Author: Clark C. Spence
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
ISBN: 160732475X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
A History of Gold Dredging in Idaho tells the story of a revolution in placer mining—and its subsequent impact on the state of Idaho—from its inception in the early 1880s until its demise in the early 1960s. Idaho was the nation’s fourth-leading producer of dredged gold after 1910 and therefore provides an excellent lens through which to observe the practice and history of gold dredging. Author Clark Spence focuses on the two most important types of dredges in the state—the bucket-line dredge and the dragline dredge—and describes their financing, operation, problems, and effect on the state and environment. These dredges made it possible to work ground previously deemed untouchable because bedrock where gold collected could now be reached. But they were also highly destructive to the environment. As these huge machines floated along, they dumped debris that harmed the streams and destroyed wildlife habitat, eventually prompting state regulations and federal restoration of some of the state’s crippled waterways. Providing a record of Idaho’s dredging history for the first time, this book is a significant contribution to the knowledge and understanding of Western mining, its technology, and its overall development as a major industry of the twentieth century.
A History of Gold Dredging in Idaho
Author: Clark C. Spence
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
ISBN: 160732475X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
A History of Gold Dredging in Idaho tells the story of a revolution in placer mining—and its subsequent impact on the state of Idaho—from its inception in the early 1880s until its demise in the early 1960s. Idaho was the nation’s fourth-leading producer of dredged gold after 1910 and therefore provides an excellent lens through which to observe the practice and history of gold dredging. Author Clark Spence focuses on the two most important types of dredges in the state—the bucket-line dredge and the dragline dredge—and describes their financing, operation, problems, and effect on the state and environment. These dredges made it possible to work ground previously deemed untouchable because bedrock where gold collected could now be reached. But they were also highly destructive to the environment. As these huge machines floated along, they dumped debris that harmed the streams and destroyed wildlife habitat, eventually prompting state regulations and federal restoration of some of the state’s crippled waterways. Providing a record of Idaho’s dredging history for the first time, this book is a significant contribution to the knowledge and understanding of Western mining, its technology, and its overall development as a major industry of the twentieth century.
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
ISBN: 160732475X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
A History of Gold Dredging in Idaho tells the story of a revolution in placer mining—and its subsequent impact on the state of Idaho—from its inception in the early 1880s until its demise in the early 1960s. Idaho was the nation’s fourth-leading producer of dredged gold after 1910 and therefore provides an excellent lens through which to observe the practice and history of gold dredging. Author Clark Spence focuses on the two most important types of dredges in the state—the bucket-line dredge and the dragline dredge—and describes their financing, operation, problems, and effect on the state and environment. These dredges made it possible to work ground previously deemed untouchable because bedrock where gold collected could now be reached. But they were also highly destructive to the environment. As these huge machines floated along, they dumped debris that harmed the streams and destroyed wildlife habitat, eventually prompting state regulations and federal restoration of some of the state’s crippled waterways. Providing a record of Idaho’s dredging history for the first time, this book is a significant contribution to the knowledge and understanding of Western mining, its technology, and its overall development as a major industry of the twentieth century.
Gold for the Taking
Author: Kathryn L. McKay
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Florence (Idaho)
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Florence (Idaho)
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
A History of Gold Mining on the Yankee Fork River, Custer County, Idaho
Author: George C. Stephens
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gold dredging
Languages : en
Pages : 4
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gold dredging
Languages : en
Pages : 4
Book Description
Mining History of South-central Idaho
Author: Clyde Polhemus Ross
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Idaho
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Idaho
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Grubstaking the Palouse
Author: Richard C. Waldbauer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Grubstaking the Palouse describes the activities of miners and how their search for riches influenced development of the Palouse country, one of Americas important agricultural regions.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Grubstaking the Palouse describes the activities of miners and how their search for riches influenced development of the Palouse country, one of Americas important agricultural regions.
