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| 47 Down: The 1922 Argonaut Gold Mine Disaster - The dramatic and true story of America's worst gold mining disaster, 47 Down provides a chilling narrative of the miner's terrifying ordeal, the friends and family who kept hopeful vigil at the mine entrance, and the experts and rescue specialists who came from across the nation to help free the trapped men. |
| Alaska Gold Rush - Developed by the Alaska Rich Mining Project Committee to make archival, library and museum materials more accessible to users throughout the state and to assist teachers in using primary source materials in classrooms |
| Argo Gold Mine Tour - Located in Idaho Springs, Colorado. Offers Mill, Mine, and Museum Tour, Ghost Town Tour, and Prospecting Tour. |
| Australian Mining History Association - Founded and incorporated in 1995 |
| Ballarat Ghost Town - Located in Panamint Valley in California's Mojave Desert region, just outside of the western border of the Death Valley National Park |
| Beatty Museum - Bullfrog Mining District in Nevada |
| Bisbee Mining and Historical Museum - Located in the century-old former headquarters of the Copper Queen Consolidated Mining Company, at No. 5 Copper Queen Plaza, just off of Highway 80 in Bisbee, Arizona. |
| Black Hills Mining Musuem - Lead, South Dakota |
| Bob and Brian Exploring - Remote Nevada Sites |
| Bodie State Historical Park - In 1877, the Standard Company struck pay dirt and a gold rush transformed Bodie from a town of 20 people to a boomtown. Only a small part of the town survives, preserved in a state of "arrested decay." |
| Bodie - Story and pictures |
| Bodie State Historic Park - One of the largest and best preserved ghost towns in the West |
| Boom Towns and Relic Hunters - History of ghost towns and mining of Northeastern Washington State. |
| British Columbia Museum of Mining - Located at the Britannia Mine, which was shutdown in November, 1974. |
| Calico Ghost Town - Authentic Silver Mine tour, train, hiking trails, restaurants, gunfights, guided historical tours. |
| California Gold Country - |
| The California Gold Country: Highway 49 Revisited - From Malakoff & Co. Coins |
| California Ghost Towns - From Ecological 4-Wheeling Adventures |
| California History - Publishes the Dogtown Territorial Quarterly in Paradise, California since 1990, which covers a wide range of California history topics. |
| California State Library Gold Rush Exhibits - |
| California State Mining and Mineral Museum - In addition to excellent permanent displays, the museum features special temporary exhibits which highlight world-class specimens from other institutions as well as from some of California's finest private collections! |
| Cal-Neva Ghost Towns Directory - Information on Lost Gold Mines, California Ghost Towns, Nevada Ghost Towns, travel suggestions, photos, and maps, gold prospecting, metal detectors users, collectors of treasures of the Old West. |
| Central Deborah Gold Mine - Mine tours in Bendigo, Australia |
| Central Nevada Museum - Goal is to introduce newcomers to our part of the world, which extends to roughly a 100-mile radius around Tonopah. |
| Cerro Gordo - |
| Chloride, Arizona - 1860s silver camp |
| Cobalt Mining Legacy - |
| Cobalt, Ontario, Canada - Features Cobalt History, Heritage Silver Trail, Mining Museum, and more ... |
| Coloma Gold Discovery - The find that started the 1949 California Gold Rush |
| Colorado Ghost Town Tours - Ghost Town and Prospecting Tour |
| Colorado Ghost Towns - |
| Colorado Ghost Towns - Six (6) sites for your enjoyment |
| Colorado: lore, legend, and fact... - Several interesting articles on Colorado mining history |
| Colorado Mining Districts - Nice map with descriptions |
| Columbia State Historic Park - In 1945 the State Legislature made the site a State Historic Park in order to preserve a typical Gold Rush town, an example of one of the most colorful eras in American history |
| Columbia State Historic Park - Located in the heart of the Mother Lode. |
| Consolidated Gold Mine - Site of first gold rush (Dahlonega, Georgia) |
| Copper Harbor, Michigan - Copper discovered in 1843, includes a History page |
| Copper Mining - Gallery at the Michigan Historical Museum |
| Copper Mining in Nevada - from University of Nevada, Reno |
| Coppertown, USA - Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan. |
