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Mary Murphy Mining Complex, Mine Shaft House, Iron City (historical), Chaffee County, CO

Mary Murphy Mining Complex, Mine Shaft House, Iron City (historical), ...

Survey number: HAER CO-26-C Public domain photograph - historical image of Colorado, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Silver King Mining Company, Mineshaft & Main Hoist, Woodside Gulch, Park City, Summit County, UT

Silver King Mining Company, Mineshaft & Main Hoist, Woodside Gulch, Pa...

Significance: The Silver King Mining Company became one of the major producers in the Park City district of Utah and attained a brief reputation as the richest silver mine in the known world. One of the smalle... More

New Almaden Quicksilver Mine, New Almaden Quicksilver Mine County Park, New Almaden, Santa Clara County, CA

New Almaden Quicksilver Mine, New Almaden Quicksilver Mine County Park...

Significance: The New Almaden mine is the site of the first mercury deposit discovered on the American continent and has yielded metal of greater value than that of any other mine in the State, producing nearly... More

Joker Mine, Shafthouse, Medicine Bow National Forest, Northwest of Keystone, Keystone, Albany County, WY

Joker Mine, Shafthouse, Medicine Bow National Forest, Northwest of Key...

Survey number: HAER WY-45-A Building/structure dates: 1905 Initial Construction

Mary Murphy Mining Complex, Mine Shaft House, Iron City (historical), Chaffee County, CO

Mary Murphy Mining Complex, Mine Shaft House, Iron City (historical), ...

Survey number: HAER CO-26-C Public domain photograph of quarry, mining industry, miners, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gold Dust Mine, Mill & Camp Complex, Wards Gulch, Salmon, Lemhi County, ID

Gold Dust Mine, Mill & Camp Complex, Wards Gulch, Salmon, Lemhi County...

Significance: The Gold Dust Mine, Mill, and Camp are locally significant as a representative example of the small lode mines which operated in the Leesburg Basin during the late nineteenth and early twentieth c... More

Consolidation Coal Company Mine No. 11, Air-Manway Shaft, East side of State Route 936, Midlothian, Allegany County, MD

Consolidation Coal Company Mine No. 11, Air-Manway Shaft, East side of...

Significance: The air/manway shaft contained both escape stairs and an air shaft for Consolidation Coal Company Mine No. 11. It was a significant portion of the safety features of the mine. The air shaft was ... More

Drummond Coal Company Cedrum Mine, 8750 Pit, County Road 124, Townley, Walker County, AL

Drummond Coal Company Cedrum Mine, 8750 Pit, County Road 124, Townley,...

Survey number: HAER AL-44-A Public domain photograph of excavation, bulldozer, land management, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Grand Gulch Mine, Littlefield, Mohave County, AZ

Grand Gulch Mine, Littlefield, Mohave County, AZ

Significance: The Grand Gulch Mine was established by Samuel L. Adams, Richard Bentley, and other men from the Mormon settlement at St. George, Utah, in the early 1870s to work a vein of rich copper ore called ... More

New Almaden Quicksilver Mine, New Almaden Quicksilver Mine County Park, New Almaden, Santa Clara County, CA

New Almaden Quicksilver Mine, New Almaden Quicksilver Mine County Park...

Significance: The New Almaden mine is the site of the first mercury deposit discovered on the American continent and has yielded metal of greater value than that of any other mine in the State, producing nearly... More

Joker Mine, Shafthouse, Medicine Bow National Forest, Northwest of Keystone, Keystone, Albany County, WY

Joker Mine, Shafthouse, Medicine Bow National Forest, Northwest of Key...

Survey number: HAER WY-45-A Building/structure dates: 1905 Initial Construction

Joker Mine, Shafthouse, Medicine Bow National Forest, Northwest of Keystone, Keystone, Albany County, WY

Joker Mine, Shafthouse, Medicine Bow National Forest, Northwest of Key...

