Marker is in this post office area: Stanley ID 83278, United States of America. Marker can be reached from Yankee Fork Road - Custer Motorway Adventure Road near Loon Creek Road, on the right when traveling west. Marker is near Bonanza City (ghost town), Idaho, in Custer County. A significant historical year for this entry is 1940. Marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce Forest Service, Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation, and the Bureau of Land Management. Restored by former employees, the dredge rest here at the mouth of Jordan Creek near the site of the Yankee Forks's first gold discovery.Įrected by U.S. Operating between 19, this depression era dredge removed enough gold to created a gold brick two feet square. The Yankee Fork Gold Dredge created the numerous gravel piles or 'tailings' you see along the Yankee Fork River and provided the most visible evidence of placer mining on the Yankee Fork. Water washed and agitated sand and gravel allowing gravity to separate the heavy gold particles form the lighter material surrounding it. Despite the variety of tools, each operated on the same principle. Prospectors used gold pans, sluice boxes and hydraulic giants to remover placer gold from the Yankee Fork. It is Near Bonanza City (ghost town) in Custer County Idaho The first prospectors on the Yankee Fork searched for small particles of gold known as 'placer gold.' Eroded from exposed ore veins in surrounding hillsides, placer gold washed down valley walls and collected in stream channels. This historical marker was erected by U.S. Restored by former employees, the dredge rest here at the mouth of Jordan Creek near the site of the Yankee Forks's first gold discovery.

The first prospectors on the Yankee Fork searched for small particles of gold known as 'placer gold.' Eroded from exposed ore veins in surrounding hillsides, placer gold washed down valley walls and collected in stream channels.

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