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The images of Edward Lee Abbott span the late 1800s to the mid 1950s. They represent his immediate and extended family in various locations throughout Idaho as well as images of E.L.’s mining adventures. E.L.’s mining book contains information on Sunnyside, Viola & Grangeville Mine, War Eagle, Denver, and Comet. This collection contains family portraits as well as images and log book relating to mining.

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Notes, publications, photocopies, and microfilm of research materials assembled for mineral claim surveys and studies prepared for the U.S. Department of Justice and the Indian Claims Commission (Docket No. 180-A) for Indian lands throughout the West. Topics of studies represented include gold production on the Nez Perce Indian Reservation, Idaho (1860-1867).

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Collection of photographs from the Frank E. Johnesse estate. He was the president of the Boise Consolidated Mines Syndicate. Images include mining scenes, sawmills, and travel.

Summary First item is a typescript history (15 l. : ports. ; 29 x 23 cm.) of the L.L. Packer gold mining operation in the Boise Basin for the period of 1924-1958. Includes assay and placer location information, excerpts from various documents, and copies of photographs showing various mining operations and of Louie Leroy and Ruth Ellen Packer (1958). Prepared by a daughter of the Packers, in 1996. The second item is also a typescript history (unpaged: ports ; 29 x 23 cm.) entitled: "L.L. Packer:...

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Various maps and plats concerning the Lucky Boy Mine and surrounding property in Custer County, Idaho.