Survey number: HAER WY-45-A Building/structure dates: 1905 Initial Construction

Queen Mine, Shafthouse, Centennial Ridge, Medicine Bow National Forest, Centennial, Albany County, WY

Queen Mine, Shafthouse, Centennial Ridge, Medicine Bow National Forest...

Significance: As part of the Queen Mine, this structure is associated with events that have made significant contributions to the broad patterns of our history, i.e., early 20th century mining for precious meta... More

Iron miners before shaft house, ready for work in underground shafts, Hibbing, Minn.

Iron miners before shaft house, ready for work in underground shafts, ...

Stereograph showing a group of miners waiting outside in front of shaft house. H73732 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1906 by Underwood & Underwood. U-85469. On mount: Works and Studios Arlington, N.J., Little... More

El Paso Lode, Adjacent to Highway 67, .5 mile east of Cripple Creek, Cripple Creek, Teller County, CO

El Paso Lode, Adjacent to Highway 67, .5 mile east of Cripple Creek, C...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a coal mine, mining, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mary Murphy Mining Complex, Mine Shaft House, Iron City (historical), Chaffee County, CO

Mary Murphy Mining Complex, Mine Shaft House, Iron City (historical), ...

Survey number: HAER CO-26-C Public domain photograph - historical image of Colorado, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Silver King Mining Company, Mineshaft & Main Hoist, Woodside Gulch, Park City, Summit County, UT

Silver King Mining Company, Mineshaft & Main Hoist, Woodside Gulch, Pa...

Significance: The Silver King Mining Company became one of the major producers in the Park City district of Utah and attained a brief reputation as the richest silver mine in the known world. One of the smalle... More

New Almaden Quicksilver Mine, New Almaden Quicksilver Mine County Park, New Almaden, Santa Clara County, CA

New Almaden Quicksilver Mine, New Almaden Quicksilver Mine County Park...

Significance: The New Almaden mine is the site of the first mercury deposit discovered on the American continent and has yielded metal of greater value than that of any other mine in the State, producing nearly... More

Joker Mine, Shafthouse, Medicine Bow National Forest, Northwest of Keystone, Keystone, Albany County, WY

Joker Mine, Shafthouse, Medicine Bow National Forest, Northwest of Key...

Survey number: HAER WY-45-A Building/structure dates: 1905 Initial Construction

Drummond Coal Company Cedrum Mine, 8750 Pit, County Road 124, Townley, Walker County, AL

Drummond Coal Company Cedrum Mine, 8750 Pit, County Road 124, Townley,...

Survey number: HAER AL-44-A Public domain photograph of excavation, bulldozer, land management, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Iron miners at work in an underground "drift", Sellers' Mine, Hibbing, Minn.

Iron miners at work in an underground "drift", Sellers' Mine, Hibbing,...

Stereograph showing two miners working by candlelight in mine shaft. H73735 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1906 by Underwood & Underwood. U-85503. On mount: Works and Studios Arlington, N.J., Littleton, N.H.,... More

Gold Dust Mine, Mill & Camp Complex, Wards Gulch, Salmon, Lemhi County, ID

Gold Dust Mine, Mill & Camp Complex, Wards Gulch, Salmon, Lemhi County...

Significance: The Gold Dust Mine, Mill, and Camp are locally significant as a representative example of the small lode mines which operated in the Leesburg Basin during the late nineteenth and early twentieth c... More

Queen Mine, Shafthouse, Centennial Ridge, Medicine Bow National Forest, Centennial, Albany County, WY

Queen Mine, Shafthouse, Centennial Ridge, Medicine Bow National Forest...

Significance: As part of the Queen Mine, this structure is associated with events that have made significant contributions to the broad patterns of our history, i.e., early 20th century mining for precious meta... More

Consolidation Coal Company Mine No. 11, Air-Manway Shaft, East side of State Route 936, Midlothian, Allegany County, MD

Consolidation Coal Company Mine No. 11, Air-Manway Shaft, East side of...