| Cornish Mines and Mining History - |
| Country Boy Gold Mine - The only real mine tour in Summit County where you can see real miners working and operating real equipment -- and go over 1,000 feet underground! |
| Creede Underground Mining Museum - Silver was discovered here in 1889. |
| Cripple Creek, Colorado - Information on the Cripple Creek and Victor mining districts |
| Cripple Creek History - Stories from Colorado's Greatest Gold Camp |
| Crown King, Arizona - One of the richest and roughest mining areas in Territorial Arizona. |
| Crystal Gold Mine Tour - Authentic 1880's underground gold mine |
| Dahlonega, Georgia - Located on top of the largest gold deposits found east of the Mississippi River in the USA. |
| Marcus Daly Mansion - One of the Butte Copper Kings and a founder of The Anaconda Company. The website includes photos of his mansion and biographical information |
| Darwin, California - Near Death Valley |
| Dawson City Museum and Historical Society - |
| Dayton, Nevada - Earliest settlement in the state, originating with settlers attracted by gold in the area, and the Carson River which runs through the valley. |
| Deadwood - Information on historic mining town in the Black Hills, South Dakota. |
| Death Valley National Park - History and Culture - Ghost towns, Harmony Borax Works, Keane Wonder Mine and Mill, Scotty's Castle and more ......from National Park Service |
| El Dorado Gold Mine - trip through Alaska's gold mining history |
| Empire Mine State Historic Park - For more than 100 years, Empire Mine in Grass Valley was one of the largest, deepest, longest operating and richest gold mines around - producing nearly six million ounces of gold |
| Forgotten Nevada - A Monograph on Nevada's Historical Sites from 1850-1950 |
| Friends of Rhyolite - Great Nevada Ghost Town, lots of photos ! |
| Ghost Town Explorers - |
| Ghost Town Gallery - More than 700 pictures from 119 Ghost Towns |
| Ghost Town of the Month - Information on over 40 Arizona (USA) Ghost Towns. Directions, Maps, history and color photos. Online since 1995. |
| Ghost Town Photography - Black and white photos |
| Ghost Town Photos - |
| Ghost Town Seekers - Exploring and photography with history articles of sites in Nevada, California, Utah, and Missouri , plus a little Vegas gallery. |
| Ghost Town USA - Researching and exploring ghost towns throughout the United States and Canada since 1968. |
| Ghost Towns of Death Valley - Great photos |
| Ghost Towns of the American West - Panorama views of Bodie and Rhyolite |
| Ghost Towns - Montana - Sites from Online Highways - Travel Guide to Montana |
| Gilt Edge, Montana - |
| Gold Celt Byway - Retrace the historic travel routes connecting Cripple Creek and Victor Mining District, to the communities of Florence, Caņon City and Florissant. |
| Gold Bug Park - Hangtown, California |
| Gold Mining in North Carolina - The first discovery of gold in the U.S. was in 1799 in North Carolina. This webpage contains an article about the history of that discovery as well as links to other information about the N.C. Gold Rush. |
| Gold Mining in Washington State - book |
| Gold Point, Nevada - |
| Gold Rush - Centennial Photographs (1893-1916), from the Alaska State Library |
| Gold Rush Chronicles - Gold Rush History throughout the Mother Lode, with emphasis on El Dorado County, where gold was first discovered. Includes information on Coloma, Old Hangtown, the Hangtown Fry, mining towns, gold terms, and the people who touched the history of this region. |
| Goodyears Bar - History of many of the gold town in northern california during the 1849 era. |
| Herons Reef Historic Gold Diggings - Authentic gold mining site on 113 acres (45 hectares) in Fryerstown, Victoria, Australia. |
| Hidden Treasure Gold Mine Tours - A Hardrock Gold Mine in Columbia, California |
| Historic Highway 49 - Guide to the California Mother Lode |
| Homestake Mine Tour - Provides captivating surface tours that explore the historic town of Lead and Homestake Gold Mine's underground surface operation |
| Hydraulic Mining - Excellent collection of images from the Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum |
| Idaho Manuscript Resources - University of Idaho Library. Interesting historical document collection, featuring several mining related items. |
| Independence Mine State Historical Park - Alaska |
