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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM226E_charcoal_Leadore-ID.html
Charcoal is the carbonized residue to wood that has been heated in the absence of air. It was used in smelting because it required less blast than other fuels, was more convenient to obtain, and reacted well with the ore. Wood, cut in four foot le…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM225L_lower-birch-creek-valley_Leadore-ID.html
Four panels in the Birch Creek Campground kiosk deal with the history of Birch Creek Valley A Prehistory and History of Lower Birch Creek Valley a natural travel route between the Salmon River & the Snake River Plain Birch Creek ris…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM225E_prehistoric-man_Leadore-ID.html
Archaeological research as traced human occupation to this valley back more than ten thousand years. The first men here found the valley forested. As the climate became drier, other mountain dwellers — known to archaeologists as people o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM225D_cotes-defile_Leadore-ID.html
A French Canadian who came to southern Idaho in 1818, Joseph Cote found this valley while trapping beaver. Though he was thousands of miles from his Canadian base in Montreal, he had years of experience in Pacific Northwest exploration. With M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM225C_charcoal-kilns_Leadore-ID.html
Charcoal for a smelter, active from 1885-1889 across the valley at Nicholia, was produced in 16 kilns 6 miles west of here. Discover in 1881, the Viola mine became an important source for lead and silver from 1886-1888. Ore also was hauled fro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM225A_once-upon-a-time_Leadore-ID.html
Sixteen charcoal kilns were built on this site in 1886 by J.W. and W.C. King of Butte, Montana. The kilns produced charcoal for the smelter at Nicholia for about two years. When the smelter closed suddenly in 1888, operations at the kilns abrupt…
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