However, the three founding members of the mine realized they didn’t have the resources to develop the mine and soon sold out to an English firm. Dodge, and Morton McKeim, the area began to flood with miners. The first significant find was made by William Norton in July 1875, which produced as much as $20,000 in ore dug by hand by Norton and his partner, John Rohrer.Īfter the discovery of the General Custer Mine in August 1876 by James Baxter, E. Soon after the discovery, the Yankee Fork Mining District was organized.
Prospectors continued to comb the area, and in 1870 gold was found on a tributary of the Yankee Fork near Jordon Creek. However, before returning to Montana, they named the creek “Yankee Fork” because everyone in the party was a Yankee. When they came to a large tributary of the upper Salmon River, they set up camp and prospected for several weeks but unfortunately did not find gold.
Around 1866, a group of Montana prospectors led by Joel Richardson came to what would become known as the North Fork area, searching for placer mining opportunities.
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