| Ghost Towns of Iowa - |
| Jackson, California - Mining history |
| Jerome: Historic Mining Town - Sponsored by the Jerome Chamber of Commerce and the Jerome Historical Society |
| Jerome, Arizona - A Ghost Town turned into a lively artisans and writers community |
| Jerome Historical Society - |
| Johnnie, Nevada - |
| Julian Mining District - Now more famous for apple pies than it is for its past gold mining activity |
| Kellogg, Idaho - Center of Coeur d'Alene Mining District (Now known as the Silver Valley) |
| Kennedy Gold Mine - Jackson, California |
| Killhope - The North of England Lead Mining Museum |
| Klondike Gold Rush - National Historic Park, from the US National Park Service |
| Leadville, Colorado - North America's highest incorporated city (10,430 feet elevation), and the frontier West's wildest, richest, silver mining Boom Town. |
| Lebanon Silver Mine Tour - Optional walking tour on the route of Georgetown Loop Railroad |
| Library of Congress - Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) and Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) - The collections document achievements in architecture, engineering, and design in the United States and its territories through a comprehensive range of building types and engineering technologies. |
| Llywernog Silver-Lead Mines - Restored water-powered Silver-lead Mine in the old Cardiganshire Mining District of Mid Wales, U.K. Now a central mines heritage centre for the area. Underground tours, museum, guided walks, panning, book shop and minerals. Mine Heritage Packages planned in near future, including Welsh Goldfield Tours. |
| Lost Dutchman State Park - Arizona |
| Lucky Strike Gold and Gem Mine - Open year round on the Second Broad River at Vein Mountain, Marion NC. Gold panning, sluicing, crevassing, highbanking and dredging. Campground with full hookups on the river. |
| Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park - Site of largest "hydraulic" mine in California (California State Parks Page) |
| Maps of the Past - Offers over 1,500 restored historical maps for well seasoned cartography enthusiasts, treasure hunters, genealogists, home decor enthusiasts and novice history buffs alike. Includes a selection of Mining Maps |
| Mariposa Museum - California Gold Rush History |
| Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park - Location of the 1848 California gold discovery. |
| McCarthy & the old Kennecott Copper Mine - Alaska |
| Mining Heritage Society of Ireland - Seeks to develop the informed public awareness, appreciation, conservation and enjoyment of all facets of mining heritage throughout Ireland. |
| Mining History Association - Organization of individuals interested in the history of mining and metallurgy |
| Mining History Information Pages - Concentrating on research related to WALES AND SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND |
| Mining History Network - Using the Internet for continuing communication between researchers |
| Mining History Sites of the Pacific Southwest Region - Mining History Sites in the National Forests, from United States Department of Agriculture - Forest Service |
| Mining The Copper Basin In Southeast Tennessee - |
| MiningBureau - Colorado mining history in photographs and images. |
| Mojave Desert Gold Mines - Gold Mines, Silver Mines, Mills and various other minerals |
| Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine - Cripple Creek, Colorado |
| Monetary History - Excellent articles on Bimetallism and the Crime of 1873 |
| Monte Cristo Mine - History of the famous Monte Cristo Gold Mine of the San Gabriel Mountains in the Angeles National Forest |
| Mt. Gothic Tomes - Dealers in rare books and Western Americana: old maps; antique photographs; historical documents; scripophily (stock certificates); historical artifacts; and other relics from the American West |
| Musuem of the City of San Francisco - Gold Rush, features about 20 articles on gold in California. |
| Museum of Lead Mining - Scotland |
| National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum - Marvelous museum celebrates the colorful history of mining in the United States. |
| National Mining Memorabilia Association - Background and history related to mining memorabilia commonly collected and researched in the United Kingdom |
