Page 6: This aerial view of the Airport was taken from three thousand
feet. The graveled runway is 3800 feet long and 740 feet above sea level.
In the foreground is the Snake River.
Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology Bulletin 11, Plate II Contour interval 50 ft, datum is mean sea level. Includes numerical and alphbetical list of mining properties.
Phots shows the lower level of the Yellowjacket mill. Ore was dumped beside the mill, then washed into a trough that fed into the trommel screen. The trommel discharged onto the wilfly table which caught the free gold.
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...
A view looking down the main road in Mountain City. The street is a dirt road about 3 feet lower than the level of the sidewalks. Cars and trucks line the edge of the road. Several service stations, a casino, bars and cafes make up most of the...
