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Moore Gulch Chinese Mining Site

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Moore Gulch Chinese Mining Site (10-CW-159)
Nearest cityPierce, Idaho
Area73 acres (30 ha)
NRHP reference No.83000285[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 27, 1983

The Moore Gulch Chinese Mining Site, site 10-CW-159, is an archeological site in Clearwater County, Idaho which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]

The site included 16 contributing structures and one contributing site.[1]

It was studied by archeologists in 1979–1981. The NRHP nomination states:

The site is significant because it represents a complete mining complex containing living quarters, a trash dump, mine tailings, ditches, and the like relative to a Chinese mining community existing from 1870 to 1900. Chinese mining methods, a specialized system of mineral production can be studied here. It also contributes information important to the history of Chinese consumption of American-made goods, their assimilation into the American economy, and their reliance upon the China trade for goods desired but not available on the American market.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Thomas J. Green; Belinda Henry Davis (April 28, 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Moore Gulch Chinese Mining Site (10-CW-159)" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved February 10, 2018.

Archaeological sites in Idaho