Man in center, vest & white shirt, is John McNish, Emmett pioneer of 1880s. An article in the February 3, 1957 Idaho Statesman indicated the photo was taken at the Gold Hill and Iowa Mine at Quartzburg in 1885. While these men came from all...
Man in center, wearing vest, and white shirt, is John McNish. He was an Emmett pioneer of the 1880's. An Idaho Statesman article, dated February 3rd, 1957 states that "the picture was taken at the Gold Hill mine in Quartzburg in 1885. While these...
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...
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.
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.
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...
Personal letter concerning experiences during the Thunder Mountain, Idaho, gold rush. Describes a prospecting trip that began in Meadows, Idaho and the ways that the trail was outfitted with gear and essentials. Describes the types of food and the...
Letter written to a friend from Bolton, Idaho describes family, and life in a mining town. Describes dancing, skating, parties, sleighing and snow in Deer Creek area. Describes the process of buying stock in the mining company and says to, "help a...
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...
Newspapers from the Roosevelt and Thunder Mountain area tells interesting stories, and describes area businesses that were later destroyed by the mudslide and flood. First page describes "The Golden Goal" of a miner which was to proceed at all...
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...
