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Mines and mineral resources

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered works on the potential economic value of minerals or the technical aspects of locating and removing them from the earth. Works on the industries based on the extraction, processing, and commercialization of minerals are entered under [Mineral industries.] Works on the geochemical or geological aspects of naturally formed inorganic and organic compounds are entered under [Minerals.]

Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:

Postcards of Mullan, Idaho

 Collection
Identifier: P2003-004
Content Description

Mounted photographs of a mine in Mullan, Idaho and postcards of Mullan, Idaho including Hunter Mill, Morning Mill, and street views. Other postcards include Bunker Hill and Sullivan Mill from April 28, 1899, and views of Wallace, Idaho.

Dates: Existence: 1899

Seely collection of Boise glass plates

 Item
Identifier: P1960-120
Content Description

Glass plate negatives taken in Boise in 1947. Includes images of mines and Silver City. Glass plates found by Mrs. Willamette Seely in the attic of a house torn down in Boise in 1947.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1900 - 1940

Thomas D. Babbitt papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2/0764
Summary

Babbitt's appointment as U.S. deputy mineral surveyor with affidavits of sureties signed by William E. Borah and Edward H. Dewey; and a history of the Sinker Tunnel Mining Company.

Dates: 1901

Thunder Mountain mining history collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0032
Summary

Mounted photocopies of newspaper articles describing the mining activities of the Thunder Mountain area in central Idaho.

Dates: 1893 - 1975

William Taylor correspondence (1886-1890)

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2/0294
Summary

Correspondence from William Taylor in Era, Alturas County, Idaho Territory to his brother R. M. Taylor, regarding his experiences as a miner; and letters from William Taylor, in Antelope, Blaine County, Idaho, to his brother Rich Taylor, regarding his experiences as a farmer.

Dates: 1886 - 1890

Yesteryear Shoppe photograph collection

 Collection — Box 1977
Identifier: P1977-050
Content Description

This collection contains nine black and white photographic prints from across the state of Idaho, including two stereoscopic views.

Dates: 1885 - 1930