652 



IDAHO MINING DISTRICTS. 



During the last year only a few of the quartz mines and mills were 

 running. 



At the present time the Idaho Basin contains five towns, with an 

 aggregate of 1,200 inhabitants. Idaho City is located on Moore Creek, 

 Centerville and Pioneerville on Grimes Creek, and Placerville and 

 Quartzburg on the different branches of Granite Creek. 



PRODUCTION. 



The total gold production of the basin since its discovery has been 

 the subject of frequent discussion, and it may be said that it is 

 impossible to obtain undisputed data. It is often stated that the pro- 

 duction for the first six years amounted to over $40,000,000, and that 

 the total production exceeds $100,000,000. As will be shown, this 

 estimate must be regarded as extravagant. The following table shows 

 the production of the State of Idaho according to the most reliable 

 estimates, contained in the reports of J. Ross Browne and R. W. 

 Raymond, and the later Mint reports : 



Production of gold and silver in Idaho, 1863-1876. ' 



1 During these years the defective statistics do not permit the separation of the gold and sil- 

 ver production, but the latter is relatively small, as shown by the figures for 1872. Few silver 

 mines were worked up to 1876. 



2 $17,000,000 in table on p. 40 of Mineral Industries, Eleventh Census. Authority for this doubt- 

 ful statement unknown. 



