Forest Service weighing public comments about proposed gold mine in Clark County
Is a gold mine coming to eastern Idaho? Forest Service evaluating local project. Updated at Share This KILGORE — There is a long history of digging up gold in Idaho. Idaho’s deep calderas have opened the Gem State up to not only the feverish pioneer rush to pan for the gold in the 1800s, but continue to fuel modern-day speculators looking to mine the precious metal. Canadian-based company, Excellon Resources, and its U.S. subsidiary, Otis Capital USA Corporation, has its eye on about 22 acres of forest land in the Dubois Ranger District in Clark County, about 80 miles north of Idaho Fa...
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