![]() Placer mining was active for several years for several miles along Pritchard Creek. It is estimated that the population reached close to 2000 people at the height of mining there. Placer deposits were mined from the Couer D’Alene River upstream almost all the way to the Montana border.Įagle began growing in 1881, and Murray was formed a few miles upstream as richer ground was discovered. The first community to build up was Eagle, at the confluence of Pritchard Creek and Eagle Creek. ![]() The discovery of placer gold on Pritchard Creek was what drew thousands of men to the small valley. Although gold had been mined here for decades prior to the discoveries at Murray, it was silver that attracted so much attention to the region. Not far to the south is the exceedingly rich Silver Valley, also known as the Couer D’Alene mining district. ![]() The rush to Murray is considered to be the last great gold rush in the lower-48 states.Īlthough the discovery of gold was made much later, this part of Idaho had been mined extensively for many years. The first discovery of gold in this remote region occurring nearly 4 decades after the gold was found at Sutter's Mill in California. Murray is a small mining community located in Idaho’s Panhandle region of northern Idaho near the Montana border.
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