Two miners working underground. Light is provided by carbide lamps attached to the miners hats. Miner in foreground is operating a column mounted drill.
mining; education; families; gold; history; livestock; country life; dogs;
A first person account of two daughters being raised in Idaho City from 1930 - 1943. They moved to Spanish Creek area in 1934 and wintered in Caldwell. The father was a gold miner. Describes his activities sluicing and panning gold. Describes their...
Mining; Forms (Documents); Certificates; Stock certificates; Money;
Stock certificates for the Grey Eagle, Silver City Mining and Milling Company and the May Queen Mining Company of Silver City; also includes prospectus for the May Queen Mining Company.
Pittsburgh & Idaho Mill buildings visible at the West end of Main street iin 1866 or 1867. Nine structures are arranged along a primitive road in the bottom of the gulch at Rocky Bar.
Three miners posed at mine portal standing by ore car. (Photograph slightly out of focus). The mine is located on the side of a mountain. A ore car is visible in front of the adit. Men are wearing hats, vests, and buttoned shirts.
"Compton I. White, Gen. Mgr., John Sharpe, (?)easer, Ivor Anderson; measuring new strike in the stope. 7' 10" as compared with engineer Rush J. White's estimate of 6 inches." Two miners stretching a measuring tape across the rock face as another...
left to right: unknown; unknown; Mrs. Ann (Daly) Morrison; Mr. Daly (father of Ann); Mrs. Daly (mother of Ann); Ann (Daly) Morrison's sister is sitting on Mr. Daly's lap.