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Mining camps

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Melvin & Lelah Buster, Leonia (Idaho) collection

 Collection
Identifier: P2024-002
Content Description

Collection contains 12 black and white photographs from the Melvin and Lelah Buster estate (c. 1917-1918). Some of these images capture the gold and ruby mining camp at Leonia, Idaho in 1917, and a portion are travel photographs from California.

Dates: 1917-1918

Muriel French collection of Blue Jacket Mine photographs

 Collection
Identifier: P1968-062
Content Description

Photographs of the Seven Devils region, mainly pictures of buildings and activities at the Blue Jacket Mine about 1900.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1898 - 1902

Stibnite Mine album

 Leaf
Identifier: P2024-005
Content Description

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.

Dates: 1940s