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Hydraulic Mining Historical Marker

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    February 20, 2024

    Take some minutes to get to this place to learn interesting facts of the mining era around the Salmon River. There are two information boards that tell you more about the former town of Florence and the hydraulic mining that took place in the 1860's.

      February 20, 2024

      At this point you can learn and see some of Idaho's gold mining history. In the 1860s, gold – lots of it – was discovered and a mining boom startet. Even miner from California made all the way up here to the town of Florence. Today, there is not much left of Florence, but on the other side of the river, you can still see the "scars" of the mining operations. Huge nozzles, so-called "hydraulic giants" took water from the river and shot it against the pre-historic river bed to expose gold. The pit is still visible today.

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        Location: Idaho County, Idaho, United States

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