As an archaeologist I have learned that the Chinese were despised during the mining era during the gold rush and other early mining endeavors. Apparently, the Chinese were all but run out of Idaho during the big silver mining days of the late 19th century. Typically, the Chinese ended up purchasing mining rights to claims that were already used. They reworked the tailings and were often sold bogus claims. I have often found Chinese camps on the tailings piles of earlier mined areas. We usually identified the sites as Chinese by the typical ceramics we found as well as brass canisters and other metal debris not consistent with the earlier mining claims. Boise is one of the few (larger?) cities of the west without a strong Chinese population.

Our local Bogus Basin was named for a "bogus" claim.