The town was founded in 1877, and following years of failed attempts to unearth gold, silver was soon discovered in the area, which brought thousands of prospectors to the central Idaho site.
The company says "the area contains about 825,000 ounces (23.4 million grams) of gold. The company in a summary of its plans says it would like to get the gold by digging an open-pit mine."
If indeed three of the bars were located 118 years ago, then that still leaves a hefty amount of money still awaiting Idaho treasure seekers somewhere in the waters of this meager lake that spans just over 5,000 acres of land.
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A representative of a company seeking to mine for gold near Yellowstone National Park says a halt on new mining claims in the area appears designed to sink the project.
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