Assay Office (Boise, Idaho)
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assay-office-boise-idaho-181-18697648
title:
Assay Office (Boise, Idaho)
text:
The Assay Office is a historic building at 210 Main Street in Boise, Idaho. It is significant for its role in the history of mining in Idaho, and was the first major federal government building in the Idaho Territory. During the first half of the 1860s, Idaho's gold production was the third highest in the nation. Due to the difficulty of transporting ores, which can be heavy, the long distance to the nearest U.S. Mint in San Francisco, there was great demand for an assaying office in Idaho that
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
United States historic place
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assay_Office_(Boise,_Idaho)
date created:
2008-02-03T04:39:47Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T01:03:01Z
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