| National Register of Historic Places - Spend hours (days?) searching about 12,000 historic districts containing almost 80,000 historic sites |
| Shawn Hall's Nevada Ghost Towns - Detailed county by county listing of Nevada's many ghost towns and mining camps. More than 1600 photos on the site! Features a different ghost town profile each month. |
| Nevada History - A Walk in the Past |
| New Mexico Mining Museum - Visit the Only Underground Uranium Mining Museum in the World |
| North Georgia's Gold Rush - By 1828 mining operations had begun in Lumpkin, White and Union counties |
| Oakland Museum of California Gold Rush Exhibits - On the 150th anniversary of Marshall's discovery, the Oakland Museum of California unveiled a series of exhibitions titled Gold Rush! California's Untold Stories. |
| Pedro Gold Dredge - History of the Pedro Dredge (located in Chicken, Alaska) which mined Pedro Creek in Fairbanks and Chicken Creek. |
| Phoenix Gold Mine - Idaho Springs, Colorado. |
| Pinos Altos, New Mexico - The Main Street of this charming old gold-mining town is like an old western movie set. |
| One Hundred Gold Mine Tour - Silverton, Colorado |
| Peak District Mines Historical Society - |
| Peak District Mining Museum - |
| Prophet Gold Mine - Tourist attraction in Queensland, Australia. A real gold mine where tourist pan for gold and can watch a gold pour demonstration our web site holds lots of interesting and educational information on gold |
| Quincy Mine Hoist Association - Purpose is to educate people about the history of copper mining in Michigan, especially about the Quincy Mining Company, and to preserve the mine site. |
| Randsburg Railway - Serviced local mining operations, notably the Yellow Aster in Randsburg which became the largest gold mine in southern California. |
| Reed Gold Mine - North Carolina Gold Rush |
| Rhyolite - Ghost town between Death Valley and Beatty, Nevada. |
| Rhyolite, Nevada - third largest city in Nevada by 1908 |
| Ripley's Ghost Towns - |
| Rossland Mining Museum - Over 100 years ago, gold was discovered on Red Mountain (British Columbia, Canada) and the Le Roi Mine was constructed |
| Sandon, British Columbia - Silver-lead mining in 1890s |
| Shakespeare Ghost Town - Official site |
| Silver City / Grant County, New Mexico - Chamber of Commerce |
| Silver Mining in South Australia - |
| Sonora, California - Queen of the Southern Mines |
| Sovereign Hill - Depicts Ballarat's first ten years after the discovery of gold in 1851 |
| Sterling Hill Mining Museum - underground zinc mine in northwestern New Jersey open for tours to all. |
| Sumpter Valley Dredge Elkhorn Mountain Range, Oregon. |
| Sutter Creek, California - Jewel of the Mother Lode |
| Sutter Gold Mine Tour - Modern hard rock mine located on historic Highway 49 just north of Sutter Creek, south of Amador City at the site of several historic mines. |
| Texas Ghost Towns - |
| Texas History - Articles/research on the Bowie Lost Mine and San Saba Lost Mine |
| Texas History: Silver - |
| Thermal City Gold Mine - Recreational gold and gem mining facility in North Carolina |
| http://www.timminsgoldminetour - |
| Tombstone, Arizona - Story and pictures |
| Tonopah Historic Mining Park - Find out about this unique experience!! Roamamong 110 acres of circa 1900 mining property with three complete separate original hoisting works, many buildings and exhibits and a restored underground adventure! |
| Tumco/Hedges - California desert mining |
| Utah Ghost Towns - |
| Utah Mining History - Brief article |
| Vanishing Nevada - Photos |
| Victor, Colorado - located at nearly 10,000 feet on the southwestern side of Pikes Peak, |
| Virginia City, Nevada - one of America's largest Historic Landmarks |
| Virginia City, Nevada - Convention and Tourism Authority |
| Vulture Gold Mine - Arizona |
| Waihi Gold Mining Museum New Zealand |
| Welsh Mines Society - |
| Western Ghost Towns - |
| Western Mining History - Documents the historical, social, and political landscape of the American West through a study of its mining heritage |
| Western Museum of Mining and Industry - Non-profit educational museum, supported by people interested in preserving the West's mining heritage |
| World Museum of Mining - A national historical site dedicated to preserving the mining, ethnic, and social history of Butte, Montana. |
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