Significance: The air/manway shaft contained both escape stairs and an air shaft for Consolidation Coal Company Mine No. 11. It was a significant portion of the safety features of the mine. The air shaft was ... More

Grand Gulch Mine, Littlefield, Mohave County, AZ

Grand Gulch Mine, Littlefield, Mohave County, AZ

Significance: The Grand Gulch Mine was established by Samuel L. Adams, Richard Bentley, and other men from the Mormon settlement at St. George, Utah, in the early 1870s to work a vein of rich copper ore called ... More

Utica Mine, Angels Camp, Calaveras County, CA

Utica Mine, Angels Camp, Calaveras County, CA

Survey number: HABS CA-1492 Building/structure dates: before 1860 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1865 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1893-1895 Subsequent Work

Silver King Mining Company, Mineshaft & Main Hoist, Woodside Gulch, Park City, Summit County, UT

Silver King Mining Company, Mineshaft & Main Hoist, Woodside Gulch, Pa...

Significance: The Silver King Mining Company became one of the major producers in the Park City district of Utah and attained a brief reputation as the richest silver mine in the known world. One of the smalle... More

Silver King Mining Company, Mineshaft & Main Hoist, Woodside Gulch, Park City, Summit County, UT

Silver King Mining Company, Mineshaft & Main Hoist, Woodside Gulch, Pa...

Significance: The Silver King Mining Company became one of the major producers in the Park City district of Utah and attained a brief reputation as the richest silver mine in the known world. One of the smalle... More

New Almaden Quicksilver Mine, New Almaden Quicksilver Mine County Park, New Almaden, Santa Clara County, CA

New Almaden Quicksilver Mine, New Almaden Quicksilver Mine County Park...

Significance: The New Almaden mine is the site of the first mercury deposit discovered on the American continent and has yielded metal of greater value than that of any other mine in the State, producing nearly... More

New Almaden Quicksilver Mine, New Almaden Quicksilver Mine County Park, New Almaden, Santa Clara County, CA

New Almaden Quicksilver Mine, New Almaden Quicksilver Mine County Park...

Significance: The New Almaden mine is the site of the first mercury deposit discovered on the American continent and has yielded metal of greater value than that of any other mine in the State, producing nearly... More

Gold Dust Mine, Mill & Camp Complex, Wards Gulch, Salmon, Lemhi County, ID

Gold Dust Mine, Mill & Camp Complex, Wards Gulch, Salmon, Lemhi County...

Significance: The Gold Dust Mine, Mill, and Camp are locally significant as a representative example of the small lode mines which operated in the Leesburg Basin during the late nineteenth and early twentieth c... More

Silver King Mining Company, Mineshaft & Main Hoist, Woodside Gulch, Park City, Summit County, UT

Silver King Mining Company, Mineshaft & Main Hoist, Woodside Gulch, Pa...

Significance: The Silver King Mining Company became one of the major producers in the Park City district of Utah and attained a brief reputation as the richest silver mine in the known world. One of the smalle... More

New Almaden Quicksilver Mine, New Almaden Quicksilver Mine County Park, New Almaden, Santa Clara County, CA

New Almaden Quicksilver Mine, New Almaden Quicksilver Mine County Park...

Significance: The New Almaden mine is the site of the first mercury deposit discovered on the American continent and has yielded metal of greater value than that of any other mine in the State, producing nearly... More

New Almaden Quicksilver Mine, New Almaden Quicksilver Mine County Park, New Almaden, Santa Clara County, CA

New Almaden Quicksilver Mine, New Almaden Quicksilver Mine County Park...

Significance: The New Almaden mine is the site of the first mercury deposit discovered on the American continent and has yielded metal of greater value than that of any other mine in the State, producing nearly... More

Gold Dust Mine, Mill & Camp Complex, Wards Gulch, Salmon, Lemhi County, ID

Gold Dust Mine, Mill & Camp Complex, Wards Gulch, Salmon, Lemhi County...

Significance: The Gold Dust Mine, Mill, and Camp are locally significant as a representative example of the small lode mines which operated in the Leesburg Basin during the late nineteenth and early twentieth c... More

Gold Dust Mine, Mill & Camp Complex, Wards Gulch, Salmon, Lemhi County, ID

Gold Dust Mine, Mill & Camp Complex, Wards Gulch, Salmon, Lemhi County...

