BOULDER CITY
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BOULDER CITY |
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NAME: Boulder City COUNTY: Boundary ROADS: 4WD GRID: 1 CLIMATE: Snow in winter, Hot in summer BEST TIME TO VISIT: most easily accessible during summer and fall |
COMMENTS:
Be sure to check out the cemetary about 1 mile past Boulder City. Most remains of Boulder City are off the road and require some easy walking. REMAINS: oue standing building which was the old school house, several foundations, ruins, partially standing houses |
| In 1910, Mr. J.M. Schnatterly founded Boulder City, Idaho. Schnatterly owned Idaho Gold and Ruby Mine ( a.k.a. Idaho Gold and Radium Mine). Schnatterly was quite the promoter, he claimed to have found a 15 in. wide vein of radium. Which would of been the richest vein in the world. Worth about 3 million dollars at that time. Unfortunately, there is no history that anyone else ever saw this vein of radium and after Schnatterly started his Idaho Gold and Radium Mine with $2 million of capital investment, the radium was never mentioned again. Schnatterly brought investors to Bonners Ferry, Idaho by train and then up the Kootenai River in his private launch to Leonia where they would be taken to the mine site by horse and buggy. Submitted by: Sara Matthews |
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