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Idahoans slowly uncovering 120-year old mining trail By Nicole Blanchard, The Idaho Statesman
Published: December 26, 2020, 4:03pm
Share: This undated photo shows a view of central Idaho s Thunder Mountain from the south and the reclaimed mining areas that yielded more than 100,000 ounces since mining began there in the late 19th century. (jim collord/Trust for Public Land files)
BOISE, Idaho Idaho hikers and historians have teamed up in an effort to uncover a 120-year-old route used by miners during one of the last gold rushes in American history.
Morgan Zedalis, assistant forest archaeologist for the Payette National Forest’s Heritage Program, recently held a Zoom presentation to offer insight on the historic trail.
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The Spokesman-Review reports that members of the Idaho Trails Association and Forest Service archaeologists are looking for traces of the Three Blaze Trail, which once connected Dixie, Idaho, to the Thunder Mountain mining area some 50 miles to the south. So far, team members have found several trees marked with characteristic blazes, pits where miners looked for minerals, and sections of the eroded trail. Morgan Zedalis of the Payette National Forest Heritage Program said homesteaders William Campbell, W.A. Stonebraker, August Hotzel, and Harry Donohue decided to build the trail after Ben and Lou Caswell, who struck gold near Thunder Mountain in the 1890s, sold their mining claims in 1900 and triggered a gold rush. “There was no real easy way to get [to Thunder Mountain], especially for the miners north of the Main Salmon River in Florence, Dixie, and those areas,” Zedalis said. Campbell and Stonebraker collected money from prospectors and miners and then spent t
By Nicole Blanchard The Idaho Statesman
Idaho hikers and historians have teamed up in an effort to uncover a 120-year-old route used by miners during one of the last gold rushes in American history, and this week they shared updates on the project during a virtual gathering.
Morgan Zedalis, assistant forest archaeologist for the Payette National Forest’s Heritage Program, gave the backstory on Idaho’s Three Blaze Trail during an Idaho Trails Association Zoom presentation Thursday.
She’ll dove into the past to offer insight on the historic trail as well as discussed what the future could hold for it.
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