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  • Collection: Northwest Miners and Mining

northwestminesandmineralID_1.tif
An early view of the Morning Concentrator near Mullan, Idaho. Date unknown.

northwestminesandmineralID_3.tif
A composite showing the mines and features of Wallace, Idaho in the last decade of the 19th century. Composed while Jacob Lockman was mayor. Lower right-hand notes that the engineer of the Northern Pacific Engine No. 500 is L.W. Hutton - husband of…

northwestminesandmineralID_4.tif
Bunker Hill mill in Kellogg, Idaho. Taken in 1892.

northwestminesandmineralID_6.tif
Group of miners in the Coeur d'Alene, ca. 1910.

northwestminesandmineralID_7.tif
The day shift of the Tiger mine poses for a photograph. Date unknown.

northwestminesandmineralID_9.tif
Rail cars carry miners and ore to the Morning mill in the early days of its operation. Date unknown.

northwestminesandmineralID_8.tif
Miners use a hydraulic hoses to aid in placer mining on the Vestal claim before 1898.

northwestminesandmineralID_10.tif
Electrolytic zinc plant of the Sullivan Mining Co. under construction at Kellogg, Idaho and owned jointly by the Bunker Hill & Sullivan Mining & Concentrating Co. and the Hecla Mining Co. The stack to the left measures 255 ft in height. Note the…

northwestminesandmineralID_11.tif
Surface plant of the Bunker Hill & Sullivan Mining & Concentrating Co. at Kellogg, Idaho.

northwestminesandmineralID_12.tif
The Standard Mine on Canyon Creek in 1892. That year witnessed a series of strikes by miners at the Standard and other mines. In 1904, it merged with Mammoth and became the Mace mine.

northwestminesandmineralID_13.tif
Bunker Hill smelter at Kellogg, Idaho with the Sweeney Mill in the foreground. The Sweeney Mill is used in concentrating custom ores, ca. 1925.

northwestminesandmineralID_17.tif
Train cars wait at Frisco Mill in Mace, Idaho in 1892.

northwestminesandmineralID_25.tif
Miners pose on machinery and track at a mine site in the Coeur d'Alene. Date unknown.

northwestminesandmineralID_28.tif
A very early view of the Bunker Hill Mine and complex in Kellogg, Idaho, ca. 1890

northwestminesandmineralID_32.tif
View of mining activities, including freight rail traffic, in Burke during the 1890s.

northwestminesandmineralID_33.tif
South Mill of the Bunker Hill & Sullivan Mining & Concentrating Co. at Kellogg, Idaho. The mill is used to treat zinc ore from the Star Mine which is jointly owned by Bunker Hill & Sullivan and the Hecla Mining Co. Taken 1-27-1926.

northwestminesandmineralID_34.tif
Miners pose in front of a mine in the Coeur d'Alene mining district. Date unknown.

northwestminesandmineralID_35.tif
Miners work a hard rock mine in Idaho.

northwestminesandmineralID_36.tif
Miners pose with their equipment in a mine in the Coeur d'Alene region.

northwestminesandmineralID_41.tif
Children pose on a donkey in front of the Gove & Crane General Merchandise store in Kellogg, Idaho shortly after the start of the mining boom, ca. 1890.

northweststrikes_5.tif
Remains of Bunker Hill concentrator after April 29, 1899 explosion.

northwestminesandmineralID_42.tif
Miners haul equipment to a mine in the Coeur D'Alene district. Undated.

northwestminesandmineralID_43.tif
Miners and horses haul equipment to a mine in the Coeur d'Alene. Undated.

northweststrikes_1.tif
View from the railroad of Wallace, Idaho showing the tents of soldiers called to suppress the labor unrest of 1899.

northweststrikes_3.tif
View of the Frisco-Helena Mill following the July 11, 1892 explosion during the mining war of that year.

NW_Idaho_Mullan001.tif
The Mullan Fire Department poses on their engine in front of a brick building. Undated.

NW_Idaho_Wallace003.tif
Bird's eye view of Wallace over a decade after the 1910 fire. Note the brick construction. Rail cars filled with rock wait next to the railway station. Taken 1926.

NW_Idaho_Wallace005.tif
Very early bird's-eye view of Wallace prior to 1888.

NW_Strikes010.tif
A view of the bullpen of 1899 under construction, 1899.

NW_Strikes012.tif
"The riots 1899 arose when the assistant manager of the Bunker Hill Mine refused to recognize the consolidated miner's union. On April 29, a party of 200 masked men took possession of a Northern Pacific Train at Burke and collecting men, arms, and…

NW_Strikes013.tif
Group of participants in 1899 strike.

NW_Strikes014.tif
The interior of the bullpen showing prisoners' bunks and imprisoned residents of the Silver Valley, 1899.

NW_Strikes018.tif
Interior of the bullpen showing imprisoned miners eating with their plates on the ground, 1899.

NW_Mines_and_Mineral_Resources005.tif
View of three miners. No identification.

NW_Mines_and_Mineral_Resources_Idaho014.jpg
"The Standard Mine (In 1904 merged with Mammoth and became the Mace Mine)"

NW_Mines_and_Mineral_Resources_Idaho021.jpg
Custer Mine Mill about 5 miles from Wallace, Idaho.
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