Blueline print with information from the Bradley Mining County United State Geologic Survey map bulletin 969 plate 38. Shows Meadow Creek Mine, Yellow Pine Mine, Cinnabar Tunnel, East Fork of South Fork of Salmon River, Hermes Mine, schools,...
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...
Water wheel and water powered arrastra on Silver Creek near Pierce, Idaho. Arrastras were used to crush ore to liberate metals from the waste rock. Photo circa 1892.