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=== History === | === History === | ||
The original mines on De Lamar Mountain were sold in September 1888 to Captain De Lamar, who developed his properties by building a mill, a hotel and several other buildings. He was bought out in 1891 by the De Lamar Mining Company of London, England, who continued to develop the claims and the town.<ref>A Historical, Descriptive and Commercial Directory of Owyhee County, Idaho, January, 1898. Silver City, Idaho: Press of the Owyhee Avalanche, 1898.</ref> | The original mines on De Lamar Mountain were sold in September 1888 to Captain De Lamar, who developed his properties by building a mill, a hotel and several other buildings. He was bought out in 1891 by the De Lamar Mining Company of London, England, who continued to develop the claims and the town. | ||
De Lamar had a Miners' Union, as well as an Odd Fellows Lodge and a Rebekah's organization.<ref>A Historical, Descriptive and Commercial Directory of Owyhee County, Idaho, January, 1898. Silver City, Idaho: Press of the Owyhee Avalanche, 1898.</ref> | |||
Mining returned to the area of De Lamar in 1975 with an open pit operation.<ref>Idaho's Owyhee: Snake River Country - An Auto Tour. Souvenir Edition. [n.p., c1987]. | |||
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