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66-26-30
Title
Gold
Hill
Mine
,
Quartzburg
,
Idaho
1885
Description
Man
in
center
,
vest
&
white
shirt
,
is
John
McNish
,
Emmett
pioneer
of
1880s
. An
article
in the
February
3
,
1957
Idaho
Statesman
indicated
the
photo
was
taken
at the
Gold
Hill
and
Iowa
Mine
at
Quartzburg
in
1885
.
While
these
men
came
from
all
corners
of the
earth
, those
who
married
,
all
married
Idaho
girls
.
Left
to
right
,
seated
:
George
Gardener
,
miner
,
Civil
War
veteran
and
later
stockman
and
rancher
near
Emmett
;
Pretty
Smith
,
miner
;
second
row
,
left
to
right
;
Mile
Burke
,
hoistman
and
blacksmith
. A
49'er
with
General
Howard
in the
Bannock
War
, he
located
a
discovery
claim
at
Grimes
Pass
in
1863
. He
worked
20
years
at the
Gold
Hill
mine
, and
later
was
later
was a
stockman
and
rancher
;
Bill
Frame
,
foreman
;
Peter
Rude
,
miner
and
hoistman
. He
worked
a
lifetime
at this
mine
and
during
that
time
hoisted
millions
in
gold
ore
from
it
. He
married
Anna
Clowder
, a
girl
from the
Boise
Basin
. He
now
lives
in
Emmett
;
John
McNish
,
school
teacher
,
later
in the
lumber
and
mercantile
business
in
Emmett
;
Colburn
Gunderson
,
miner
,
married
Maggie
Zimmer
, a
Jerusalem
girl
.
Later
he was a
stockman
and
rancher
. They had
six
children
.
Dave
Cocenaur
,
mine
owner
;
Anthony
Peterson
,
miner
and
hoistman
,
later
rancher
and in the
ice
and
cold
storage
business
in
Emmett
,
married
Katherine
Thompson
,
Basin
girl
, were
parents
of
four
children
;
John
Hughes
,
miner
and
stage
driver
,
later
in the
contracting
business
;
George
Faull
,
miner
,
later
stockman
and
rancher
,
married
Mary
Woods
,
Jerusalem
girl
, had
six
children
;
Andy
Thompson
,
miner
,
later
rancher
and
stockman
,
married
a
Basin
girl
, had
two
children
;
back
row
:
first
man
unidentified
;
Frank
Conner
,
Pete
Conner
,
brothers
,
miners
,
later
ranchers
and
stockmen
;
William
Schelley
who
married
Druzela
Woods
, had
six
children
.
Others
in the
background
are
unidentifed
,
except
the
man
at the
extreme
right
next
to the
building
. He
is
James
Reed
,
miner
,
later
rancher
and
stockman
,
who
was
married
to
Elizabeth
Daley
and had
seven
children
. The
Gold
Hill
mine
operated
for
over
half
a
century
and
reportedly
produced
more
gold
than any
mine
in
Idaho
.
(
photograph
courtesy
of
Mike
BurPe's
grand
niece
,
Mrs
.
W.I
.
Kall
,
Oregon
City
,
Ore
.
Historical
information
by his
niece
and
husband
,
Mr
. and
Mrs
.
Ray
Hunt
,
Emmett.)
Date
1884-11-30
Subject (AAT)
miners
Publisher
Idaho State Historical Society
Rights
Copyright Idaho State Historical Society 2012. Permission is required for use in any form. For further information please contact the Idaho State Archives.
Spatial Coverage
Idaho(state)-Boise(county)-Quartzburg(inhabited
place)
Type
Image;StillImage
Format
image/jpeg
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