Montana-Idaho Gold Dredging Co
Author: Montana-Idaho Gold Dredging Co
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gold dredging
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gold dredging
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Six Months in the New Gold-diggings
Author: John Lyle Campbell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
The Gold Camps and Silver Cities of Idaho
Author: Idaho Bureau Mines
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781501059667
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Mining historian Kerby Jackson introduces us to a classic mining work in this important re-issue of the Idaho Bureau of Mines publication "Gold Camps & Silver Cities: Wherein is Told the Story of the Rush of 1863 Into the Boise Basin and the Owyhee Country and of what Followed; how the Gold-seekers and Rainbow-runners Transformed a Hostile Wilderness Into Idaho Territory And, Later, Into the State of Idaho." Originally published in 1963, this important publication on Idaho Mining has not been available for nearly fifty years. Included are rare insights into the history of Idaho's Gold Rush, as well as the mad craze for silver in the Idaho Panhandle. Documented in fine detail are the early mining excitements at Boise Basin, at South Boise, in the Owyhees, at Deadwood, Long Valley, Stanley Basin and Robinson Bar, at Atlanta, on the famous Boise River, Volcano, Little Smokey, Banner, Boise Ridge, Hailey, Leesburg, Lemhi, Pearl, at South Mountain, Shoup and Ulysses, Yellow Jacket and Loon Creek. The story follows with the appearance of Chinese miners at the new mining camps on the Snake River, Black Pine, Yankee Fork, Bay Horse, Clayton, Heath, Seven Devils, Gibbonsville, Vienna and Sawtooth City. Also included are special sections on the Idaho Lead and Silver mines of the late 1800's, as well as the mining discoveries of the early 1900's that paved the way for Idaho's modern mining and mineral industry. Lavishly illustrated with rare historic photos, this volume provides a one of a kind documentary into Idaho's mining history that is sure to be enjoyed by not only modern miners and prospectors who still scour the hills in search of nature's treasures, but also those enjoy history and tromping through overgrown ghost towns and long abandoned mining camps. Note: This edition is a perfect facsimile of the original edition and is not set in a modern typeface. As such, some type characters and images might suffer from slight imperfections or minor shadows in the page background.
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781501059667
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Mining historian Kerby Jackson introduces us to a classic mining work in this important re-issue of the Idaho Bureau of Mines publication "Gold Camps & Silver Cities: Wherein is Told the Story of the Rush of 1863 Into the Boise Basin and the Owyhee Country and of what Followed; how the Gold-seekers and Rainbow-runners Transformed a Hostile Wilderness Into Idaho Territory And, Later, Into the State of Idaho." Originally published in 1963, this important publication on Idaho Mining has not been available for nearly fifty years. Included are rare insights into the history of Idaho's Gold Rush, as well as the mad craze for silver in the Idaho Panhandle. Documented in fine detail are the early mining excitements at Boise Basin, at South Boise, in the Owyhees, at Deadwood, Long Valley, Stanley Basin and Robinson Bar, at Atlanta, on the famous Boise River, Volcano, Little Smokey, Banner, Boise Ridge, Hailey, Leesburg, Lemhi, Pearl, at South Mountain, Shoup and Ulysses, Yellow Jacket and Loon Creek. The story follows with the appearance of Chinese miners at the new mining camps on the Snake River, Black Pine, Yankee Fork, Bay Horse, Clayton, Heath, Seven Devils, Gibbonsville, Vienna and Sawtooth City. Also included are special sections on the Idaho Lead and Silver mines of the late 1800's, as well as the mining discoveries of the early 1900's that paved the way for Idaho's modern mining and mineral industry. Lavishly illustrated with rare historic photos, this volume provides a one of a kind documentary into Idaho's mining history that is sure to be enjoyed by not only modern miners and prospectors who still scour the hills in search of nature's treasures, but also those enjoy history and tromping through overgrown ghost towns and long abandoned mining camps. Note: This edition is a perfect facsimile of the original edition and is not set in a modern typeface. As such, some type characters and images might suffer from slight imperfections or minor shadows in the page background.
Gold in Idaho
Author: William Wesley Staley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gold mines and mining
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gold mines and mining
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
Prospectus of the Idaho Gold Mining Company ...
Author: Idaho Gold Mining Company
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gold mines and mining
Languages : en
Pages : 18
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gold mines and mining
Languages : en
Pages : 18
Book Description