Variety of landform complexes on a mountaintop removal site from the a...
Following the rally in Cabin Creek, and a meeting of the Appalachian Voices board of directors, Hume Davenport, of Southwings in Tennessee, took board members and residents of the Coal River Valley on a series ... More
Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy: Views in the Ural Mountains, survey of indust...
Photographic survey of the Ural Mountains industrial area circumscribed by Perm, Ufa, Cheliabinsk, and Verkhoture. Images document industrial facilities including mines (gold, copper, iron, and clay), factories... More
Morony Hydroelectric Facility, Morony-to-Rainbow 100 kV Transmission L...
Significance: The transmission line played an integral role in the growth of Montana's electrical and mining industries in the first half of the twentieth century. Its construction enabled the transmission of h... More
Virginia & Truckee Railroad Shops, Between Plaza, Ann, Stewart & Sophi...
Significance: This large building is the most impressive visible remainder of the Virginia and Truckee Railroad, one of the most famous of America's Short-Line Railroads. Unprocessed Field note material exists... 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
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
Bayview Community, Off Birmingport Road (State Highway 269), Birmingha...
Significance: Bayview reflects the adoption of "City Beautiful" planning ideals, first expressed in the District in the exemplary planning at Fairfield, by a major industrial entity TCI which utilized these... More
Anaconda Historic District, Park & Commercial Streets, Main Street vic...
Significance: Anaconda was established in 1885 by Marcus Daly on Warm Springs Creek, as the site of the smelter for the Amalgamated Copper Mining Company. The site was selected for its proximity to the mines a... 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
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
Miner's Delight, Atlantic City vicinity, Miners Delight, Fremont Count...
Significance: One of the three major communities in the South Pass Historic Mining District. Survey number: HABS WY-59
Black Hills & Fort Pierre Railroad Roundhouse, Terraville Avenue & Sun...
Significance: Begun in 1881 as the first railroad in the Black Hills, the Black Hills & Ft. Pierre has played an important role in the growth of the Homestake Mining Company, the region's largest mining concern... More
Silver King Mining Company, Ore Mill, Park City West, Park City, Summi...
Significance: At the beginning of the twentieth century the Silver King Coalition Mine in Park City, Utah, was both the largest producer of ore and ore-concentrates in the region and the largest dividend-payer ... More
Muscoda Red Ore Mining Community, Bessemer, Jefferson County, AL
Significance: The Muscoda Red Ore Mining Community included the finest concentration of worker housing and company-built community facilities in the District. Two schools, a church, medical dispensary, doctor'... More
Hortense Bridge, Spanning Chalk Creek on State Highway 162, Nathrop (h...
Significance: The bridge is technologically significant as a rare existing example of a very common early bridge, a timber/iron Queenpost truss. It is historically significant as an early span associated with a... More
Boyer Ranch, Gilbert's Storeroom, 44 miles east of Fallon, on U.S. Hig...
Significance: The stone building was erected by the Gilbert Brothers ca. 1860-1866. Nevada Place Names states that Dixie Valley was settled by southern sympathizers in 1861 and in that same year the second gol... More
North Branch Quantico Creek Bridge, Prince William Forest Park, on NPS...
Significance: This bridge is representative of a common bridge type that became indigenous to the late nineteenth to early twentieth century landscape of America: a low Pratt pony metal truss bridge. The bridg... More
Butte Mineyards, Kelley Mine, Butte, Silver Bow County, MT
Survey number: HAER MT-36-E Building/structure dates: 1947 Initial Construction
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Frisco Charcoal Kilns, Kiln No. 3, State Route 21 (Frisco), Milford, B...
Survey number: HAER UT-25-B Building/structure dates: 1877 Initial Construction
Tioga Road, Between Crane Flat & Tioga Pass, Yosemite Village, Maripos...
Public domain photograph of a mountain pass, mountains, nature, mountain range, view, landscape, rocks, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Tioga Road, Between Crane Flat & Tioga Pass, Yosemite Village, Maripos...
Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Merchants & Miners Transportation Company Building, 17 Light Street (1...
