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"Claim jumping", which happens to this day, is a case where one person overstakes the claims of another. This results in civil action, and sometimes violence. Claims staked on Federal-managed lands fall under Federal rules. Typically, the claim size is limited to 660'x 1320', or 20 acres (81,000 m 2). The claim must be either placer or lode ...
In July 1917, Hecla began sending its ore to the Bunker Hill Mine and Smelting Complex in Kellogg, Idaho, and by 1918, the Hecla mine shaft was reaching 2000 feet in depth. In 1920, Hecla acquired Federal Mining & Smelting Co.'s claims near Hecla, including the Tiger-Poorman. [2]: 33, 35, 38–39, 41–42, 46, 50
A ruling by Justice Norman Buck awarded O.O. Peck and Dr. J.T. Cooper of Murray, Idaho, a quarter interest in the Bunker Hill claim, since those two provided the ore-discovering jackass as a grubstake to Noah Kellogg. Noah Kellogg subsequently leased the claim to Jim Wardner, who went on to found the town of Wardner, Idaho on 4 April 1886. [3]
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In the late 1800s and early 1900s, Idaho City, Centerville, Placerville, Quartzburg, and Pioneerville were the principal centers of the Idaho gold mining industry. All the towns are connected by roads, and several roads lead to outside points. Idaho City, the county seat, is connected to Boise by a 32 mile long.
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