Significance: The Gold Dust Mine, Mill, and Camp are locally significant as a representative example of the small lode mines which operated in the Leesburg Basin during the late nineteenth and early twentieth c... More

Queen Mine, Shafthouse, Centennial Ridge, Medicine Bow National Forest, Centennial, Albany County, WY

Queen Mine, Shafthouse, Centennial Ridge, Medicine Bow National Forest...

Significance: As part of the Queen Mine, this structure is associated with events that have made significant contributions to the broad patterns of our history, i.e., early 20th century mining for precious meta... More

Miners far down underground in, Sellers' Mine, Hibbing, Minn.

Miners far down underground in, Sellers' Mine, Hibbing, Minn.

Stereograph showing a group of miners in mine shaft. H73736 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1906 by Underwood & Underwood. U-85500. On mount: Works and Studios Arlington, N.J., Littleton, N.H., Washington, D.C... More

Dragging cars of iron ore through subterranean passages to the shaft Hibbing, Minn

Dragging cars of iron ore through subterranean passages to the shaft H...

Stereograph showing miners in mine shaft pushing large cars of iron ore. H73739 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1906 by Underwood & Underwood. U-85493. On mount: Works and Studios Arlington, N.J., Littleton, N... More

El Paso Lode, Adjacent to Highway 67, .5 mile east of Cripple Creek, Cripple Creek, Teller County, CO

El Paso Lode, Adjacent to Highway 67, .5 mile east of Cripple Creek, C...

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

El Paso Lode, Adjacent to Highway 67, .5 mile east of Cripple Creek, Cripple Creek, Teller County, CO

El Paso Lode, Adjacent to Highway 67, .5 mile east of Cripple Creek, C...

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

Silver King Mining Company, Mineshaft & Main Hoist, Woodside Gulch, Park City, Summit County, UT

Silver King Mining Company, Mineshaft & Main Hoist, Woodside Gulch, Pa...

Significance: The Silver King Mining Company became one of the major producers in the Park City district of Utah and attained a brief reputation as the richest silver mine in the known world. One of the smalle... More

Silver King Mining Company, Mineshaft & Main Hoist, Woodside Gulch, Park City, Summit County, UT

Silver King Mining Company, Mineshaft & Main Hoist, Woodside Gulch, Pa...

Significance: The Silver King Mining Company became one of the major producers in the Park City district of Utah and attained a brief reputation as the richest silver mine in the known world. One of the smalle... More

New Almaden Quicksilver Mine, New Almaden Quicksilver Mine County Park, New Almaden, Santa Clara County, CA

New Almaden Quicksilver Mine, New Almaden Quicksilver Mine County Park...

Significance: The New Almaden mine is the site of the first mercury deposit discovered on the American continent and has yielded metal of greater value than that of any other mine in the State, producing nearly... More

Joker Mine, Shafthouse, Medicine Bow National Forest, Northwest of Keystone, Keystone, Albany County, WY

Joker Mine, Shafthouse, Medicine Bow National Forest, Northwest of Key...

Survey number: HAER WY-45-A Building/structure dates: 1905 Initial Construction

Joker Mine, Shafthouse, Medicine Bow National Forest, Northwest of Keystone, Keystone, Albany County, WY

Joker Mine, Shafthouse, Medicine Bow National Forest, Northwest of Key...

Survey number: HAER WY-45-A Building/structure dates: 1905 Initial Construction

Joker Mine, Shafthouse, Medicine Bow National Forest, Northwest of Keystone, Keystone, Albany County, WY

Joker Mine, Shafthouse, Medicine Bow National Forest, Northwest of Key...

Survey number: HAER WY-45-A Building/structure dates: 1905 Initial Construction

Drummond Coal Company Cedrum Mine, 8750 Pit, County Road 124, Townley, Walker County, AL

Drummond Coal Company Cedrum Mine, 8750 Pit, County Road 124, Townley,...

