National Register of Historic Places

Moore Gulch Chinese Mining Site (10-CW-159)

Pierce, Clearwater County, Idaho
Listed
January 27, 1983
Type
Site
Period
Listed
Ref No.
83000285

About this property

The Moore Gulch Chinese Mining Site, site 10-CW-159, is an archeological site in Clearwater County, Idaho which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The site included 16 contributing structures and one contributing site. It was studied by archeologists in 1979–1981. The NRHP nomination states:The site is significant because it represents a complete mining complex containing living quarters, a trash dump, mine tailings, ditches, and the like relative to a Chinese mining community existing from 1870 to 1900. Chinese mining methods, a specialized system of mineral production can be studied here. It also contributes information important to the history of Chinese consumption of American-made goods, their assimilation into the American economy, and their reliance upon the China trade for goods desired but not available on the American market.

Location

Pierce, Clearwater County, Idaho

Categories

INDUSTRYHISTORIC - NON-ABORIGINALECONOMICSASIANSCIENCE
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When was Moore Gulch Chinese Mining Site (10-CW-159) listed on the National Register?

Moore Gulch Chinese Mining Site (10-CW-159) was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 27, 1983.

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Moore Gulch Chinese Mining Site (10-CW-159) is classified as a site in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Moore Gulch Chinese Mining Site (10-CW-159) is recorded as the listed era.

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