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Burro train--gold ore from Virginus mine near Ouray, Colo., U.S.A.

Burro train--gold ore from Virginus mine near Ouray, Colo., U.S.A.

9956 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by B.L. Singley. No. 9005. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Colorado, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy: Promyvka starateli︠a︡mi zolotonosnago peska. Berezovski, photographic print

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy: Promyvka starateli︠a︡mi zolotonosnago peska. ...

In album: Views in the Ural Mountains, survey of industrial area, Russian Empire, LOT 10335-A, no. 191. Credit line: Prokudin-Gorskiĭ photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.... More

Sainsevain Property, 14804 Summit Avenue, Fontana, San Bernardino County, CA

Sainsevain Property, 14804 Summit Avenue, Fontana, San Bernardino Coun...

Significance: The 1874 residence and ancillary structures a smokehouse and reservoir, are eligible for listing on the National Register according to Criteria A, B, C, (and D). The Sainsevain Complex is signif... More

Bullfrog Mine, Rhyolite, Nye County, NV

Bullfrog Mine, Rhyolite, Nye County, NV

Significance: Associated with the strikes that set off one of the last major gold mining booms in the Southwest. These strikes had a major impact upon the regional settlement patterns and economic activities o... More

Gold Placers Incorporated, Coak Creek Dredge, Near Coal Creek & Yukon River, Eagle, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, AK

Gold Placers Incorporated, Coak Creek Dredge, Near Coal Creek & Yukon ...

Significance: In 1934, Charles Janin, a prominent San Francisco mining engineer, designed a 4-cubic-foot dredge for Gold Placers Incorporated, a newly formed mining company organized by General A.D. McRae of Va... More

Twin Falls-Jerome Bridge, U.S. Highway 93 Spanning Snake River, Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, ID

Twin Falls-Jerome Bridge, U.S. Highway 93 Spanning Snake River, Twin F...

Significance: The bridge was built by The Union Bridge Company of Portland, Oregon. It is a cantilever deck truss that rises 550 feet above the height of the River. At the time of construction it was reported... More

Twin Falls-Jerome Bridge, U.S. Highway 93 Spanning Snake River, Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, ID

Twin Falls-Jerome Bridge, U.S. Highway 93 Spanning Snake River, Twin F...

Significance: The bridge was built by The Union Bridge Company of Portland, Oregon. It is a cantilever deck truss that rises 550 feet above the height of the River. At the time of construction it was reported... More

Bodie Railroad Station, Bodie State Historic Park, Bodie, Mono County, CA

Bodie Railroad Station, Bodie State Historic Park, Bodie, Mono County,...

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Knight Foundry, 13 Eureka Street, Sutter Creek, Amador County, CA

Knight Foundry, 13 Eureka Street, Sutter Creek, Amador County, CA

Significance: From the National Register of Historic Places nomination form: It was founded in 1873 by Samuel Newman Knight. The foundry and shops from their beginnings have been closely associated with the gol... More

Knight Foundry, 13 Eureka Street, Sutter Creek, Amador County, CA

Knight Foundry, 13 Eureka Street, Sutter Creek, Amador County, CA

Significance: From the National Register of Historic Places nomination form: It was founded in 1873 by Samuel Newman Knight. The foundry and shops from their beginnings have been closely associated with the gol... 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

Butte Historic District, Bounded by Copper, Arizona, Mercury & Continental Streets, Butte, Silver Bow County, MT

Butte Historic District, Bounded by Copper, Arizona, Mercury & Contine...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical building, landmark architecture, world heritage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Wall Street Gold Mill, Twentynine Palms, San Bernardino County, CA

Wall Street Gold Mill, Twentynine Palms, San Bernardino County, CA

Picryl description: Public domain image of a quarry, mine, excavation, or mining site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Wall Street Gold Mill, Twentynine Palms, San Bernardino County, CA

Wall Street Gold Mill, Twentynine Palms, San Bernardino County, CA

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

Shenandoah-Dives Mill, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San Juan County, CO

Shenandoah-Dives Mill, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San Juan County, ...

The original caption for photograph #30 incorrectly identified the lake as Silver Lake. It has been corrected to Little Giant Basin. Significance: The Shenandoah-Dives Mill is an exceptional example of early t... 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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