hand placered in the search for free gold. Later, the Snake River Mining Company tested the ground along the stream and found gold still remained in the deep gravels. After obtain the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22SB_cross-store-post-office-site_Stanley-ID.html
Social gathering places for women were less available than for men at Custer. It was not acceptable for nice women to enter saloons or gaming establishments. Most of the socializing for women took place at socials held in homes, at the post office…