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Winchroom of the Boston and Idaho Gold Dredging Company bucketline dredge located near Idaho City, Idaho in 1914. Winches were used to raise and lower the bucket ladder and the tailings stacker.
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.
Washing out gold using hydraulic mining equipment in the Salmon River Country, Lemhi County, Idaho. Hydraulic mining was done alongside mountains and riverbank.
View of the Idaho Comstock mine shaft, located 82 miles from Grangeville. Two miners operate a hand powered windless. A third miner is cutting logs in the background
Upper row: 1. Helen Murphy Blackinger (left), 2. Fred Irwin, Mgr. Idaho-Pittsburg later Trade Dollar Mine, 3. Permeal French, later Dean of Women, University of Idaho. Lower row: 1. R. H. Britt, Mgr. Poorman Mine.
Unidentified miners working at the Royal Placer at Rocky Bar, Elmore County, Idaho. The picture shows gold panning in progress. Note the variety of hats and clothing worn by the men. Circa 1900.
Underground mine opening (could be a stope) at the De Lamar Mine, Owyhee County, Idaho. Note the lack of timber or other types of underground support and the miner standing on the right.
Two miners working underground. Light is provided by carbide lamps attached to the miners hats. Miner in foreground is operating a column mounted drill.
Two miners drilling underground with a column mounted drill. Miners are wearing soft hats, not hard hats. Candles are used for illumination. Extra drill steel is visible on left side of photo. Photo probably taken at the Bunker Hill Mine circa...
Two men hand sorting ore at the Blue Jacket Mine in the Seven Devils Mining District in Adams County. around 1900. Miners sorted ore prior to sending it to a mill for processing. This ensured only the higher grade material was milled.
Trade Dollar Mine at Dewey in Owyhee County, Idaho. Crews from both the day and night shifts are outside the Blaine Tunnel. Photo taken May 1900. "Big Bill Haywood" in front row, fourth from right. Elisha Lewis of Silver City and Boise identifies...
Tracks leading from a underground mine covered by a snow shed at a mine in the Thunder Mountain Mining District of central Idaho. Photo shows miners, wooden buildings, cut trees.
Three miners posed at mine portal standing by ore car. (Photograph slightly out of focus). The mine is located on the side of a mountain. A ore car is visible in front of the adit. Men are wearing hats, vests, and buttoned shirts.