Close connected Yuba Dredge manufactured by Yuba Manufacturing Company of California. Dredge was operated by the Yukon Gold Company near Murray, Idaho. Note sluices discharging fine tailings into the pond at the stern of the dredge. Larger rocks...
Trade Dollar Mine at Dewey, Idaho. Panoramic view with buildings in the foreground and the main Mill and tailings pile in the background, Horses and wagons are in the center.
Steam powered close connected bucketline dredge ooperating in Warren Meadows near Warren, Idaho prior to 1942. The dredge was owned by the Idaho Gold Dredging Company.
Arthur F. Baumhoff operating a Caterpiller tractor ahead of one of his dredges owned jointly with E. T. Fisher near Centerville, Idaho. Note close connected bucketline dredge in the background.
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Winchroom of the Boston and Idaho Gold Dredging Company bucketline dredge located near Idaho City, Idaho in 1914. Winches were used to raise and lower the bucket ladder and the tailings stacker.
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...
Headframe of the Queen of the Hill Mine near Bellevue, Blaine County, Idaho. The Silver Star Queen Mine is in the background. Mine buildings at the Silver Queen are erected on the waste dump above the forested valley floor.
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.
Mine and mill buildings at the Bradley Mining Company's Stibnite Mine in 1942. Note the mill building, offices, boarding house and hotel, also the busses and cars. Also note the tailings impoundment to the rear of the mill building. The Stibnite...
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...