Home > Idaho > Silver City vicinity > Florida Mountain Mining Sites, Empire State Mine, West side of Florida Mountain, Silver City, Owyhee County, ID
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HB426949
View Of Empire Mine Area With Tailings, Ore Chute, And Collapsed Buildings Visible, And Bare Switchback Hillside From Which #4, #5 And #6 Were Made
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HB426950
Empire State Mine
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HB426951
View Of Empire State Mine With Tailing Pile In Bottom Left And Collapsed Adit Located Below Dark Shadows In Far Right/lower Third
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HB426952
Empire State Mine Tailings, Ore Chute/bin, Collapsed Building From Below
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HB426953
Empire State Mine
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HB426954
Empire State Mine, Grizzley
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HB426955
Empire State Mine, Bed Springs
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HB426956
Empire State Mine, Upper Ore Shoot
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HB426957
Empire State Mine, Bottom Ore Bin/shoot
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HB426958
Empire State Mine, Collapsed Adit
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Data Pages
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Item Title
LocationWest side of Florida Mountain,
Silver City vicinity, ID
Find maps of Silver City, ID
Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1968.
Notes
Survey number HAER ID-31-D
Building/structure dates:
1880 initial construction
Significance: The site is associated with early mining activity (1880s to 1900s) in southwestern Idaho. It is also associated with William Dewey, a developer of mining sites on Florida Mountain.
Subjects
RuinsMines (industrial Facilities)
Related Names
Dewey, William
Collection
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. VIEW OF EMPIRE MINE AREA WITH TAILINGS, ORE CHUTE, AND COLLAPSED BUILDINGS VISIBLE, AND BARE SWITCHBACK HILLSIDE FROM WHICH #4, #5 AND #6 WERE MADE. CAMERA IS POINTED NORTHWEST.
2. EMPIRE STATE MINE. VIEW OF COLLAPSED BUILDINGS AT MINE WITH TAILINGS ON RIGHT. CAMERA POINTED SOUTHWEST. COLLAPSED ADIT APPROXIMATELY 25 YARDS UPHILL TO THE LEFT OF FAR BUILDING. TIP TOP AND ONTARIO ARE LOCATED OUT OF THE PICTURE TO THE RIGHT.
3. VIEW OF EMPIRE STATE MINE WITH TAILING PILE IN BOTTOM LEFT AND COLLAPSED ADIT LOCATED BELOW DARK SHADOWS IN FAR RIGHT/LOWER THIRD. COLLAPSED BUILDING AND PARTIAL VIEW OF ORE CHUTE/BIN IS VISIBLE ON HILLSIDE ABOVE TAILINGS. CAMERA POINTED NORTH/NORTHWEST.
4. EMPIRE STATE MINE TAILINGS, ORE CHUTE/BIN, COLLAPSED BUILDING FROM BELOW. CAMERA POINTED NORTHEAST.
5. EMPIRE STATE MINE. COLLAPSED SOUTHERN MOST BUILDING, CAMERA POINTED WEST. VISIBLE THROUGH WINDOW OPENING IS 'GRIZZLEY' IN ID-31-D-6 AND ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF BUILDING IS THE BED SPRINGS IN ID-31-D-9.
6. EMPIRE STATE MINE, GRIZZLEY. CAMERA POINTED NORTH.
7. EMPIRE STATE MINE, BED SPRINGS. CAMERA POINTED WEST.
8. EMPIRE STATE MINE, UPPER ORE SHOOT. CAMERA POINTED WEST-NORTHWEST.
9. EMPIRE STATE MINE, BOTTOM ORE BIN/SHOOT. TIN ROOF OF SOUTHERN MOST BUILDING AND UPPER ORE SHOOT VISIBLE. CAMERA POINTED EAST-NORTHEAST.
10. EMPIRE STATE MINE, COLLAPSED ADIT. CAMERA POINTED EAST.
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