Survey number: HABS MD-1112 Public domain photograph - city, downtown, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ames Hydroelectric Plant, Ames, San Miguel County, CO
Significance: In 1890-91 L.L. Nunn built the world's first single-phase AC power transmission system at Ames in order to power the nearby Gold King Mine's stamp mill. The plant operated under a head of 320 feet... More
Ames Hydroelectric Plant, Ames, San Miguel County, CO
Significance: In 1890-91 L.L. Nunn built the world's first single-phase AC power transmission system at Ames in order to power the nearby Gold King Mine's stamp mill. The plant operated under a head of 320 feet... More
Genoa Peak Road, James Canyon Road, Glenbrook, Douglas County, NV
Significance: The Genoa Peak Road spur segments were part of a major log transport network associated with the Comstock mining era. This secondary spur segment in James Canyon once interconnected an elaborate ... More
Genoa Peak Road, James Canyon Road, Glenbrook, Douglas County, NV
Significance: The Genoa Peak Road spur segments were part of a major log transport network associated with the Comstock mining era. This secondary spur segment in James Canyon once interconnected an elaborate ... More
Genoa Peak Road, James Canyon Road, Glenbrook, Douglas County, NV
Significance: The Genoa Peak Road spur segments were part of a major log transport network associated with the Comstock mining era. This secondary spur segment in James Canyon once interconnected an elaborate ... More
Foster Gulch Mine, Bear Creek 1 mile Southwest of Town of Bear Creek, ...
Significance: The mines were part of the Montana Coal and Iron Company operations. The underground workings were connected to the Smith No. 3 mine where 74 men died in Montana's worst coal mine disaster in 1943... More
Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Bridge, Spanning Savannah River, Calhoun ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, railroad structure, train viaduct, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Marvine Colliery, West side Boulevard Avenue, between East Parker Stre...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, park architecture, outdoors, romantic atmospheric landscape, cemetery, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Marvine Colliery, West side Boulevard Avenue, between East Parker Stre...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a public building, auditorium, hall, commons, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Leesburg Townsite, Napias Creek, Salmon, Lemhi County, ID
Significance: The Leesburg Historic District has been listed in the National Register of Historic Places since 1975. It is significant as one of the earliest gold mining camps in Idaho. The buildings, associa... More
Leesburg Townsite, Napias Creek, Salmon, Lemhi County, ID
Significance: The Leesburg Historic District has been listed in the National Register of Historic Places since 1975. It is significant as one of the earliest gold mining camps in Idaho. The buildings, associa... More
Battle Creek Hydroelectric System, Battle Creek & Tributaries, Red Blu...
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Battle Creek hydroelectric system was a typical turn-of-the-century California hydroelectric system, characterized by high head plants, the use of the impulse... More
Battle Creek Hydroelectric System, Battle Creek & Tributaries, Red Blu...
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Battle Creek hydroelectric system was a typical turn-of-the-century California hydroelectric system, characterized by high head plants, the use of the impulse... More
Battle Creek Hydroelectric System, Battle Creek & Tributaries, Red Blu...
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Battle Creek hydroelectric system was a typical turn-of-the-century California hydroelectric system, characterized by high head plants, the use of the impulse... More
Battle Creek Hydroelectric System, Battle Creek & Tributaries, Red Blu...
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Battle Creek hydroelectric system was a typical turn-of-the-century California hydroelectric system, characterized by high head plants, the use of the impulse... More
Battle Creek Hydroelectric System, Battle Creek & Tributaries, Red Blu...
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Battle Creek hydroelectric system was a typical turn-of-the-century California hydroelectric system, characterized by high head plants, the use of the impulse... More
Battle Creek Hydroelectric System, Battle Creek & Tributaries, Red Blu...
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Battle Creek hydroelectric system was a typical turn-of-the-century California hydroelectric system, characterized by high head plants, the use of the impulse... More
Battle Creek Hydroelectric System, Battle Creek & Tributaries, Red Blu...
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Battle Creek hydroelectric system was a typical turn-of-the-century California hydroelectric system, characterized by high head plants, the use of the impulse... More
Battle Creek Hydroelectric System, Battle Creek & Tributaries, Red Blu...
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Battle Creek hydroelectric system was a typical turn-of-the-century California hydroelectric system, characterized by high head plants, the use of the impulse... More
Battle Creek Hydroelectric System, Battle Creek & Tributaries, Red Blu...
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Battle Creek hydroelectric system was a typical turn-of-the-century California hydroelectric system, characterized by high head plants, the use of the impulse... More
Telluride Power Company, Nunn Hydroelectric Plant, Southeast side of P...
Significance: This plant represents L.L. Nunn's first major hydroelectric generating facility outside of Colorado. At the time of completion (1898), it generated three-phase AC power at a pressure of 40,000 vo... 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
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
Open cut in the great Homestake mine, at Lead City, Dak.