Survey number: HAER AL-44-A Public domain photograph of excavation, bulldozer, land management, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dragging cars of iron ore through subterranean passages to the shaft Hibbing, Minn

Dragging cars of iron ore through subterranean passages to the shaft H...

Stereograph showing miners in mine shaft pushing large cars of iron ore. H73739 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1906 by Underwood & Underwood. U-85493. On mount: Works and Studios Arlington, N.J., Littleton, N... More

Silver King Mining Company, Mineshaft & Main Hoist, Woodside Gulch, Park City, Summit County, UT

Silver King Mining Company, Mineshaft & Main Hoist, Woodside Gulch, Pa...

Significance: The Silver King Mining Company became one of the major producers in the Park City district of Utah and attained a brief reputation as the richest silver mine in the known world. One of the smalle... More

New Almaden Quicksilver Mine, New Almaden Quicksilver Mine County Park, New Almaden, Santa Clara County, CA

New Almaden Quicksilver Mine, New Almaden Quicksilver Mine County Park...

Significance: The New Almaden mine is the site of the first mercury deposit discovered on the American continent and has yielded metal of greater value than that of any other mine in the State, producing nearly... More

New Almaden Quicksilver Mine, New Almaden Quicksilver Mine County Park, New Almaden, Santa Clara County, CA

New Almaden Quicksilver Mine, New Almaden Quicksilver Mine County Park...

Significance: The New Almaden mine is the site of the first mercury deposit discovered on the American continent and has yielded metal of greater value than that of any other mine in the State, producing nearly... More

Joker Mine, Shafthouse, Medicine Bow National Forest, Northwest of Keystone, Keystone, Albany County, WY

Joker Mine, Shafthouse, Medicine Bow National Forest, Northwest of Key...

Survey number: HAER WY-45-A Building/structure dates: 1905 Initial Construction

Joker Mine, Shafthouse, Medicine Bow National Forest, Northwest of Keystone, Keystone, Albany County, WY

Joker Mine, Shafthouse, Medicine Bow National Forest, Northwest of Key...

Survey number: HAER WY-45-A Building/structure dates: 1905 Initial Construction

Gold Dust Mine, Mill & Camp Complex, Wards Gulch, Salmon, Lemhi County, ID

Gold Dust Mine, Mill & Camp Complex, Wards Gulch, Salmon, Lemhi County...

Significance: The Gold Dust Mine, Mill, and Camp are locally significant as a representative example of the small lode mines which operated in the Leesburg Basin during the late nineteenth and early twentieth c... More

Drummond Coal Company Cedrum Mine, 8750 Pit, County Road 124, Townley, Walker County, AL

Drummond Coal Company Cedrum Mine, 8750 Pit, County Road 124, Townley,...

Survey number: HAER AL-44-A Public domain photograph of quarry, mining industry, miners, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cliff Shaft Mine Head Frame, Ishpeming, Marquette County, MI

Cliff Shaft Mine Head Frame, Ishpeming, Marquette County, MI

Significance: Because of its prominent location, the Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company believed it to be important that its new shaft house (replacing an earlier wooden structure) be architecturally pleasing as wel... More

New Almaden Quicksilver Mine, New Almaden Quicksilver Mine County Park, New Almaden, Santa Clara County, CA

New Almaden Quicksilver Mine, New Almaden Quicksilver Mine County Park...

Significance: The New Almaden mine is the site of the first mercury deposit discovered on the American continent and has yielded metal of greater value than that of any other mine in the State, producing nearly... More

New Almaden Quicksilver Mine, New Almaden Quicksilver Mine County Park, New Almaden, Santa Clara County, CA

New Almaden Quicksilver Mine, New Almaden Quicksilver Mine County Park...

Significance: The New Almaden mine is the site of the first mercury deposit discovered on the American continent and has yielded metal of greater value than that of any other mine in the State, producing nearly... More

Joker Mine, Shafthouse, Medicine Bow National Forest, Northwest of Keystone, Keystone, Albany County, WY

Joker Mine, Shafthouse, Medicine Bow National Forest, Northwest of Key...

