Editing Lemhi County, Idaho (section)

===Mining settlements===
F.B. Sharkey and his party struck gold at [[Leesburg, Idaho|Leesburg]] on July 16, 1866. The rush to Leesburg ensued within a month. A stagecoach route was established from Montana in May 1867 to the present location of Salmon City. Additional discovery of gold occurred at Lemhi in 1867 and [[Shoup, Idaho|Shoup]] in 1868. Salmon City became the county seat of Lemhi County when it was formed in 1869. Additional mining operations occurred at Yellow Jacket in 1869, [[Gibbonsville, Idaho|Gibbonsville]] in 1877, [[Gilmore, Idaho|Gilmore]] in 1880, Blackbird in 1892, and [[Leadore, Idaho|Leadore]] in 1904.<ref>{{cite web|title=Idaho State Historical Society Reference Series:LEESBURG|url=https://history.idaho.gov/sites/default/files/uploads/reference-series/0203.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005074421/http://history.idaho.gov/sites/default/files/uploads/reference-series/0203.pdf |archive-date=October 5, 2011 |url-status=live|publisher=Idaho State Historical Society|access-date=February 24, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Idaho State Historical Society Reference Series: Mining in Idaho|url=https://history.idaho.gov/sites/default/files/uploads/reference-series/0009.pdf|publisher=Idaho State Historical Society Reference Series|access-date=February 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180520142028/https://history.idaho.gov/sites/default/files/uploads/reference-series/0009.pdf|archive-date=May 20, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[Gilmore and Pittsburgh Railroad]] was completed from Dubois to Salmon on May 18, 1910. The railroad was built to access ore from Gilmore. The railroad ceased operations in 1940.<ref>{{cite web|title=Idaho State Historical Society Reference Series: GILMORE AND PITTSBURGH RAILROAD|url=https://history.idaho.gov/sites/default/files/uploads/reference-series/0215.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503190638/http://www.history.idaho.gov/sites/default/files/uploads/reference-series/0215.pdf |archive-date=May 3, 2012 |url-status=live|publisher=Idaho State Historical Society|access-date=February 25, 2017}}</ref>