Mining

• Abraham, T. P., Davis, R. C., & University of Idaho. (1992). Day to day: A guide to the records of the historic Day Mines group in the University of Idaho Library. Moscow: University of Idaho Library.
• Aiken, K. G. (2005). Idaho's Bunker Hill: The rise and fall of a great mining company, 1885-1981. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press.
• Bamonte, T., Bamonte, S., & Westerners. (2010). The Murray Gold Belt of Idaho's mighty Coeur d'Alenes: Past and potential of a sleeping giant. Spokane, WA: Tornado Creek Publications.
• Barrett, G. (1900). Idaho coal: H.F. Samuels and the Teton basin mines. S.l: s.n..
• Battien, P. (1989). The gold seekers-- a 200 year history of mining in Washington, Idaho, Montana & lower British Columbia. Colville, Wash: P. Battien.
• Battien, P. (1989). The gold seekers: ...a 200 year history of mining in Washington, Idaho, Montana & lower British Columbia. Washington? District of Columbia: s.n..
• Battien, P., & Eastern Washington University. (1998). The gold seekers-- a 200 year history of mining in Washington, Idaho, Montana & lower British Columbia. Colville, Wash: Eastern Washington University Libraries.
• Benedict, H. A. (1996). Place and community in the mining West: Lemhi County, Idaho, 1866-1929.
• Bennett, E. H., Idaho Geological Survey., & University of Idaho. (1994). Gold in Idaho. Moscow, Idaho: Idaho Geological Survey, University of Idaho.
• Bowers, T. (2012). The Boise Basin gold rush of 1862 and the vigilantes.
• Brainard, W., & In Chapman, R. (1998). Golden history tales from Idaho's Coeur D'Alene Mining District. Kellog, Idaho: Progressive Printing.
• Brock, J. (1995). The Sunshine Mine disaster. Moscow, Idaho: University of Idaho Press.
• Brockett, R. (1981). Prospecting and mining for opal along the Snake River in southwest Idaho during the eighteen nineties: A brief history of Idaho's opal industry in Owyhee County and a sketch of the early-day mining camp of Opaline. Klamath Falls, OR: Pick & Shovel Press.
• Burns, A. B. (1925). The labor history of the coeur d'alene mines, (1890-1900).
• Butler, L. F. (1884). The Coeur d'Alene mines: A concise description of their discovery, location and settlement : with a carefully prepared local map of the new gold fields under operation : the routes to and from the camp : digest of local and mining laws : and a general business directory of the principal towns and country adjacent. S.l.: L.F. Butler.
• Calvi, J. (2001). The historic Grouse Mountain Mining District (1886-1940): Three Rivers Ranger District, Kootenai National Forest. Troy, Mont: J. Calvi.
• Campbell, J. L. (1864). Idaho: Six months in the new gold diggings. The emigrant's guide overland. Itinerary of the routes, features of the country, journal of residence etc., etc. Chicago: J.R. Walsh.
• Cantrell, J. (1996). The controversial closure of the Bunker Hill Company: Revisiting the question of culpability.
• Carney, E., Johnson, E. S., & Idaho Centennial Commission. (1994). The mountain Carriboo and other gold camps in Idaho. Wayan, Idaho: Traildust Pub. Co.
• Chapman, R. (1994). Uncle Bunker: Memories in words and pictures. Kellogg, Idaho: Chapman Pub.
• Christian, J. W. (1967). The Kootenay gold rush: The placer decade, 1863-1872.
• Clark, J. (2005). Gold in quartz: The legendary Idaho Maryland Mine. A Grass Valley, CA: Comstock Bonanza Press.
• Clements, L. J., & Upper Snake River Valley Historical Society. (1991). Treasure stories of eastern Idaho. Rexburg, Idaho: Upper Snake River Valley Historical Society.
• Davis, C. M. (1991). One union against a town: Local 18 of the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers at the Bunker Hill Company, Kellogg, Idaho, 1941-1960.
• Day, J. M. (2007). The price of silver: The story of the Sunshine Silver Mine disaster. Carson City, NV: Bridger House Pub.
• Dolph, J. (1994). Fire in the hole: The untold story of hardrock miners. Pullman, Wash: Washington State University Press.
• Dolph, J., & Randall, A. G. (1999). Wyatt Earp and Coeur d'Alene gold: Stampede to Idaho Territory. Post Falls, Idaho: Eagle City Publications.
• Fee, E. T. (1968). The 1960 strike of the Coeur d'Alenes: An examination of alleged Communist influence.
• Fee, J. M. (1991). A dragon in the eagle's land: Chinese in an Idaho wilderness, Warren Mining District, ca. 1870-1900.
• Filby, E. E., & Meyers, S. (2012). Boise River gold country. Idaho Falls, ID: Sourdough Publishing.
• FMC Gold Company. (1993). Leesburg historic mining district Lemhi County, Idaho: A cultural resource investigation. Reno: Mariah Assoc. Inc.
