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General correspondence (1959-1964); project files (1958-1959). Includes material on the "Nez Perce Gold Case" and correspondence, minutes, and other records relating to the Idaho State Board of Engineers (1947-1962).

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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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Stock account ledger of the Golden Glow Mining and Milling Company of Ketchum, Idaho.

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Copies of newspaper clippings from northwest newspapers describing mining activities, locations, and prospectors in what is now Idaho during 1860-1862.

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Collection created by the Idaho State Historical Society of miscellaneous photographs. Includes images of Silver City, Shoshone Falls, William H. Borah and E.W. Harold.

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1) "Surviving in Boise: An Impeccable and Incredible Fable of How I Grew Up in Boise, 1917-1928" 55 pp. and 2) "The Gold Minor: A Novel of Adventure" 76 pp. Both written by James M. Munro.

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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.

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This collection contains one photograph of Joseph Hutchinson, 1898 and a membership certificate issued by the Idaho State Mining Association, 1904.

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Ledger of an Idaho City grocer; receipt from the assay office, Boise, for the deposit of gold bullion by N.H. Young, Centerville, Idaho; by-laws of the Pioneer Irrigation District, Canyon and Ada Counties. Also includes two letters written in Dutch.

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.

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Register (July 19, 1936) of attendance at the seventieth anniversary of the discovery of gold in Leesburg, Idaho; Letters signed by President Woodrow Wilson and Vice President Thomas Marshall to Kirkpatrick thanking him for gift of gold dust.

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Collection consists of private company and federal reports and assessments, mostly photocopies relating to Sunshine Mine fire of May 2, 1972. The fire was one of the largest mine disasters in the United States resulting in the deaths of 91 miners.

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Correspondence, assay certificates, minutes of meetings, stockholder information, insurance policies, annual reports, and financial statements.

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Files maintained by Woodfred E. Romig as a mining engineer and private consultant, in part relating to his work with North Idaho mines, including the Bunker Hill Company and the Pend Oreille Mines and Metal Company.