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Stibnite; Bunker Hill, Burke Canyon. Item Info

Title:
Stibnite; Bunker Hill, Burke Canyon.
Date Created:
1950
Description:
16mm color film (pos.) Kodachrome, approx. 300 ft. on a 7" reel, 3 splices. Stibnite, Idaho and the Bradley Mining Co. scenes from 1950, showing surface operations from a high vantage point, vans, a bulldozer at work, much on the miner's hospital and surrounding residences. Bunker Hill mining operations, showing pit mining as viewed from top rim, panoramic shots of surface operations, a close-up of a "Bucyrus-Erie 54B" steam shovel at work loading dirt into a truck, with views of surrounding residences of the miners. Morning Star mine residential areas and new streetlights. Hercules mine showing residential housing, and Burke, Idaho showing local terrain around the town/mine. Ch 3: 0:30 to 1:39 Bradley Mining Co. office and view 1:39 to 1:49 bulldozer at work 1:49 to 3:37 Stibnite town, church, and hospital 3:37 to 4:29 Bunker Hill open pit mine, with steam shovel 4:08-4:25 4:29 to 8:33 Electolytic Zinc Plant at Silver King, west of Bunker Hill Smelter which was west of Kellogg, Idaho. 8:33 Begins with the mine dump at the Morning Mine at Mullan, Idaho and mine facilities. 9:54 is the Morning Club at Mullan built by the Morning Mine as a community center at Mullan, Id. 10:24 begins with the Gem Mill at Gem, Idaho, used by the Hecla Mining Company at Burke, Idaho. 10:38 is the Tamarack & Custer mine near Burke, Idaho. 11:06 is the Hecla Mining companys Star Mine at Burke, Idaho. When the ore bodies of the Star & Morning were worked in conjunction(they were connected) it was called the Star-Morning Mine. Not the Morning Star. 11:21 is Burke, Id looking down canyon. 11:30 The 4 story building is the famous Tiger Hotel and the rest are out buildings for the Hercules Mining company, both at Burke, Id. 12:17 is the baseball field, Ahern Field, in upper Burke, Id.
Location:
Stibnite Kellogg Burke Idaho
Source:
Harry Webb Marsh Collection, Manuscript Group 23, Special Collections, University of Idaho Library
Source Identifier:
MG 23 Item 25
Type:
Image;MovingImage
Format:
video/mp4

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"Stibnite; Bunker Hill, Burke Canyon.", Harry Webb Marsh Collection, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/marsh/items/marsh006.html
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