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  • Collection: Northwest Miners and Mining

northwestminesandmineralID_19.tif
Mine buildings at the Monring Mine in Mullan, Idaho in the early 1890s. c. 1892

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View of the Standard Mine (later amalgamated with the Mammoth Mine) in Mace, Idaho in the early 1890s, ca. 1892

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Custer Mine Mill about 5 miles from Wallace, Idaho.

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

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

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View of the Morning Mine tunnel under construction, ca. 1890.

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Miners stand on scaffolding during placer operations at the Mother Lode Mine near Murray, Idaho, ca. 1890

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

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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.

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

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Miners work a hard rock mine in Idaho.

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

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Miners work placer mines in Delta with hydraulic equipment in this photo from the 1890s.

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The mine and mill of the Interstate Mine, ca. 1890.

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Bunker Hill and Sullivan Mill in Kellogg, Idaho, 1899.

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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.

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

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

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The Empire State-Idaho Mill (concentrator) at Sweeney (later called Bradley). Started by F. Lewis Clark and Charles Sweeney of Spokane, ca. 1900.

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The Bunker Hill and Sullivan mill before explosion of April 29, 1899.

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View of mine tunnel showing two miners operating an air hoist and ore car.

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Stoping drill at work removing ore from a vein face.

northwestminesandmineral_4.tif
Miners using hydraulic hoses remove surface rock and dirt from an evergreen covered hillside. Date unknown.

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View of three miners. No identification.

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View of two miners in an ore cart. Date unknown.

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

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A group of men drill within the stockade at the "bullpen" with wooden guns and swords, 1899.

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

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Panoramic view of the "bullpen" during the 1899 mining war. Taken in 1899.

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

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

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"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_Strikes020.tif
View of the Bunker Hill & Sullivan concentrator after its dynamiting on April 29, 1899.
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