• Forster-Priesmeyer, E. L. (1991). Gunfighter ethic on the industrial frontier: A social and cultural history of the Coeur d'Alene mining district.
• Gillerman, V. S., Idaho Geological Survey., & University of Idaho. (2001). Idaho mining and geology. Moscow, Idaho: Idaho Geological Survey, University of Idaho.
• Green, R. H. (2007). The lure of gold & silver: The story of central Idaho's pioneers and mining. New York, NY: RJ Communications.
• Greenough, W. E. (1947). First 100 years, Coeur d'Alene mining region, 1846-1946: Address before the Montana section of the American Institute of Mining & Metallurgical Engineers, Helena, Montana, November 16, 1946. Mullen, Idaho: W.E. Greenough.
• Harvey, C. D. H., & Bahr, H. M. (1980). The Sunshine widows: Adapting to sudden bereavement. Lexington, Mass: Lexington Books.
• Historic Wallace Preservation Society (Wallace, Idaho). (2010). The Silver Valley. Charleston, S.C: Arcadia Pub.
• Hyde, G. (2003). From hell to heaven: Death-related mining accidents in north Idaho. Coeur d'Alene, Idaho (PO Box 812, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho 83816-0812: Museum of North Idaho.
• Idaho Mining Association. (1940). Mining salutes Idaho's 50 years of statehood, 1890-1940. Boise, Idaho: Idaho Mining Association.
• Idaho State Historical Society. (1960). Idaho gold production, 1860-1866. Boise, Idaho: Idaho Historical Society.
• James, R. L., Lytle, J. C., & United States. (1995). Ruins of a world: Chinese gold mining at the Mon-Tung site in the Snake River Canyon. Idaho?: Bureau of Land Management.
• Jellum, S. P. (2003). Some central Idaho gold districts. Spokane, Wash: Northwest Mining News.
• Lee, W. H., & Geological Survey (U.S.). (2001). A history of phosphate mining in southeastern Idaho. Boise, Idaho: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey.
• Lindgren, W., & Knowlton, F. H. (2010). The mining districts of the Idaho basin and the Boise ridge, Idaho. Charleston, SC: Nabu Press.
• Luke, S., & Buckham, J. R. (1995). 100 years of mining. Wallace, Idaho?: s.n..
• Magnuson, R. G. (1968). Coeur d'Alene diary: The first ten years of hardrock mining in north Idaho. Portland, Or: Metropolitan Press.
• McCarl, R., & University of Utah. (1997). Contested space: The above and below ground landscape of Idaho's Coeur D'Alene mining district. Salt Lake City, Utah: Graduate School of Architecture, University of Utah.
• McIntyre, R. (1993). A survey of musical activity in the mining camps of Idaho through June of 1865.
• McKay, K. L. (2011). Mining Idaho's history: Metal mining in Idaho 1860-1960 : a mining context for Idaho. Boise, Idaho: Idaho State Historical Society.
• McKay, K. L., & Nezperce National Forest (Idaho). (1996). Hidden treasure: Historical overview of the Dixie Mining District, Idaho County, Idaho. Columbia Falls, Mont.?: Tracks of the Past?.
• McKay, K. L., & United States. (1998). Gold for the taking: Historical overview of the Florence Mining District, Idaho County, Idaho. Grangeville, Idaho: U.S. Forest Service.
• Merriam, H. C. (1899). Report of Brig. General H.C. Merriam, U.S. Army, on miners' riots in the state of Idaho. S.l: s.n..
• Milbert, F. M., & Milbert, J. L. (2004). Mining and treasure on Gold Creek, 1861-1973. Oakesdale, Wash. (Box 216, 110 West Steptoe Ave., Oakesdale, WA 99158: Arts & Crafts Book Bindery & Publishing.
• Miller, A. J., & Industrial Workers of the World. (1999). The legacy of the Bunker Hill Mine. Tacoma, WA: Working People's Library.
• Mining in Idaho. (1960). Boise: The Society.
• Mosch, A. (2008). Gold dust, dreams & life of a miner: True short stories & gold mining adventures from the secret diary of Alvin Mosch. Idaho Springs, CO: A. Mosch.
• Neff, C. W. (2000). The road to Roosevelt: An account of Idaho's last gold rush and life in the town of Roosevelt in 1902. Idaho?: s.n.
• Norlen, A. (1992). Death of a proud union: The 1960 Bunker Hill strike. Cataldo, Idaho: Tamarack Pub.
• Oberbillig, E., & Idaho State Historical Society. (1969). Mining in Idaho. Boise, Idaho: The Society.
• Patera, A. H. (1994). Pacific Northwest mining camps. Lake Grove, OR: Western Places.
• Phipps, S. S. (1988). From bull pen to bargaining table: The tumultuous struggle of the Coeur d'Alenes miners for the right to organize, 1887-1942. New York: Garland.
