Silver City Idaho

Silver City Idaho is located in the Owyhee mountain range on the boarder of Idaho and Oregon.Gold was discovered along Jordan creek in 1863 by a group of prospectors led by Michael Jordan and the rush to the Owyhee mountains was on. At first the prospecting was limited to Jordan Creek, but soon rich deposits of gold and silver were discovered in the surrounding mountains(War Eagle Mountain), and the town of Silver City was born. The miners did not realize at the time, but they had uncovered on of Idaho's richest mineral lodes. Some of the mines were so rich that they generated intense battles between the mines. One such battle between the Ida Elmore and the Golden Chariot mines cost several miners there lives. This battle continued till the U.S. Cavalry arrived to stop the fighting.