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...
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.
Bucketline, bucket ladder and front gantry of close connected bucketline dredge operated near Idaho City, Idaho. Note the size of the dredge buckets is comparison to the man in the foreground. The 15 cubic foot dredge was owned and operated...
Miner operating brake and reverse engine. Close up of pipes, springs, bearings, and valves. A mining employee is featured in the right side of the photo.
Folding miner's candlestick - combination-lock - metal - 7 3/4 inches long when fully extended - "Standard Design" with thimble and tab, spike, handle, and hook. Rare excellent workmanship, one of three known locking candlesticks. Next to the...
Close connected Yuba Dredge manufactured by Yuba Manufacturing Company of California. Dredge was operated by the Yukon Gold Company near Murray, Idaho. Note sluices discharging fine tailings into the pond at the stern of the dredge. Larger rocks...
Arthur F. Baumhoff operating a Caterpiller tractor ahead of one of his dredges owned jointly with E. T. Fisher near Centerville, Idaho. Note close connected bucketline dredge in the background.
Ball mill at the Bradley Mine mill at Stibnite in Valley County, Idaho circa 1940. This photo gives a close up view of the ball mills which are used to crush ore. The opening and trough where crushed ore exits the mill is clearly shown in the...