War Eagle has dozens of mines, each very small producers at the present time ( and I mean small ). Mostly mom & pop family affairs where ore is brought out by the kids with buckets. Nothing is modern or mechanized. Other than the Laoshan properties, I saw a claim plot of the mountain that looked like a quilt...and I mean that literally.
The only way that mountain would be mined in any real fashion is if someone much bigger buys out all of the little holders and consolidates it...then, puts the money needed into it to develop it.
I've been reading a little history on the mountain from the Idaho Bureau of Mines, and it is a real beauty of a place.
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