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
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
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
![[View of the mine at Long Gulch]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDEvdmlldy1vZi10aGUtbWluZS1hdC1sb25nLWd1bGNoLWY1MjBlYi0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/26/webp "[View of the mine at Long Gulch]")
[View of the mine at Long Gulch]
Drawing shows the gold mine at Long Gulch, near Yreka, California, and a few cabins that dot the landscape near it. Daniel Jenks' cabin is lower right. He bought a mining claim at Long Gulch on December 24, 185... More
Gold Hill Mill, Warm Spring Canyon Road, Death Valley Junction, Inyo C...
Significance: The Gold Hill Mill is associated with the operations of Louise Grantham, a mining entrepreneur and owner-operator of the highly successful Warm Springs Talc Mine. In addition to being a well-pres... More
Solomon River Gold Dredge, Nome, Nome Census Area, AK
Survey number: HAER AK-2 Public domain photograph of wooden church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Standard Gold Mill, East of Bodie Creek, Northeast of Bodie, Bodie, Mo...
Significance: The Standard mill is significant as an intact example of the "model California stamp mill" that developed from the flowering of nineteenth-century developments in mining and milling technologies i... More
Standard Gold Mill, East of Bodie Creek, Northeast of Bodie, Bodie, Mo...
Significance: The Standard mill is significant as an intact example of the "model California stamp mill" that developed from the flowering of nineteenth-century developments in mining and milling technologies i... More
Standard Gold Mill, East of Bodie Creek, Northeast of Bodie, Bodie, Mo...
Significance: The Standard mill is significant as an intact example of the "model California stamp mill" that developed from the flowering of nineteenth-century developments in mining and milling technologies i... More
Standard Gold Mill, East of Bodie Creek, Northeast of Bodie, Bodie, Mo...
Significance: The Standard mill is significant as an intact example of the "model California stamp mill" that developed from the flowering of nineteenth-century developments in mining and milling technologies i... More
Standard Gold Mill, East of Bodie Creek, Northeast of Bodie, Bodie, Mo...
Significance: The Standard mill is significant as an intact example of the "model California stamp mill" that developed from the flowering of nineteenth-century developments in mining and milling technologies i... More
Standard Gold Mill, East of Bodie Creek, Northeast of Bodie, Bodie, Mo...
Significance: The Standard mill is significant as an intact example of the "model California stamp mill" that developed from the flowering of nineteenth-century developments in mining and milling technologies i... More
Standard Gold Mill, East of Bodie Creek, Northeast of Bodie, Bodie, Mo...
Significance: The Standard mill is significant as an intact example of the "model California stamp mill" that developed from the flowering of nineteenth-century developments in mining and milling technologies i... More
Standard Gold Mill, East of Bodie Creek, Northeast of Bodie, Bodie, Mo...
Significance: The Standard mill is significant as an intact example of the "model California stamp mill" that developed from the flowering of nineteenth-century developments in mining and milling technologies i... More
Standard Gold Mill, East of Bodie Creek, Northeast of Bodie, Bodie, Mo...
Significance: The Standard mill is significant as an intact example of the "model California stamp mill" that developed from the flowering of nineteenth-century developments in mining and milling technologies i... More
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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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
Gold Placers Incorporated, Warehouse, Near Coal Creek & Yukon River, E...
Significance: Gold mining is an important theme in the history of the upper Yukon River region in Alaska and Canada. One of several mining camps in the area, the Coal Creek Mining Camp contains many important c... More
Butte City - Public domain scan / drawing
Drawing shows Butte City, California as it looked around 1854, an established mining community, when George Henry Burgess camped near there while seeking gold with his brother Charles. There are forty buildings... More
South Pass City, General View, South Pass City, Fremont County, WY
Significance: South Pass City was the focal point in the development in the Sweetwater Gold Mine Field, the largest gold rush area in Wyoming. In addition, it was the center of the first successful women's suf... More
Stampede Gold Mine, Kantishna, Denali Borough, AK
Survey number: HAER AK-31 Public domain photograph of attic, house frame, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
Butte Historic District, Bounded by Copper, Arizona, Mercury & Contine...
Public domain image of a train station in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Butte Historic District, Bounded by Copper, Arizona, Mercury & Contine...
Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Butte Historic District, Bounded by Copper, Arizona, Mercury & Contine...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a mural painting, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Butte Historic District, Bounded by Copper, Arizona, Mercury & Contine...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an office building, commercial building, 20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Butte Historic District, Bounded by Copper, Arizona, Mercury & Contine...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Pinto Wye Arrastra, Twentynine Palms, San Bernardino County, CA
Significance: The arrastra is an important example of nineteenth- and twentieth-century milling technology. This specimen is unusual because it used a wooden wheel as the pivot mechanism; only two of this type... More
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
Wall Street Gold Mill, Twentynine Palms, San Bernardino County, CA
Public domain scan of an old vintage map, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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 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 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 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
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
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
No. 1, below on Anvil Creek, last clean-up for a day & one half run, $...
No. 59. Label on verso: "Department of Commerce and Labor, Coast and Geodetic Survey. Shelf Mark: V945. Dr. H. S. Pritchett, Superintendent. State, Alaska. Locality, No. 1, below on Anvil Creek, a tributary to ... More
Gold Dust Mine, Mill, & Camp Complex, Shed, Ward Gulch, Salmon, Lemhi ...
For additional historical and descriptive information, see HAER ID-24. Significance: The Gold Dust Mine, Mill, and Camp are locally significant as a representative example of the small lode mines which operated... More
Royal Consolidated Mine & Mills, 4.0 Air miles Northwest of Copperopol...
Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
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
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
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
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
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
York Bridge, Federal Aid Secondary Route 280, Helena, Lewis and Clark ...
Significance: As a pin-connected Pennsylvania through truss structure, the bridge is not particularly significant for structural or engineering reasons. It is however, historically associated with the Helena Po... More
Bodie, General View, Bodie State Historic Park, Bodie, Mono County, CA
Significance: Bodie is a Registered National Historic Landmark, and California Historical Landmark #341. Placer gold was first discovered here in July, 1859 and a quartz vein was discovered in August, 1859; bu... More
Bodie, General View, Bodie State Historic Park, Bodie, Mono County, CA
Significance: Bodie is a Registered National Historic Landmark, and California Historical Landmark #341. Placer gold was first discovered here in July, 1859 and a quartz vein was discovered in August, 1859; bu... More
Gold in pan, Alaska. 19th century, Library of Congress collection
Public domain photograph - historical image of Alaska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Skidoo Mine, Park Route 38 (Skidoo Road), Death Valley Junction, Inyo ...
Significance: The Skidoo Mine is associated with the operations of the Skidoo Mine Company, Death Valley's most successful gold mine. Although the mill shows structural deterioration, the mill is otherwise a we... More
Skidoo Mine, Park Route 38 (Skidoo Road), Death Valley Junction, Inyo ...
Significance: The Skidoo Mine is associated with the operations of the Skidoo Mine Company, Death Valley's most successful gold mine. Although the mill shows structural deterioration, the mill is otherwise a we... More
Skidoo Mine, Park Route 38 (Skidoo Road), Death Valley Junction, Inyo ...
Significance: The Skidoo Mine is associated with the operations of the Skidoo Mine Company, Death Valley's most successful gold mine. Although the mill shows structural deterioration, the mill is otherwise a we... More
Skidoo Mine, Park Route 38 (Skidoo Road), Death Valley Junction, Inyo ...
Significance: The Skidoo Mine is associated with the operations of the Skidoo Mine Company, Death Valley's most successful gold mine. Although the mill shows structural deterioration, the mill is otherwise a we... More
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 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 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
Butte Mineyards, Butte, Silver Bow County, MT
Significance: Mining for gold began in Butte as early as 1864. This early boom was followed by a period of recession lasting from the late 1860s until 1874, when silver was discovered. Further expansion of mini... More
Fort Logan, Blockhouse, White Sulphur Springs, Meagher County, MT
Significance: Built in 1869-1870 as part of a military post established to protect the gold mining camps in the vicinity and the Fort Benton trade route. Fort Benton was the head of navigation on the Missouri ... More
Fort Logan, Blockhouse, White Sulphur Springs, Meagher County, MT
Significance: Built in 1869-1870 as part of a military post established to protect the gold mining camps in the vicinity and the Fort Benton trade route. Fort Benton was the head of navigation on the Missouri ... More
Davidson Ditch Waste Water Weir, Mile 63 of Alaska's Steese Highway, C...
Significance: The Davidson Ditch was among the State's earliest long distance aqueducts and it played an important role in the development of Alaska's gold-mining industry. J.B. Lippincott, consulting engineer... More
"Gold Dust." Placer mining at Rockerville, Dak. Old timers, Spriggs, L...
Three men placer mining with shovels, picks and pan. Copyright deposit. Title transcribed from item. Forms part of the John C. H. Grabill Collection.
Royal Consolidated Gold Mine & Mills, Royal Mill, 4.0 Air Miles Northw...
Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, architectural drawing, building plan, or design, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Hammon Consolidated Gold Fields, Nome, Nome Census Area, AK
Survey number: HAER AK-3 Building/structure dates: 1922 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1941 Subsequent Work
Hammon Consolidated Gold Fields, Nome, Nome Census Area, AK
Survey number: HAER AK-3 Building/structure dates: 1922 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1941 Subsequent Work
Steamboat Mine, Southeast slope of Steamboat Mountain, west of the jun...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an arch stone structure, bridge, or tunnel, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
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
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
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
Gold Hill Mill, Warm Spring Canyon Road, Death Valley Junction, Inyo C...
Significance: The Gold Hill Mill is associated with the operations of Louise Grantham, a mining entrepreneur and owner-operator of the highly successful Warm Springs Talc Mine. In addition to being a well-pres... More
Solomon River Gold Dredge, Nome, Nome Census Area, AK
Survey number: HAER AK-2 Public domain photograph of wooden church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Standard Gold Mill, East of Bodie Creek, Northeast of Bodie, Bodie, Mo...
Significance: The Standard mill is significant as an intact example of the "model California stamp mill" that developed from the flowering of nineteenth-century developments in mining and milling technologies i... More
Standard Gold Mill, East of Bodie Creek, Northeast of Bodie, Bodie, Mo...
Significance: The Standard mill is significant as an intact example of the "model California stamp mill" that developed from the flowering of nineteenth-century developments in mining and milling technologies i... More
Standard Gold Mill, East of Bodie Creek, Northeast of Bodie, Bodie, Mo...
Significance: The Standard mill is significant as an intact example of the "model California stamp mill" that developed from the flowering of nineteenth-century developments in mining and milling technologies i... More
Standard Gold Mill, East of Bodie Creek, Northeast of Bodie, Bodie, Mo...
Significance: The Standard mill is significant as an intact example of the "model California stamp mill" that developed from the flowering of nineteenth-century developments in mining and milling technologies i... More
Bodie Jail, Bodie, Mono County, CA
Significance: The town of Bodie was the result of a gold rush in 1859. By 1879, Bodie reached its pinnacle with Main Street being approximately one mile long. The typical building was a poorly constructed one... More
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, 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, 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, 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