Mining and Prospecting

WEB SITES

• Idaho Mining Association
• Mines and Minerals, Idaho Geological Survey
• BLM Idaho, Mining and Minerals, Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
• Mining Claims, Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
• Mines and Minerals, Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
• Geography- Mining in Idaho, Digital Atlas of Idaho
• [stacks] Idaho Government Documents – This is a digital repository for Idaho Government Documents.
• The Idaho Pamphlet File also contains clippings on mines and mining in Idaho. Folders are filed under Mining-History and also by specific mines or mining districts, e.g. Blackbird Mine or Atlanta Mining District.
• Idaho State Historical Society Reference Series

BOOKS

• Anderson, Wayne N. How to build and use your own gold concentrator. Twin Falls, Idaho: Wayne N. Anderson, 1986.
• Ballard, Samuel Milroy. Geology and Gold Resources of Boise Basin, Boise County, Idaho. Moscow, Idaho: University of Moscow, 1924.
• Ballard, Samuel Milroy; edited by Arthur M. Piper. Geology and gold resources of Boise Basin, Boise County, Idaho. Moscow, Idaho: University of Idaho, 1924.
• Bennett, Earl H.; Virginia S. Gillerman. Mining, minerals, and the environment in Idaho, 1993, 1994, and 1995. Moscow, Idaho: Idaho Geological Survey, University of Idaho, 1994 and 1997.
• Best Management Practice for Mining in Idaho. Boise, Idaho: Idaho Dept of Lands, Bureau of Minerals. 1992.
• Boericke, William Fay.  Prospecting and Operating Small Gold Placers. New York, London, J. Wiley & Sons, Inc.; Chapman & Hall, limited, 1936.
• Capps, Stephen Reid. Gold placers of the Secesh Basin, Idaho County, Idaho. Moscow, Idaho: University of Idaho, 1940.
• DeLorenzo, Lois M. Gold Fever and the Art of Panning and Sluicing. Baldwin Park, California: Gem Guides Book Co., 1970, 1978, 1997.
• Ettinger, L. J. (Len J.). The Idaho prospector’s guide to gold. Challis, Idaho: L.J. Ettinger, 1981.
• Gardner, E. D., and Marion Clawson. (Eugene Delos). Guide to prospecting for lode gold/Locating mining claims on the public domain. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, 1950.
• Gustafson, Jon. Mining Districts of the State of Idaho. Moscow: Idaho Geological Survey, 1987. rev. ed.
• Gustafson, Jon. Mining districts of the state of Idaho. Map, Scale 1:1,000,000 (W 117p0s15–W 111p0s00/N 49p0s00–N 42p0s00). Moscow, Idaho: Idaho Geological Survey, 1987. Rev. ed.
• Idaho Gemstone, Rock, and Recreational Mining Guide. Moscow, Idaho: Idaho Geological Survey, University of Idaho, 1993.
• Robbins, Jim, compiler. Idaho Information Guide: Locating Mining Claims. Boise, Idaho: Idaho State Office, BLM, 1990.
• Idaho Inspector of Mines. Annual Report of the Mining Industry of Idaho for the year... Boise, Idaho. Boise, Idaho: Office of the Inspector of Mines, 1906-
• Cumulative Index to the Annual Reports of the Mining Industry of Idaho, 1899-1937. Boise, Idaho: Boise Public Library, 1984.
• Kathan, Melvin L. Panning Gold for Fun and Profit. Portland, Or. : M. Kathan, 1973. 5th ed.
• Laws Governing the Staking and Filing of Mining Claims in Idaho. Moscow, Idaho: Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology, Dept. of Lands, 1982.
• Lindgren , Waldemar. Gold and Silver Veins of Silver City,  De Lamar,  and Other Mining Districts of Idaho. Washingthon, DC, GPO,1900.
• Lindgren, Waldemar. Gold and silver veins of Silver City, De Lamar and other mining districts in Idaho. Washington, D.C. : Government Printing Office, 1900.
• Ach, Jay A., and others. Mineral Resources of the Little Owyhee River Wilderness Study Area, Owyhee County, Idaho. Menlo Park, California: U.S. Geological Survey, 1986.
• Idaho Inspector of Mines. The Miner’s Guide of the State of Idaho. Boise, Idaho: Inspector of Mines, 1946.
• Mitchell, Victoria E. Geologic Map of the Boise Quadrangle, Idaho. Moscow: Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology, 1979.
• Mitchell, Victoria E. Mining Properties in the Mines and Prospects Series Map Series for Idaho. Moscow, Idaho, Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology.  1982.
• Committee on the Lindgren volume, John Wellington Finch, chairman, with contributions by C. H. Behre, jr., S. H. Ball, P. Billingsley [and others]. Ore Deposits of the Western States. Rocky Mountain Fund Series. New York : American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, 1933. 1st ed.
• Ream, Lanny R.  The Gem and Minerals Collector’s Guide to  Idaho. Baldwin Park, California: Gem Guides Book Co., 2000. Rev. ed.
• Robbins, Jim. Idaho Information Guide: Locating Mining Claims. Boise, Idaho: Idaho State Office, BLM, 1990.
• Romaine, Garret. Gold panning the Pacific Northwest: a guide to the area’s best sites for gold. Guilford, Connecticut: Falcon Guides, 2015.
• Staley, W. W. (William Wesley). Elementary methods of placer mining. Moscow, Idaho: University of Idaho, 1934. 10th ed.
• Savage, Carleton Norman. Geology and Mineral Resources of Ada and Canyon Counties.  Moscow, Idaho: Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology, 1958.
• Savage, Carleton Norman. Geology and Mineral Resources of Gem and Payette Counties. Moscow, Idaho: Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology, 1961.
• Staley, W.W. Gold in Idaho. Moscow, Idaho: University of Idaho, 1946.
• Staley, W.W. Prospecting and Developing a Small Mine. Moscow, Idaho: [publisher not identified], 1961.
• West, John M. How to Mine and Prospect for Placer Gold. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Bureau of Mines/U.S. Government Publishing Office, 1971.

NEWSPAPERS

• The Mining Record

by Jim Jatkevcius, Boise Public Library, 2003; revised by Ronnie Joiner on March 11, 2019.