The old Boise Trail passed between the two points marked ""X"". Hells Canyon is behind or west of this mountain. A little to the north and east is ""Dry Diggings"" where much gold was found and ""picked up"" as there was no water for the usual type...
Timeline, map and description of Idaho's gold mining history from Pierce's discovery of gold on the Nez Perce reservation in 1860, to the boom in Murray.
Miner's Candlestick made of iron, 1 inch high, 1 3/4 inch wide, 9 inches long. Example of the "basic design" with thimble, spike and handle prevalent 1860-1865.
Mines and mineral resources-West (U.S.) --Gold mines and mining-Idaho-Nez Percé Indian Reservation.
Notes, publications, photocopies, and microfilm of research materials assembled for mineral claim surveys and studies prepared for the U.S. Department of Justice and the Indian Claims Commission (Docket No. 180-A) for Indian lands throughout the...
Reminiscences of farm and ranch life in early Idaho, collected by the Idaho Bicentennial Commission as a local documenation program. Includes descriptions of life in Valley, Owyhee, Power, Lemhi, Bonneville, Bonner, Gem, Elmore and Nez Perce...
Idaho. State Council of Defense. --Lawyers-Idaho-Boise-Records and correspondence. --Idaho-Biography-Sources. --Idaho-Politics and government-History-Sources.
Correspondence, legal briefs, and miscellaneous records relating to Johnson's work on the Idaho State Council of Defense, and clippings regarding Idaho territorial history, prominent Idahoans, and Idaho politics.
Gold Mine Trails are hand drawn on National Forest maps. --Trails include Nez Perce Trail, Elk City Trail, Milner Trail and others; 1 map : col. ; 46 x 56 cm.
Two miners working underground. Light is provided by carbide lamps attached to the miners hats. Miner in foreground is operating a column mounted drill.
Photograph of the Cumberland Mine and mill located on the Orofino Vein System on War Eagle Mountain in Owyhee County near Silver City. Mines on War Eagle produced silver between 1863 and 1875.
Mining; Gold mining; Gold; Indian reservations; Indigenous peoples; Prospecting; Miners
Part of the reference series from the Idaho State Historical Society about E. D. Pierce (1824-1897) and his prospecting. Instead of searching for gold in country that was reasonably accessible, he became obsessed with the opening of a new mining...