Survey number: HAER WY-45-A Building/structure dates: 1905 Initial Construction

Queen Mine, Shafthouse, Centennial Ridge, Medicine Bow National Forest, Centennial, Albany County, WY

Queen Mine, Shafthouse, Centennial Ridge, Medicine Bow National Forest...

Significance: As part of the Queen Mine, this structure is associated with events that have made significant contributions to the broad patterns of our history, i.e., early 20th century mining for precious meta... More

Grand Gulch Mine, Littlefield, Mohave County, AZ

Grand Gulch Mine, Littlefield, Mohave County, AZ

Significance: The Grand Gulch Mine was established by Samuel L. Adams, Richard Bentley, and other men from the Mormon settlement at St. George, Utah, in the early 1870s to work a vein of rich copper ore called ... More

Grand Gulch Mine, Littlefield, Mohave County, AZ

Grand Gulch Mine, Littlefield, Mohave County, AZ

Significance: The Grand Gulch Mine was established by Samuel L. Adams, Richard Bentley, and other men from the Mormon settlement at St. George, Utah, in the early 1870s to work a vein of rich copper ore called ... More

Grand Gulch Mine, Littlefield, Mohave County, AZ

Grand Gulch Mine, Littlefield, Mohave County, AZ

Significance: The Grand Gulch Mine was established by Samuel L. Adams, Richard Bentley, and other men from the Mormon settlement at St. George, Utah, in the early 1870s to work a vein of rich copper ore called ... More

Mary Murphy Mining Complex, Mine Shaft House, Iron City (historical), Chaffee County, CO

Mary Murphy Mining Complex, Mine Shaft House, Iron City (historical), ...

Survey number: HAER CO-26-C Public domain photograph - historical image of Colorado, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New Almaden Quicksilver Mine, New Almaden Quicksilver Mine County Park, New Almaden, Santa Clara County, CA

New Almaden Quicksilver Mine, New Almaden Quicksilver Mine County Park...

Significance: The New Almaden mine is the site of the first mercury deposit discovered on the American continent and has yielded metal of greater value than that of any other mine in the State, producing nearly... More

New Almaden Quicksilver Mine, New Almaden Quicksilver Mine County Park, New Almaden, Santa Clara County, CA

New Almaden Quicksilver Mine, New Almaden Quicksilver Mine County Park...

Significance: The New Almaden mine is the site of the first mercury deposit discovered on the American continent and has yielded metal of greater value than that of any other mine in the State, producing nearly... More

New Almaden Quicksilver Mine, New Almaden Quicksilver Mine County Park, New Almaden, Santa Clara County, CA

New Almaden Quicksilver Mine, New Almaden Quicksilver Mine County Park...

Significance: The New Almaden mine is the site of the first mercury deposit discovered on the American continent and has yielded metal of greater value than that of any other mine in the State, producing nearly... More

New Almaden Quicksilver Mine, New Almaden Quicksilver Mine County Park, New Almaden, Santa Clara County, CA

New Almaden Quicksilver Mine, New Almaden Quicksilver Mine County Park...

Significance: The New Almaden mine is the site of the first mercury deposit discovered on the American continent and has yielded metal of greater value than that of any other mine in the State, producing nearly... More

New Almaden Quicksilver Mine, New Almaden Quicksilver Mine County Park, New Almaden, Santa Clara County, CA

New Almaden Quicksilver Mine, New Almaden Quicksilver Mine County Park...

Significance: The New Almaden mine is the site of the first mercury deposit discovered on the American continent and has yielded metal of greater value than that of any other mine in the State, producing nearly... More

Drummond Coal Company Cedrum Mine, 8750 Pit, County Road 124, Townley, Walker County, AL

Drummond Coal Company Cedrum Mine, 8750 Pit, County Road 124, Townley,...

