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The mining village during the period of the strike in 1892.
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The town at the time of the mining riots in 1892.
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Gorge Gulch. Upper End of Burke down which all Hercules Ore was hauled; One team of horses would bring the load of ore down but it took 6 teams of draft horses to take the empty wagon back up. Looking up the canyon through Gorge Gulch and very probably made in the early days of this old mining camp, 1907.
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A rock-drilling contest in Murray, on Labor Day, 1907. The drilling partners are identified as Walter Joy and Jess Kerr. The timekeepers are Charles Craven and Ed Collagen. The other two men are Walter Keister (second from left) and Pete Spalding (second from right).
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The Mother Lode's water-powered stamp mill on Prichard Creek, around 1890. The Mother Lode was among the first quartz lodes discovered in the Coeur d'Alene's during the gold rush.
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"Guido 'Firpo' Bardelli, during and after his illustrious boxing career, worked on numerous claims in the Coeur d'Alene Mining District. He is shown here repairing the portal of the Cleo Marie tunnel (named after his daughter and his sister) in the Murray district.
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Crew from Hecla Mine displaying rescue equipment used to assist in the Terrible Edith's fire on September 19th, 1929.
