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...
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...
Hydraulic placer mining on the Boise River near Twin Springs in Elmore County, Idaho. Photo shows a miner operating a hydraulic giant on a hillside while another miner is inspecting the runoff in the ground sluice below.
Ruby Creek Mine near Bovill in Latah County circa 1933. Photo shows mine buildings in fore ground three early 20th Century automobiles are parked in the yard. Two miners are pushing an ore car along the track in the midground of the photo. The...
Mule-drawn wagon train in the lower part of the town of De Lamar, on Jordan Creek, Owyhee County, Idaho. On ground, Eddie Morgan, nampa. on horseback, Bob Grant, father of donor. Copied from photo loaned by Earl Grant, Boise.
Wells Fargo (Snow) Taken winter of 1867 to 1873!!! Office not the same as 77-19-2. Two houses in back ground of blizzard indicates office located in Granite Block. In 1869 Photography Shop still at earlier location but not Wells Fargo. by 1873 it...
Panoramic view of Dewey, Idaho. The Trade Dollar Mine on hillside in the back ground. Houses, sheds, barns, and livestock line both sides of the stream.