Bayhorse

Bayhorse
National Register of Historic Places
Abandoned day facilities of the Ramshorn Mine in Bayhorse
location	Custer County, Idaho
Coordinates	44 ° 23 '52 "  N , 114 ° 18' 42"  W Coordinates: 44 ° 23 '52 "  N , 114 ° 18' 42"  W
surface	64.75 ha
NRHP number	76000671
The NRHP added	1976

Bayhorse is a ghost settlement on Bayhorse Creek in Custer County , Idaho . In the narrow, deeply cut valley of the river with its side valleys, silver was mined in the late 19th century .

Bayhorse Creek is a tributary of the Salmon River about 10 kilometers long and has its source at Bayhorse Lake and Little Bayhorse Lake .

In March 1877 a silver lead galena deposit was discovered in the area, as a result the town of Bayhorse and the first mines emerged . In 1880 about 75 people lived in Bayhorse, five years later there were already 200. Smelting furnaces and a sawmill were also built in the settlement, a total of five mines ( Post Boy , Utah Boy , River View , Beardsley and Ramshorn ) produced ore for 450 ounces of silver per month. In 1885 there were three shops, five saloons , a hotel , a hostel, a restaurant and a butcher shop in Bayhorse in addition to several residential buildings . In 1889 almost 400 people lived in the village, which is how the place reached its zenith. When the Treasury Secretary William Windom lifted import restrictions on silver-lead gloss from Mexico in November 1889, the Bayhorse operation suddenly became unprofitable. The city was almost deserted within two weeks.

The settlement is relatively well preserved and is now a tourist attraction. In 2006, much of Bayhorse became part of the Land of Yankee Fork State Park and is open to the public .

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  Bayhorse Creek

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  Bayhorse Creek Valley

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  Old coal pile in Bayhorse

Individual evidence

1. ^ Bayhorse, Idaho - Silver in the Yankee Fork Mining District. In: Legends of America. Retrieved June 29, 2020 .