Distant view of mine entrance; four men posed on or near three mining cars on tracks. Copyright deposit. Title transcribed from item. Forms part of the John C. H. Grabill Collection.
Genoa Peak Road, Spur Segment 1, Glenbrook, Douglas County, NV
Significance: The Genoa Park Road spur segments were part of a major log transport network associated with the Comstock mining era. This secondary spur segment once interconnected with an elaborate network of ... More
Genoa Peak Road, Spur Segment 1, Glenbrook, Douglas County, NV
Significance: The Genoa Park Road spur segments were part of a major log transport network associated with the Comstock mining era. This secondary spur segment once interconnected with an elaborate network of ... More
Genoa Peak Road, Spur Segment 1, Glenbrook, Douglas County, NV
Significance: The Genoa Park Road spur segments were part of a major log transport network associated with the Comstock mining era. This secondary spur segment once interconnected with an elaborate network of ... More
Terminal Dam, Tacoma, La Plata County, CO
Significance: It was an integral part of the Tacoma Project, an early hydroelectric development in southwest Colorado. The Project was constructed in the early 1900s to serve the needs of the mining operations ... More
Terminal Dam, Tacoma, La Plata County, CO
Significance: It was an integral part of the Tacoma Project, an early hydroelectric development in southwest Colorado. The Project was constructed in the early 1900s to serve the needs of the mining operations ... More
Kennecott Copper Corporation, Machine Shop, On Copper River & Northwes...
Significance: The Machine Shop was erected in 1916 as part of the general expansion of the Kennecott facilities that took place between 1915 and 1918. Over time, the Machine Shop was expanded to include additi... More
Kennecott Copper Corporation, Machine Shop, On Copper River & Northwes...
Significance: The Machine Shop was erected in 1916 as part of the general expansion of the Kennecott facilities that took place between 1915 and 1918. Over time, the Machine Shop was expanded to include additi... More
California Comstock Mill, Park City, Summit County, UT
Survey number: HAER UT-32 Building/structure dates: 1900 Initial Construction
Allison, N.M.. Cityscape photograph, Panoramic Photograph
J248493 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; P. Clinton Bortell; September 12, 1916. Copyright claimant's address: Gallup, N.M.
Butte Mineyards, Diamond Mine, Butte, Silver Bow County, MT
Survey number: HAER MT-36-B Public domain photograph of wooden church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Butte Mineyards, Diamond Mine, Butte, Silver Bow County, MT
Survey number: HAER MT-36-B Public domain photograph - Montana Folklife collection, ethnography, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Gannts' Quarry, Quarry Road, Sylacauga, Talladega County, AL
Significance: This quarry was worked before the Civil War, and produced a high quality marble. A stone from Gannt's Quarry was presented by the Masons of Alabama to the Washington Monument Society in 1851 and ... More
Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA
Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More
Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA
Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More
Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA
Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More
Ivan Thorall Steam Powered Sawmill, Chisana, Valdez-Cordova Census Are...
Significance: Sawmill for local mining camp of Chisana. Only boiler and engine remain of plant. Survey number: HAER AK-17 Building/structure dates: ca. 1913 Initial Construction
Park Utah Mining Company: Keetley Mine Complex, 1 mile East of U.S. 40...
Significance: The Keetley Mine is a good example of a 20th century mine complex built in the vicinity of Park City, Utah. It developed around a shaft originally built as a drain tunnel for the Ontario Mine in ... More
Nevada Lucky Tiger Mill & Mine, Mill, East slope of Buckskin Mountain,...
Survey number: HAER NV-18-J Public domain photograph - historical image of Nevada, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Fort Churchill (Ruins), U.S. 95-A, Old Buckland Ranch, Churchill, Lyon...
Survey number: HABS NV-10-17 Building/structure dates: ca. 1860 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000456
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
Town of Mount Union, Near U.S. Highway 522, Mount Union, Huntingdon Co...
See also HABS PA-5973 for related information. Significance: For the first half of the 20th century, Mt. Union was a center of refractory brick manufacture. Three brick plants were built early in the century an... More
Juniata Mill Complex, Mine & Camp Residence, 22.5 miles Southwest of H...
Survey number: HAER NV-24-N Public domain photograph of wooden church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Nevada Lucky Tiger Mill & Mine, East slope of Buckskin Mountain, Parad...
Survey number: HAER NV-18 Public domain photograph - historical image of Nevada, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Nevada Lucky Tiger Mill & Mine, East slope of Buckskin Mountain, Parad...