Survey number: HAER AL-44-A Public domain photograph - historical image of Alabama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Drummond Coal Company Cedrum Mine, 8750 Pit, County Road 124, Townley, Walker County, AL

Drummond Coal Company Cedrum Mine, 8750 Pit, County Road 124, Townley,...

Survey number: HAER AL-44-A Public domain photograph of quarry, mining industry, miners, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Drummond Coal Company Cedrum Mine, 8750 Pit, County Road 124, Townley, Walker County, AL

Drummond Coal Company Cedrum Mine, 8750 Pit, County Road 124, Townley,...

Survey number: HAER AL-44-A Public domain photograph of excavation, bulldozer, land management, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Grand Gulch Mine, Littlefield, Mohave County, AZ

Grand Gulch Mine, Littlefield, Mohave County, AZ

Significance: The Grand Gulch Mine was established by Samuel L. Adams, Richard Bentley, and other men from the Mormon settlement at St. George, Utah, in the early 1870s to work a vein of rich copper ore called ... More

Shaft House, Active Mine, Virginia City, Storey County, NV

Shaft House, Active Mine, Virginia City, Storey County, NV

Survey number: HABS NV-15-84 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000458

Shaft House, Consolidated California & Virginia Mine, Virginia City, Storey County, NV

Shaft House, Consolidated California & Virginia Mine, Virginia City, S...

Survey number: HABS NV-15-85 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000458

New Almaden Quicksilver Mine, New Almaden Quicksilver Mine County Park, New Almaden, Santa Clara County, CA

New Almaden Quicksilver Mine, New Almaden Quicksilver Mine County Park...

Significance: The New Almaden mine is the site of the first mercury deposit discovered on the American continent and has yielded metal of greater value than that of any other mine in the State, producing nearly... More

New Almaden Quicksilver Mine, New Almaden Quicksilver Mine County Park, New Almaden, Santa Clara County, CA

New Almaden Quicksilver Mine, New Almaden Quicksilver Mine County Park...

Significance: The New Almaden mine is the site of the first mercury deposit discovered on the American continent and has yielded metal of greater value than that of any other mine in the State, producing nearly... More

Gold Dust Mine, Mill & Camp Complex, Wards Gulch, Salmon, Lemhi County, ID

Gold Dust Mine, Mill & Camp Complex, Wards Gulch, Salmon, Lemhi County...

Significance: The Gold Dust Mine, Mill, and Camp are locally significant as a representative example of the small lode mines which operated in the Leesburg Basin during the late nineteenth and early twentieth c... More

Drummond Coal Company Cedrum Mine, 8750 Pit, County Road 124, Townley, Walker County, AL

Drummond Coal Company Cedrum Mine, 8750 Pit, County Road 124, Townley,...

Survey number: HAER AL-44-A Public domain photograph of excavation, bulldozer, land management, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Drummond Coal Company Cedrum Mine, 8750 Pit, County Road 124, Townley, Walker County, AL

Drummond Coal Company Cedrum Mine, 8750 Pit, County Road 124, Townley,...

Survey number: HAER AL-44-A Public domain photograph of excavation, bulldozer, land management, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Silver King Mining Company, Mineshaft & Main Hoist, Woodside Gulch, Park City, Summit County, UT

Silver King Mining Company, Mineshaft & Main Hoist, Woodside Gulch, Pa...

Significance: The Silver King Mining Company became one of the major producers in the Park City district of Utah and attained a brief reputation as the richest silver mine in the known world. One of the smalle... More

New Almaden Quicksilver Mine, New Almaden Quicksilver Mine County Park, New Almaden, Santa Clara County, CA

New Almaden Quicksilver Mine, New Almaden Quicksilver Mine County Park...

Significance: The New Almaden mine is the site of the first mercury deposit discovered on the American continent and has yielded metal of greater value than that of any other mine in the State, producing nearly... More

Queen Mine, Shafthouse, Centennial Ridge, Medicine Bow National Forest, Centennial, Albany County, WY

Queen Mine, Shafthouse, Centennial Ridge, Medicine Bow National Forest...

