[DOC] [TLE] Discovery Of Gold in Idaho - Access Genealogy [PAR] Jun 30, 2013 ... It is reported that gold was discovered by a French Canadian in Pend d'Oreille 
river, in 1852. .... Oregon, in the spring of 1862, for Sinker creek, in Owyhee 
County. ... many years retained its prestige as the leading mining town of Idaho. 
... fastnesses were other store-houses of precious metals that needed... [DOC] [TLE] B2064-T Front - USGS Publications Warehouse - U.S. Geological ... [PAR] Distribution of Mineral Production in Idaho, 19021951. ..... The mining and 
development of these metals and precious mate- rials, along ... the 1860 
discovery was Captain E.D. Pierce, a California pros- .... The reported values in 
current U.S. dollars were .... above the median due to its production of copper, 
lead, and zinc. [DOC] [TLE] Idaho Geological Survey [PAR] In the I4 years since its first appearance GOLD iN ... IdahoCounty LemhiCounty .0 
Leesburgdistrict Owyhee County  0 .... Since the discovery of gold at Pierce City 
in 1860 there have been a great ... There is a fairly extensive literature on the 
history and geology of the lead ..... 1880 to 1904 Production of Precious Metals,. [DOC] [TLE] Idaho History: 1850-1899 [PAR] 1860. Idaho's oldest town, Franklin, is founded just north of the Utah border on 
April ... children in Idaho; Gold discovered on Orofino Creek in August, leads to 
the ... and the U.S. Cavalry; The townsite of Boise laid out by merchants under the 
lead ... general election held October 31; First county established: Owyhee 
County,... [DOC] [TLE] Mining in Idaho - Idaho State Historical Society - Idaho.gov [PAR] Most of Idaho's mineral production, 1860-1969, has come from metals-- ... Some 
gold quartz and lead-silver workings are on Ruby Creek west of .... Boise (Rocky 
Bar), Owyhee, Atlanta, and Banner--expanded the mining region of ... and the 
rush to Loon Creek in 1869, the basin lost its surplus population. .... United States
. [DOC] [TLE] Idaho Gold Is No Small Potatoes - Uncommon Wisdom Daily [PAR] Aug 27, 2010 ... They haven't heard of the Great Idaho Gold Rush of 1860. ... Territory, Idaho was 
a place people passed through on their way to bigger and better things. .... The 
Silver City district in Owyhee County began producing in 1863, and ... precious 
metals, natural resources, Asian and South American markets. [DOC] [TLE] The Book of the Fair : Chapter the Sixteenth: Mines, Mining, and ... [PAR] In this, the hall of Mines and Mining, its architect, S. S. Beman, of Chicago, has ... 
steel, and of tin, and the new metal, aluminum; the extraction of gold, silver, and 
lead by ... Then come salt and other minerals produced in the United States, 
nearly all of ..... Apart from the precious metals, Idaho has an abundance of coal, 
iron,... [DOC] [TLE] The City of Boise, profiled - School of Public Service - Boise State ... [PAR] also Idaho's leading private employer with most of its 10,000 employees ... All of 
these developments made Boise the city it is today. ... In 1860 the Army planned 
to ... made another request after the discovery of gold and silver in the Owyhee .... 
produced an estimated $52 million in precious metals between 1861 and 1866,... [DOC] [TLE] Northwest travel: Owyhee country; Oregon's quiet Jordan Valley ... [PAR] Dec 5, 2010 ... Oregon's quiet Jordan Valley doesn't neglect its Basque heritage ... route 
between Northern California and Idaho's Owyhee Mountain mines. .... Like 
Danner, it is surrounded today by cattle ranches; unlike Danner, it has a ... 
Although Silver City's mines produced more than $60 million in precious metals,
... [DOC] [TLE] 1 - Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries [PAR] gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc in some of the famous mining districts. ... 
California ranks first in the United States in the total amount of qold produced. ... 
of the gold, as the discovery of the Comstock

Question: In the 1860s this precious metal was discovered at Owyhee, & today Idaho leads the U.S. in its production
Answer: silver