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.
Photo of two wilfley tables at the Yellowjacket Mill. Notice the bucket used to catch gold, bottom left. Materials ran down the trough from the first wilfley table to the second wilfley table.
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...
Miners working near ore bins for new sorting plant at the Morning Mine near Mullan in Shoshone County, Idaho. Note all the various supplies and mining and milling equipment.
Triumph Mine, the longest operated mine in the Wood River Valley, sitting at foot of sage-covered hills. There is a tailing pond in foreground, and a waste dump and shaft on the hillside in the background. The ore bins are at the very top of the...
Mining; Prospecting; Forms (Documents); Meetings; Ore industry;
Collection of documents, letters and assessments, pertaining to Triumph Mining Company. These documents cover the different mining claims owned by the Triumph mine and discusses the differences between the mine with the same name from the 1880s.
Panoramic view showing the headframe and main buildings at the Triumph mine near Hailey, Idaho in 1938. Automobiles and a pickup truck are shown in the yard.
Head of the navigation Coeur d'Alene River.The Northern Pacific steamer ""Georgia Oakes"" in dock at head of navigation on the Coeur d'Alene River near the location of the ""old mission."" The dock being constructed from the hull of the older...
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...
Portal of tunnel at the Rescue Mine near Warren in Idaho County, Idaho.This photo shows twelve miners and one dog posed at the mine entrance. Notice the variety of work clothing and hats. Mine timbers for shoring up the underground workings lie in...
Mine and Mill Buildings at the Oro Fino Mine on War Eagle Mountain near Silver City in Owyhee County. Photo was taken 1866. The Oro Fino Mine was discovered in August 1863. The mine was worked for a number of years by J. Marion More and David...
Trade Dollar Mill building and mine dump at Dewey, Idaho as they appeared in 1929 when they were purchased for $1,000 in back taxes by Jim Daly of Nampa, Idaho.
