Scale not given. Includes names of mines in vicinity: Cortez Silver Lead Mines, East Silver Belt, Silver Mountain (Bunker Hill and Hecla), Princeton Mining Company, etc. Includes parts of Montana.
Close connected bucketline dredge owned and operated by the Bed Rock Dredging Company near Placerville, Idaho in 1898-1899. The dredge was named the H W Lippencott after the company president Howard Lippencott. The Bed Rock Dredging Company was a...
Two miners working underground. Light is provided by carbide lamps attached to the miners hats. Miner in foreground is operating a column mounted drill.
Two miners drilling underground with a column mounted drill. Miners are wearing soft hats, not hard hats. Candles are used for illumination. Extra drill steel is visible on left side of photo. Photo probably taken at the Bunker Hill Mine circa...
Switch gear of the first electric hoist used at the Bunker Hill Mine operated by the Bunker Hill and Sullivan Mining and Concentrating Company near Kellogg, Idaho. The hoist serviced the No. 1 shaft. Photo circa 1917.
Aerial view taken in 1936 by the National Geographic Salmon River Expedition showing ground being dredged in Warren Meadow. Note the dredge is in the middle of the photo. The general pattern of dredge ponds and tailings piles created in this...
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.
Conveyors and mill buildings in the "Glory Hole" at Bradley Mining Company's Stibnite mine in Valley County, Idaho. Photo was taken April 24, 1949. The mine and town of Stibnite are named after the antimony sulfide ore "Stibnite".
Two men hand sorting ore at the Blue Jacket Mine in the Seven Devils Mining District in Adams County. around 1900. Miners sorted ore prior to sending it to a mill for processing. This ensured only the higher grade material was milled.
Mine, mill buildings, and camp of the Sherman-Howe Mining Company mine in the Marshall Lake Mining District. Note most of the timber on the hillsides has been removed to get lumber to construct the buildings and for use as support timbers in the...
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...
Mining; Prospecting; Forms (Documents); Meetings; Ore industry;
Collection of documents, letters and assessments, pertaining to Triumph Mining Company. These documents cover the different mining claims owned by the Triumph mine and discusses the differences between the mine with the same name from the 1880s.
Legal documents, bills of sale, claims, and notices concerning mining operations at Churchill's Bar, Gold Hill, Dry Gulch, Elk Creek and Grey Back Gulch in the Boise Basin mining district, Idaho Territory.
