MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
HYDRAULIC AND PLACER MINING
CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1 EARLY SNAKE RIVER BOOM 2 THE BLACK SANDS CRAZE 3 THE BURROUGHS BROTHERS 4 PIERCE 5 FLORENCE 6 ELK CITY AND NEWSOME 7 STANLEY BASIN AND YANKEE FORK 8 SALMON CITY AND LEESBURG 9 SOUTH AND MIDDLE FORKS OF THE BOISE RIVER INTRODUCTION 10 THE YUKON DREDGE 11 WARREN 12 BOISE BASIN 13 DREDGING RARE METALS 14 OTHER DREDGE GROUNDS AND SNAKE-SALMON RIVERS 15 THE STRUGGLE FOR DREDGE CONTROL 16 AFTERMATH: THE CLEANUP 17 OVERVIEW EPILOGUE