In the Early Days

In the Early Days (HM22TV)

Location: Stanley, ID 83278 Custer County
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Country: United States of America
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N 44° 16.236', W 114° 44.106'

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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. Traces of their ditch are visible as one drives up Yankee Fork.
In 1909, the Sunbeam Consolidated Gold Mines Company chose this same area for a hydroelectric plant to provide power for their mine and mill 13 miles away on Jordan Creek. This location was chosen because the flow rate of the main Salmon River was adequate to drive the turbines. It was also hoped that the upriver hot springs would keep the water warm enough for winter power operation. The strategy was sound but the company went bankrupt in 1911.
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HM NumberHM22TV
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Placed ByU.S. Forest Service
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Date Added Monday, November 13th, 2017 at 4:01pm PST -08:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)11T E 680760 N 4904423
Decimal Degrees44.27060000, -114.73510000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 44° 16.236', W 114° 44.106'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds44° 16' 14.16" N, 114° 44' 6.3600000000001" W
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Area Code(s)208
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling East
Closest Postal AddressAt or near State Hwy 75, Stanley ID 83278, US
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