Mining
- A Family Visits Their Mine - c. 1905As low as $5.00Visiting Dad at his workplace is not a new idea, as shown by this hundred-year-old photo of a wife and children visiting these two men at their mine. Learn More
- Assembling a Steam Gold Dredge, Eastern Oregon - c. 1900As low as $5.00This large steam-powered gold dredge is under construction on an unidentified river somewhere in eastern Oregon, probably near Baker City, where photographer Martin Hazeltine operated his studio. Learn More
- Bonanza Gold Mines and Hoisting Plant - c. 1903As low as $5.00The Bonanza Gold Mine was the largest and probably the most valuable free gold mine in the Pacific Northwest. It was located on the ridge north of Geiser Creek, about five miles east of Greenhorn in Baker County. Learn More
- Deschutes River at Twin Crossings - circa 1910As low as $5.00Construction has just begun for the south railroad trestle across the Deschutes at Milepost 44, north of Sherars Falls. Learn More
- Horse Drawn Mining Wagon near La Grande c 1890As low as $5.00We are identifying the location and date of this scene at a small hard-rock mine by its photographer, J. C. Clark, who worked in La Grande from 1889 to 1891. Learn More
- Launching a Dredge in the John Day River - circa 1895As low as $5.00While the dredge was not yet fully complete, it was clearly ready to be moved away from the docks and to float on its own. A crowd has gathered to observe the event. Learn More
- Miners at Their Camp near La Grande - circa 1890As low as $5.00A crew of about thirty men pauses for a portrait (and a smoke) at their small hard rock mine somewhere near La Grande, in Union County. Learn More
- O. S. Olson Mining Outfit, Eastern Washington - 1910As low as $5.00O. S. Olson was a mine owner who worked in Colorado in the early 1900s, and then in Idaho in the teens. His name is written in pencil on the back of our original photo. Learn More