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Riches for Chinese Miners

by | Mar 19, 2011 | Uncategorized

Following their Intermountain West trail from Boise, Idaho, to Rock Springs, Wyoming.
Chinese laborers played a prominent role in the construction of the Central Pacific Railroad, and they were equally instrumental in mining operations throughout the Intermountain West. Gold mining in Idaho’s Boise Basin started in 1862 upon the discoveries of prospecting parties led by D.H. Fogus, George Grimes and Moses Splawn, and miner


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