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Florida Mountain Mining Sites, Stone Cabin II, West slope Florida Mountain, East of Empire State Mine below summit, Silver City, Owyhee County, ID

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Florida Mountain Mining Sites, Stone Cabin II, West slope Florida Mountain, East of Empire State Mine below summit, Silver City, Owyhee County, ID

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Summary

Significance: The ruins are associated with early methods of vernacular stone construction, and with early mining activity (1860s to 1880s) in southwestern Idaho. It may be associated with William Dewey and his Empire State claim on Florida Mountain.
Survey number: HAER ID-31-H
Building/structure dates: ca. 1860 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: ca. 1870 Subsequent Work

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Date

1969 - 1980
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Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Dewey, William
Florence, Hank, transmitter
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Library of Congress
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