BOISE, Idaho — Sometimes history isn't just in the books, it's beneath our feet.

At the corner of Main Street, where the old Assay Office stands, a routine construction project turned into a time capsule of Boise's mining era.

Last fall, as crews were digging trenches for faster internet outside the building, they uncovered something a lot more interesting than fiber optic cable – old crucibles and forgotten fragments, dating back to the Gold Rush days.

Archaeologists are back to finish what construction crews accidentally started.

Dan Everhart, the outreach historian for the Idaho State Historic Preservation Office, said it's finally time.

" Here we are, not quite a year later, with the University of Idaho, and now we're taking the opportunity to be very scientific, but we're also s

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