Show PLACER GOLD ALONG SNAKE RIVER for F or many years gold has been known to exist in the valley of snake river particularly in the part of it that passes through southern idaho As early as 1862 prospectors are reported to have extracted gold from gravels in jackson hole it occurs at many places both on the present river bars and on terraces along the river r iver representing ancient levels of the water but it does not occur in quantity so great as to support large operations with marked financial though some miners have made a small amount of money probably the most extensive workings were in southern idaho in the vicinity of rupert minidoka Mini doka and american falls most of the gold is in III very small flakes having an average fineness of about has been produced since 1902 the earliest date for which records are available A little occurs with the gold but not in commercial quantities many dredges and process machines have been tried on snake river most of thern them depending on amalgamation for the recovery of the gold but the sluice and rocker the sluice sluicy supplemented ted by burlap tables have proved the roost most successful |