Survey number: HAER NV-18 Public domain photograph - historical image of Nevada, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
DeLamar Mercur Mines Company, Golden Gate Mill, Ophir, Tooele County, ...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Utah, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
DeLamar Mercur Mines Company, Golden Gate Mill, Ophir, Tooele County, ...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Utah, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
DeLamar Mercur Mines Company, Golden Gate Mill, Ophir, Tooele County, ...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Utah, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
DeLamar Mercur Mines Company, Golden Gate Mill, Ophir, Tooele County, ...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Utah, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Panorama of Bisbee, Arizona, Panoramic Photograph
H126145 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; West Coast Art Co.; April 20, 1909. Copyright claimant's address: Los Angeles, Cal.
Frisco Charcoal Kilns, State Route 21 (Frisco), Milford, Beaver County...
Significance: The five beehive Frisco Charcoal Kilns, built in 1877 by the Frisco Smelting Company, are significant as among the few remaining charcoal kilns in the state of Utah that retain much of their visua... More
Frisco Charcoal Kilns, State Route 21 (Frisco), Milford, Beaver County...
Significance: The five beehive Frisco Charcoal Kilns, built in 1877 by the Frisco Smelting Company, are significant as among the few remaining charcoal kilns in the state of Utah that retain much of their visua... More
Vermont Marble Quarry, Abandoned Mine Site, Limestone Hills, 2.25 mile...
Significance: The quarry was the only place where Meagher limestone was quarried. The gray limestone is mottled with yellowish-orange spots and was marketed as "Montana Black and Gold Marble." It was used for f... More
Nevada Lucky Tiger Mill & Mine, Hoist, East slope of Buckskin Mountain...
Survey number: HAER NV-18-I Public domain photograph of a desert, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Barker Lodge, Main House, Panther Junction, Brewster County, TX
1998 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Barker Lodge significance comes from its long standing association with local and regional historical events in the Big Bend country of West Texas. Since the... More
St. Elmo School House, Northwest corner, First Street & North Avenue, ...
Significance: The St. Elmo Schoolhouse is a well-preserved illustration of the wooden frame, one-room school built in many mining camps of Colorado during the 1870s and 1880s. Few other mining camp schoolhouse... More
St. Elmo School House, Northwest corner, First Street & North Avenue, ...
Significance: The St. Elmo Schoolhouse is a well-preserved illustration of the wooden frame, one-room school built in many mining camps of Colorado during the 1870s and 1880s. Few other mining camp schoolhouse... More
Pawnee Mill Stable & Blacksmith Shop, Poplar Street, South Side, Saint...
Significance: The only buildings surviving in St. Elmo associated with mining and milling. Also illustrates the role of horses and wagons in the mining and milling operations and the type of construction verti... More
Eureka No. 40, East of State Route 56, north of Little Paint Creek, Sc...
Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Orphan Lode Mine, Headframe, North of West Rim Road between Powell Poi...
Public domain photograph of Grand Canyon National Park, mountains, nature, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Orphan Lode Mine, Headframe, North of West Rim Road between Powell Poi...
Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Marvine Colliery, Oil House, West side Boulevard Avenue, between East ...
Significance: Marvine Colliery is important to local history for its relationship to the development of the Anthracite Mining Industry in northeast Pennsylvania, "The Anthracite Capital of the World" 1890-1930.... More
Coggins Gold Mine, Rich-Cog Mining Company, Eldorado, Montgomery Count...
Significance: Representative example of gold stamp mill. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-4 Survey number: HAER NC-4 Building/structure dates: 1913-1925 Initial Construction
Keefe-McDerby Mine Ditch, East of East Bidwell Street between Clarksvi...
The original survey used the address "East of East Bidwell Street between Clarksville Road and Highway 50." At the time of the addendum, the address was changed to "Between Clarksville Road and White Rock Road,... More
Pushor-Stark Building, North side, West Main Street, Saint Elmo (histo...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a gas station, convenience store, 20th-century small town, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Calipso Bridge, Spanning Yellowstone River, Terry, Prairie County, MT
Survey number: HAER MT-26 Building/structure dates: ca. 1907 Initial Construction
St. Elmo Historic District, Saint Elmo (historical), Chaffee County, C...
Significance: St. Elmo is unique for its vernacular wood frame and log architecture and its high degree of architectural integrity as a late 19th century Rocky Mountain mining town. Through its extant architec... More