Box P2024

Collection includes approximately 117 black and white photographs in an oversize photo album depicting scenes from the Stibnite Mine c. 1940s. Photos include mining operations and buildings, Jack Bradley Mine and housing at Midnight Creek, Meadow Creek bridge, East Fork bridge, Harold Bailey, flights and hangars, school children, Andy Anderson's Service Station, the Stibnite Mercantile, crew housing among other scenes.

"North end of pit showing conveyor and bungling crushed ore up on diagonal. At tops is building used to unload trucks."

"Views of Stibnite Mine in late 1940s all related to Tunsgen mining. Photos taken by professional photographer brought in by the Bradley family who owned this mine" (Don Bailey)

"Machine shop was right above the pit. Made special tools as well as repairing equipment."

"Building is west conveyor to bring ore at top dump stations where trucks unloads. Ore crusher being built at bottom."

"Deisel shovel used to dig ore. Ore then taken to crusher, ore then taken to survace by way of conveyor. Canyon filled with glacial till - all had to be removed."
"Harold Bailey Mine manager, watching drilling rig being set up on level place. Drill would be sent down and a charge of explosive would be placed and fired. This would break up large rock."

"Looking north into pit, shows top level of conveyor system. Nex level of conveyor being built. On right: trucks pulling and pushing large pice of equipment."

"South end of airport: mill, boarding ho use, employee ousing, assay office. Baileys original house small on right side of photo."
"View of both conveyor systems to station where crushed ore was dumped and taken to mill by truck."

"Trucks bringing ore to crushing plant. Then it was conveyed to top. On right was explosive storage. Lower right, hangar and Beech Travelair and other plane owned by company"

Aerial photos taken by Jack Bradley Mine owner, who was also a pilot. Mine, tailings pile, conveyors, road into camp, sawmill to make lumber, pipeline, housing at Midnight Creek."

"Conveyor belts and equipment on ball and rod mills"

"Upper camp: Original mill site, boarding house, assay lab, Bailey's original house on lower left of photo. Right: upper camp and airport, dam to contain tailings, dam to hold water for milling and for houses. Background (lower right photo) new school, hospital and recreation hall built during World War II."

"Right photo: Road coming into camp, two bridges (one over Meadow Creek, other over East Fork). Central area was pasture for horses. Central can see cut for power lines to Cinnabar Mine."

"Interior of mill building, begun before WWII for gold mining and then enlarged for milling Tungsten ore.".

"Photo on right shows recreation building and some housing."
"Navion [?] plane owned by company (5 passenger). Harold Bailey on right. Designed for high altitude take off and landings."

"Both photos show Navion pland and airport - past them are old mill and assay office. Would take off to north and land to south when wind was coming up canyon."

"Right: upper mill with truck."
"Middle photos: floatation chambers in mill used to separate ore from other rock to make a concentrate. This was dried and shipped."

"Top of photo shows the upper truck road, below is in main road. Below that is new housing for Tungsten mining. Under that was more gold and antimony."

"Constructing smelter used after WWII and used for only a few years."
"Left: School children, Don Bailey central, blond, Dick Bailey older by 6 years in back with glasses. Right: Spring 1949 when heavy snow cut off camp and DC3 from National Guard dropped food - "
"Right photo: Andy Anderson's service station with living quarters over it."

"Stibnite Mercantile was a general store and post office served by trucks coming from Boise or railroad to Cascade and trucks on into mine. Howard Evans, managed."