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...
One photocopy of Smith's 1908 original diary with a typed transcript. The diary was written on a prospecting trip in Northern Idaho and Montana from July to November 1908. Robert Bush Smith was born on a farm in Big Flats, New York in 1882. As a...
Miners in the hoist room at a mine (probably the Checkmate) in the Pearl Mining District, Gem County, ID, Lower left man identified as L.S. Gerlough, later a Rhodes Scholar. Identified by T.D. Gerlough (now of San Francisco) of Squibb & County,...
Photo shows the Pittsburg, Confederate Star, and other properties in the Rocky Bar Mining District in Elmore County prior to 1884. The Elmore Mine mill was later built in this area. Note the man in the foreground.
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...
Six men and one woman are posed in front of a log cabin. A variety of men's clothing is represented. Earl Willson identifies the black woman as "Mandy" and the black man as "Brown Gravy Sam." Possibly Roosevelt.
Drilling contest in 1922 in Warren, Idaho. standing: L-R 1. Unknown, 2. Theodore Mauresburger, 3. Joe Powell, 4. Mannering, 5. Jack Murphy, 6. Austin James (owned freight line & drove from Salt Lake to Boise), 7. Harvey Smith, 8. Unknown, 9. Jess...
Some of the first buildings at Leesburg, Idaho. The photo taken in 1870 by A, F. Thrasher shows a group of men stand on a wooden sidewalk in front of the buildings. One man is mounted on a horse.
Residence of Henry Swanholm, Sr. Standing on the sidewalk John Rourt and children, 1890. 60-123-4 is a duplicate. (Information is different) Before the fire of 1892. The man is Cy Smith and daughters Irene and Maude. Smith was the father of Judge...