Significance: As part of the Queen Mine, this structure is associated with events that have made significant contributions to the broad patterns of our history, i.e., early 20th century mining for precious meta... More

Grand Gulch Mine, Littlefield, Mohave County, AZ

Grand Gulch Mine, Littlefield, Mohave County, AZ

Significance: The Grand Gulch Mine was established by Samuel L. Adams, Richard Bentley, and other men from the Mormon settlement at St. George, Utah, in the early 1870s to work a vein of rich copper ore called ... More

New Almaden Quicksilver Mine, New Almaden Quicksilver Mine County Park, New Almaden, Santa Clara County, CA

New Almaden Quicksilver Mine, New Almaden Quicksilver Mine County Park...

Significance: The New Almaden mine is the site of the first mercury deposit discovered on the American continent and has yielded metal of greater value than that of any other mine in the State, producing nearly... More

Silver King Mining Company, Mineshaft & Main Hoist, Woodside Gulch, Park City, Summit County, UT

Silver King Mining Company, Mineshaft & Main Hoist, Woodside Gulch, Pa...

Significance: The Silver King Mining Company became one of the major producers in the Park City district of Utah and attained a brief reputation as the richest silver mine in the known world. One of the smalle... More

New Almaden Quicksilver Mine, New Almaden Quicksilver Mine County Park, New Almaden, Santa Clara County, CA

New Almaden Quicksilver Mine, New Almaden Quicksilver Mine County Park...

Significance: The New Almaden mine is the site of the first mercury deposit discovered on the American continent and has yielded metal of greater value than that of any other mine in the State, producing nearly... More

New Almaden Quicksilver Mine, New Almaden Quicksilver Mine County Park, New Almaden, Santa Clara County, CA

New Almaden Quicksilver Mine, New Almaden Quicksilver Mine County Park...

Significance: The New Almaden mine is the site of the first mercury deposit discovered on the American continent and has yielded metal of greater value than that of any other mine in the State, producing nearly... More

New Almaden Quicksilver Mine, New Almaden Quicksilver Mine County Park, New Almaden, Santa Clara County, CA

New Almaden Quicksilver Mine, New Almaden Quicksilver Mine County Park...

Significance: The New Almaden mine is the site of the first mercury deposit discovered on the American continent and has yielded metal of greater value than that of any other mine in the State, producing nearly... More

Queen Mine, Shafthouse, Centennial Ridge, Medicine Bow National Forest, Centennial, Albany County, WY

Queen Mine, Shafthouse, Centennial Ridge, Medicine Bow National Forest...

Significance: As part of the Queen Mine, this structure is associated with events that have made significant contributions to the broad patterns of our history, i.e., early 20th century mining for precious meta... More

Grand Gulch Mine, Littlefield, Mohave County, AZ

Grand Gulch Mine, Littlefield, Mohave County, AZ

Significance: The Grand Gulch Mine was established by Samuel L. Adams, Richard Bentley, and other men from the Mormon settlement at St. George, Utah, in the early 1870s to work a vein of rich copper ore called ... More

Joker Mine, Shafthouse, Medicine Bow National Forest, Northwest of Keystone, Keystone, Albany County, WY

Joker Mine, Shafthouse, Medicine Bow National Forest, Northwest of Key...

Survey number: HAER WY-45-A Building/structure dates: 1905 Initial Construction

Joker Mine, Shafthouse, Medicine Bow National Forest, Northwest of Keystone, Keystone, Albany County, WY

Joker Mine, Shafthouse, Medicine Bow National Forest, Northwest of Key...

Survey number: HAER WY-45-A Building/structure dates: 1905 Initial Construction

Queen Mine, Shafthouse, Centennial Ridge, Medicine Bow National Forest, Centennial, Albany County, WY

Queen Mine, Shafthouse, Centennial Ridge, Medicine Bow National Forest...

Significance: As part of the Queen Mine, this structure is associated with events that have made significant contributions to the broad patterns of our history, i.e., early 20th century mining for precious meta... More