Steam powered close connected bucketline dredge ooperating in Warren Meadows near Warren, Idaho prior to 1942. The dredge was owned by the Idaho Gold Dredging Company.
Photo of two wilfley tables at the Yellowjacket Mill. Notice the bucket used to catch gold, bottom left. Materials ran down the trough from the first wilfley table to the second wilfley table.
Phots shows the lower level of the Yellowjacket mill. Ore was dumped beside the mill, then washed into a trough that fed into the trommel screen. The trommel discharged onto the wilfly table which caught the free gold.
Hydraulic placer mining on the Boise River near Twin Springs in Elmore County, Idaho. Photo shows a miner operating a hydraulic giant on a hillside while another miner is inspecting the runoff in the ground sluice below.
Flotation cells in the mill at the Bradley Mining Company's Stibnite Mine. During World War II, this mine was one of the principal producer of tungsten and antimony in the United States.
Mine and Mill Buildings at the Oro Fino Mine on War Eagle Mountain near Silver City in Owyhee County. Photo was taken 1866. The Oro Fino Mine was discovered in August 1863. The mine was worked for a number of years by J. Marion More and David...
Miners outside one of the camp buildings at a mine in Rocky Bar, Elmore County, ID, probably taken in late 1800s. The men are holding miners candlesticks with unlit candles, pipes, and other equipment.
Mine and mill buildings at the Ima Mine near Patterson, Idaho. Located on the Pahsimeroi River. Photo shows the mine and buildings at the base of a rocky brush covered mountain as well as a residence in the right foreground. A tailings...
General Roberts' boiler in transit from Weiser to Warren, Idaho, to be used for the dredge in Warren's placer mines. View taken at (old) Meadows "Racing Park" 95 miles south of Grangeville, Idaho. J. A. Hansen photo, Grangeville.
View of two stationary steam engines. The interior view is well lit and clearly shows the large fly wheels, single cylinders, and connecting pipes and valves that make up the engine. A pile of nuts and bolts lies on the floor.
Mule-drawn wagon train in the lower part of the town of De Lamar, on Jordan Creek, Owyhee County, Idaho. On ground, Eddie Morgan, nampa. on horseback, Bob Grant, father of donor. Copied from photo loaned by Earl Grant, Boise.
Trade Dollar Mill building and mine dump at Dewey, Idaho as they appeared in 1929 when they were purchased for $1,000 in back taxes by Jim Daly of Nampa, Idaho.