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Memories of early Wisconsin and the gold mines,

Memories of early Wisconsin and the gold mines,

John Barber Parkinson's memoir begins with reminiscences about life in southern Wisconsin from the late 1830s through the early 1850s, before turning to an account of the eighteen-year old Parkinson's overland ... More

The Carissa Mine, South Pass City vicinity, South Pass City, Fremont County, WY

The Carissa Mine, South Pass City vicinity, South Pass City, Fremont C...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Nevada, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bald Mountain Gold Mill, Nevada Gulch at head of False Bottom Creek, Lead, Lawrence County, SD

Bald Mountain Gold Mill, Nevada Gulch at head of False Bottom Creek, L...

Significance: The technology used at Bald Mountain Gold Mill provides an excellent illustration of the development of the cyanide process of gold milling in the first half of the twentieth century. Historicall... More

Bald Mountain Gold Mill, Nevada Gulch at head of False Bottom Creek, Lead, Lawrence County, SD

Bald Mountain Gold Mill, Nevada Gulch at head of False Bottom Creek, L...

Significance: The technology used at Bald Mountain Gold Mill provides an excellent illustration of the development of the cyanide process of gold milling in the first half of the twentieth century. Historicall... More

Bald Mountain Gold Mill, Nevada Gulch at head of False Bottom Creek, Lead, Lawrence County, SD

Bald Mountain Gold Mill, Nevada Gulch at head of False Bottom Creek, L...

Significance: The technology used at Bald Mountain Gold Mill provides an excellent illustration of the development of the cyanide process of gold milling in the first half of the twentieth century. Historicall... More

Bald Mountain Gold Mill, Nevada Gulch at head of False Bottom Creek, Lead, Lawrence County, SD

Bald Mountain Gold Mill, Nevada Gulch at head of False Bottom Creek, L...

Significance: The technology used at Bald Mountain Gold Mill provides an excellent illustration of the development of the cyanide process of gold milling in the first half of the twentieth century. Historicall... More

Stampede Gold Mine, Kantishna, Denali Borough, AK

Stampede Gold Mine, Kantishna, Denali Borough, AK

Survey number: HAER AK-31 Public domain photograph - historical image of Alaska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Keane Wonder Mine, Park Route 4 (Daylight Pass Cutoff), Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Keane Wonder Mine, Park Route 4 (Daylight Pass Cutoff), Death Valley J...

Significance: After fifty years of tenacious but comparatively unprofitable gold mining activities in Death Valley, the Keane Wonder strike in 1904 became the heart of Death Valley's most prosperous two decades... More

Keane Wonder Mine, Park Route 4 (Daylight Pass Cutoff), Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Keane Wonder Mine, Park Route 4 (Daylight Pass Cutoff), Death Valley J...

Significance: After fifty years of tenacious but comparatively unprofitable gold mining activities in Death Valley, the Keane Wonder strike in 1904 became the heart of Death Valley's most prosperous two decades... More

Lost Horse Gold Mill, Twentynine Palms, San Bernardino County, CA

Lost Horse Gold Mill, Twentynine Palms, San Bernardino County, CA

Significance: The Lost Horse Gold Mine and Mill is a prime interpretive exhibit of efficient early western gold-mining practices and compactness of design, whereby the mine's ten-stamp mill was located directly... More

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