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When the Iron Workers struck in response, the employers obtained injunctions and local ordinances that barred picketing or limited it to an ineffective display. Open shop demands still exist today. Non-union iron-working companies are in competition to take over union jobs, but the non-union hourly wage is based on the union rate.
While Idaho's dependence on mining has decreased, the state, which produces seventy-two types of precious and semi-precious stones, is still known as "The Gem State." Idaho is a top national producer of potatoes, trout, Austrian winter peas, and lentils. Its major industries are manufacturing, agriculture, food processing, timber, and mining.
Sharon Valley Historic District, in Sharon, Connecticut, a small community which grew an iron mining and refining operation during the late 19th century, including a lime kiln; Eastburn-Jeanes Lime Kilns Historic District, Newark, Delaware, NRHP-listed; Orofino Historic District, Orofino, Idaho, NRHP-listed, which includes several lime kilns.
In his book, “A Little Dam Problem,” former Idaho Attorney General Jim Jones wrote: “In 1983, an epic battle erupted between the State of Idaho and Idaho Power Company over the company’s ...
The Australian owner of a cobalt mine in Central Idaho plans more extensive study of cobalt at a remote site in the Salmon River Mountains, and the potential for a cobalt refinery, after securing ...
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Idaho's Governors. Boise, Idaho: College of Social Sciences and Public Affairs, Boise State University. ISBN 0-932129-13-7. Sowards, Adam M. ed. Idaho's Place: A New History of the Gem State (2014), essays; Stapilus, Randy. Idaho Myths and Legends: The True Stories Behind History's Mysteries (Rowman & Littlefield, 2020) online; Stoll, William ...