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Located 65 miles south-east of Cascade, Deadwood was
one of mr.sy minim communities in Valley County to prosper
and dio,
It is reported that Deadwood was a byproduct of the
Ends= Bay Company and that prospectors were digging in the
area in 1363, if score old-timers, stories told were true.
In 1867 Nathan Smith a distinguished prospector revived
the Deadwood urines. The rallying cry throughout the Boise
Basin was "Deadwood or Nast." Deadwood City was "christened
and capped a:1.3'' by fall it was kno n as "quite a li Ue town."
The methods of ainingwent from placer to quartz duriAg
the period of 1867 to 1868. Using a "rough process" a rich
outcrop -was worked at the rate of 62 ounces to the ton on
May t6, ' 1868.
Idaho City dancing school teacher, J.G. Bohlen, dis-
c_-ve cd another rich Quartz ledge in July of 1868.
Pri_^.cip1 production between the two world wars was
from the Lost -Pilgrim lead-zino mine in the Deadwood district
which operated in 1924 to 1932,
The Bunker Lill and Sullivan miming company ceased op-
erations at Deadwood in 1932. Bell -I nterstac Mining g re-
opened operations in 1941.
At the location there was a lodgn with cabins and a
store to serve the miners and their families.
In 1942 a school was opened with Mrs. Chlarello teaching
five pupils. The interior of the school held four table-lik3
desks and four benches,
Oliver J.L. flower was apointed postmaster at :.Deadwood
June 2, 1944. Mail delivery was discontinued_September 15,
1948.and mail -was .rerouted to-:C scads::. Mrs.:Twi' a: L. 7P:att
served as the last poLmistress.
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BIBLIOGILLPHY
'Cascade News, March 25, 1938, Volumn XXIII, Number 510
Cascade News, January 2, 1941, Volumn XXIV, Number 10.
Gold Cams and Silver Cities, Idaho Bureau ()ranee and Geo-
logy, Bulletin Number 22, Februa^^y 1964.
Pamphlet 131, Idaho Bureau of Nines and Geology, Page 131.
Scenic Idho, 1963, Volumn IS, Number 1, Page 44.
Stibnite Miner, November 18, 1942, Volumn 1, Number 10,
Page 1.
Record of Irpointments of Postmaster for Idaho, 1832-Sentember-
30, 1971, Micro -Copy Number 041, Roll Number 26.