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.
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...
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...
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.
Conveyors and mill buildings in the "Glory Hole" at Bradley Mining Company's Stibnite mine in Valley County, Idaho. Photo was taken April 24, 1949. The mine and town of Stibnite are named after the antimony sulfide ore "Stibnite".
Rear view of mill at Bradley Mining Company's Stibnite Mine in Valley County, Idaho circa 1940. This view shows the mill in its mountain setting. Many wooden buildings and sheds are visable on the mountainside and around the mill yard.
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...
Mine, mill buildings, and camp of the Sherman-Howe Mining Company mine in the Marshall Lake Mining District. Note most of the timber on the hillsides has been removed to get lumber to construct the buildings and for use as support timbers in the...
Mine and mill buildings at the Sherman-Howe Mine in the Marshall Lake Mining District of Idaho County, Idaho. The Sherman Howe Mine was located on a western extension of the Golden Anchor vein system. For information see "32nd Annual Report of the...
Mine and mill buildings at the Ima Mine near Patterson, Idaho. Located on the Pahsimeroi River. Photo shows the mine and buildings at the base of a rocky brush covered mountain as well as a residence in the right foreground. A tailings...
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.
Miners posed next to ore car in front of mine entrance, mine building on left. Mine tunnel near Idaho City Road - W.C. Dunbar (Center), Alfred Anderson (Right).
General Roberts' boiler in transit from Weiser to Warren, Idaho, to be used for the dredge in Warren's placer mines. View taken at (old) Meadows "Racing Park" 95 miles south of Grangeville, Idaho. J. A. Hansen photo, Grangeville.
De Lamar Mine mill buildings at bottom of hillside adjacent to Jordan Creek. Ore is transported from the mine to the mill in the covered chute in the center of the picture.
