Featured Mining Town: Wardner, Idaho
The town of Wardner was founded in 1885 at the site of the Bunker Hill mine, the Coeur d Alene Mining District's largest producer. In 1899, The non-union Bunker Hill mine was attacked by a large force of union miners, resulting in the destruction of the mill and office building. Continue Reading
Featured Mining Town: Burke, Idaho
Burke, Idaho was famous for being built in an impossibly narrow valley for a town site. Burke Canyon is just 300 feet wide, resulting in unprecedented and unusual building feats such as the Tiger Hotel that featured a railroad tunnel passing through the first floor. Continue Reading
Featured Mining Town: Wallace, Idaho
Wallace, Idaho is the economic center of the Coeur d Alene Mining District, in a region known as the Silver Valley in northern Idaho. The Silver Valley is the most valuable silver mining district in the United States with over a billion ounces of silver mined, and is one of the top three most valuable silver districts in the entire world. Continue Reading
Featured Mining Town: Bonanza, Idaho
Settled in 1877, Bonanza was the first major settlement in the Yankee Fork area of Salmon River country in Central Idaho. By 1881, Bonanza had a population of over 600 residents, making it temporarily the largest settlement in the area. Continue Reading
Featured Mining Town: Custer, Idaho
The town of Custer was laid out and settled starting in 1878, in conjunction with the planned construction of the General Custer Mill. Custer would grow to be the economic center of the Yankee Fork area of Central Idaho during the late 1800's. Continue Reading
New Photos from Bodie, California
Bodie, California is a gold mining town first settled in 1876. The town reached a peak of around 10,000 residents in the late 1800’s and began a long slow decline like many other mining boom towns in the West. Luckily the historical significance of Bodie was recongnized, and in 1962 it was designated as a Continue Reading
