. Idaho, gem of the mountains. nedfrom the books of express companies and the reports of transactions in themints and assay offices. The same remark applies to much of the gold result-ing from quartz mining, especially in the numerous instances where quartzmines were worked on a small scale. Official reports made a few years agoplace the total yield at $200,000,000. This estimate, however, based on datagathered from strictly official sources, is much too small; but it will be seen bycomparing the figures of all reports up to date that for several years past theannual output has been steadily i
. Idaho, gem of the mountains. nedfrom the books of express companies and the reports of transactions in themints and assay offices. The same remark applies to much of the gold result-ing from quartz mining, especially in the numerous instances where quartzmines were worked on a small scale. Official reports made a few years agoplace the total yield at $200,000,000. This estimate, however, based on datagathered from strictly official sources, is much too small; but it will be seen bycomparing the figures of all reports up to date that for several years past theannual output has been steadily increasing. When it is considered that Idahohas been the most isolated, the least known and the most neglected of any ofthe young communities of the West, and that she is surrounded by heavybullion-producing states and territories where capital finds ready and profit-able investment, it is by no means surprising that comparatively so little hasbeen done and that so little is generally known of her magnificent mining PROSPECTING IN THE MINES. lDAHO=THE GEM OF THE MOUNTAINS. O Oo
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