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Northwest -- Idaho -- Wallace (#04)
Bird's-eye view of Wallace apparently prior to the Great Fire of 1910. Centered on the corner of 4th and Cedar Streets, the photo shows the explosive growth of this mining and timber center in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Taken c. 1900.
Northwest -- Idaho -- Wallace (#03)
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.
Northwest -- Idaho -- Mullan (#01)
The Mullan Fire Department poses on their engine in front of a brick building. Undated.
Northwest -- Idaho -- Mullan (#02)
Snowstorm Lumber Mill in Mullan showing new tree growth on the surrounding hillside. Taken c. 1892.
Northwest -- Idaho -- Burke (#04)
"Gorge Gulch. Upper End of Burke down which all Hercules Ore was hauled; One team of horses would bring the load of ore down but it took 6 teams of draft horses to take the empty wagon back up. Looking up the canyon through Gorge Gulch and very…
Northwest -- Idaho -- Burke (#03)
"This mining camp as it appeared in 1887." Signs indicate the locations of the Poorman and Tiger Mines. Taken August 1887.
Northwest -- Strikes (#04)
Panoramic view of the "bullpen" during the 1899 mining war. Taken in 1899.
Northwest -- Strikes (#03)
View of the Frisco-Helena Mill following the July 11, 1892 explosion during the mining war of that year.
Northwest -- Strikes (#02)
A group of men drill within the stockade at the "bullpen" with wooden guns and swords, 1899.
Northwest -- Strikes (#01)
View from the railroad of Wallace, Idaho showing the tents of soldiers called to suppress the labor unrest of 1899.
Northwest -- Mines and mineral resources -- Idaho -- Hercules (#02)
View of the mine and its vicinity shortly after the discovery of the vein, ca. 1895.
Northwest -- Mines and mineral resources -- Idaho -- Hercules (#01)
Building a warehouse among the original Hercule surface buildings near level #1. The three men working on the warehouse roof are Ed Hedin, August Paulsen and Jerome Day. Harry Day's horse stands near the center. Date unknown.
Northwest -- Mines and mineral resources -- Idaho (#46)
The Bunker Hill and Sullivan mill before explosion of April 29, 1899.
Northwest -- Mines and mineral resources -- Idaho (#45)
The Empire State-Idaho Mill (concentrator) at Sweeney (later called Bradley). Started by F. Lewis Clark and Charles Sweeney of Spokane, ca. 1900.
Northwest -- Mines and mineral resources -- Idaho (#43)
Miners and horses haul equipment to a mine in the Coeur d'Alene. Undated.
Northwest -- Mines and mineral resources -- Idaho (#42)
Miners haul equipment to a mine in the Coeur D'Alene district. Undated.
Northwest -- Mines and mineral resources -- Idaho (#41)
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.
Northwest -- Mines and mineral resources -- Idaho (#40)
Bunker Hill and Sullivan Mill in Kellogg, Idaho, 1899.
Northwest -- Mines and mineral resources -- Idaho (#38)
The mine and mill of the Interstate Mine, ca. 1890.
Northwest -- Mines and mineral resources -- Idaho (#37)
Miners work placer mines in Delta with hydraulic equipment in this photo from the 1890s.
Northwest -- Mines and mineral resources -- Idaho (#36)
Miners pose with their equipment in a mine in the Coeur d'Alene region.
Northwest -- Mines and mineral resources -- Idaho (#34)
Miners pose in front of a mine in the Coeur d'Alene mining district. Date unknown.
Northwest -- Mines and mineral resources -- Idaho (#33)
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.
Northwest -- Mines and mineral resources -- Idaho (#32)
View of mining activities, including freight rail traffic, in Burke during the 1890s.
Northwest -- Mines and mineral resources -- Idaho (#31)
Miners stand on scaffolding during placer operations at the Mother Lode Mine near Murray, Idaho, ca. 1890
Northwest -- Mines and mineral resources -- Idaho (#30)
View of the Morning Mine tunnel under construction, ca. 1890.
Northwest -- Mines and mineral resources -- Idaho (#28)
A very early view of the Bunker Hill Mine and complex in Kellogg, Idaho, ca. 1890
Northwest -- Mines and mineral resources -- Idaho (#25)
Miners pose on machinery and track at a mine site in the Coeur d'Alene. Date unknown.
Northwest -- Mines and mineral resources -- Idaho (#20)
View of the Standard Mine (later amalgamated with the Mammoth Mine) in Mace, Idaho in the early 1890s, ca. 1892
Northwest -- mines and mineral resources -- Idaho (#19)
Mine buildings at the Monring Mine in Mullan, Idaho in the early 1890s. c. 1892
Northwest -- Mines and mineral resources -- Idaho (#17)
Train cars wait at Frisco Mill in Mace, Idaho in 1892.
Northwest -- Mines and mineral resources -- Idaho (#15)
Man stands in front of Last Chance Mine buildings. Taken in 1895 near Wardner, Idaho.
Northwest -- Mines and mineral resources -- Idaho (#13)
Bunker Hill smelter at Kellogg, Idaho with the Sweeney Mill in the foreground. The Sweeney Mill is used in concentrating custom ores, ca. 1925.
Northwest -- Mines and mineral resources -- Idaho (#12)
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.
Northwest -- Mines and mineral resources -- Idaho (#11)
Surface plant of the Bunker Hill & Sullivan Mining & Concentrating Co. at Kellogg, Idaho.
Northwest -- Mines and mineral resources -- Idaho (#10)
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…
Northwest -- Mines and mineral resources -- Idaho (#08)
Miners use a hydraulic hoses to aid in placer mining on the Vestal claim before 1898.