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...
Founded late in the fall before the big rush to Thunder Mountain in the beginning of 1902, Roosevelt soon became the leading camp in the new mining district. Thousands of men, having heard that Thunder Mountain was destined to be the biggest gold...