• Randall, A. G. (1994). Eagle City: Pride of the Coeur d'Alenes. Hayden, Idaho: Author.
• Reddy, S. D., & Heritage Program (Payette National Forest). (1996). Reluctant fortune, the story of the Seven Devils. McCall, Idaho?: Heritage Program, Payette National Forest, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Intermountain Region.
• Ross, C. P. (1930). A graphic history of metal mining in Idaho. Washington: Govt. Print. Off.
• Ross, C. P. (1963). Mining history of south-central Idaho. Moscow, Idaho.
• Schott, I. A. (1950). A History of the development of the Coeur d'Alene Basin in the state of Idaho.
• Silver Valley Economic Development Corporation. (1995). Gold strikes and silver linings: A collection of stories on the development of North Idaho's mineral wealth. Wallace, Idaho: Silver Valley Economic Development Corporation.
• Simhauser, A. E. (1965). The Coeur d'Alene labor war of 1899. Spokane, Wash.: Gonzaga University.
• Smith, R. W. (1961). The Coeur d'Alene Mining War of 1892: A case study of an industrial dispute. Corvallis: Oregon State College.
• Smith, R. W. (1993). History of placer and quartz gold mining in the Coeur d'Alene District. Fairfield, Wash: Ye Galleon Press.
• Soran-Senner, M. M. (1993). Music in the mining societies of northern Idaho, 1863-1890.
• Spence, C. C. (1999). For Wood River or bust: Idaho's silver boom of the 1880s. Moscow, Idaho: University of Idaho Press.
• Springer, D., Idaho Geological Survey., & University of Idaho. (1993). A century of mining in the greater Coeur d'Alene mining district. Moscow, Idaho: Idaho Geological Survey, University of Idaho.
• Staley, W. W., & Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology. (1945). Fine gold of Snake River and lower Salmon River, Idaho. Moscow: University of Idaho.
• Stapp, D. C. (2002). The historic ethnography of a Chinese mining community in Idaho.
• Steele, R. (2009). Cobalt: The legacy of the Blackbird Mine. Nevada City, CA: The Insightworks.
• Stephens, G. C., & Idaho Geological Survey. (1991). A history of gold mining on the Yankee Fork River, Custer County, Idaho. Moscow, Idaho: Idaho Geological Survey, University of Idaho.
• Stoll, W. T. (1991). Silver strike: The true story of silver mining in the Coeur d'Alenes. Moscow, Idaho: University of Idaho Press.
• Stoll, W. T., & In Whicker, H. W. (1932). Silver strike: The true story of silver mining in the Coeur d'Alenes. Boston: Little, Brown, and Co.
• Striker, M., & Sprague, R. (1993). Excavations at the Warren Chinese mining camp site, 1989-1992. Moscow: Alfred W. Bowers Laboratory of Anthropology, University of Idaho.
• Thomas, A. (2003). To riot or not to riot: Union labor strikes in Wood River Valley, Idaho, 1880-1890.
• Valley County History Project. (2012). Pans, picks & shovels: Mining in Valley County, Idaho. McCall, Idaho: Valley County History Project.
• Vergobbi, D. J. (1992). The newspaper as social composer of the North Idaho mining frontier.
• Vrem, D. W. (2004). A history of Idaho's dredge mining industry and the dredge mining control movement, 1896-1970.
• Waldbauer, R. C. (1986). Grubstaking the Palouse: Gold mining in the Hoodoo Mountains of North Idaho, 1860-1950. Pullman, Wash: Washington State University Press.
• Walkup, H. R. (1965). Industrial unrest in Idaho, 1887-1917: The quest for order on one frontier.
• Walters, L. (1932). Frank Steunenberg and the mine riots in Idaho.
• Wells, M. W. (1963). Gold camps & silver cities: Wherein is told the story of the rush of 1863 into the Boise basin and the Owyhee country and of what followed; how the gold-seekers and rainbow-runners transformed a hostile wilderness into Idaho Territory and, later, into the State of Idaho. Moscow, Idaho: Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology.
• Wells, M. W. (2002). Gold camps & silver cities: Nineteenth-century mining in central and southern Idaho. Moscow, Idaho: University of Idaho Press.
• Wells, M. W., & Barton, Stoddard, and Milhollin, Boise, Idaho. (1961). Rush to Idaho: With a supplementary section entitled Only a few struck it rich: economic conditions in the early North Idaho mines. Moscow, Idaho.
• Wells, M. W., Barton, Stoddard, and Milhollin., & Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology. (1960). Rush to Idaho. Moscow, Id: Idaho Bureau of Mines & Geology.
• Weston, J. W. (2009). The good times are all gone now: Life, death, and rebirth in an Idaho mining town. Norman, Okla: University of Oklahoma Press.
• Wolff, F. (2004). A room for the summer: Adventure, misadventure, and seduction in the mines of the Coeur d'Alene. Norman, Okla: University of Oklahoma Press.
• York, H. A. (1939). The history of the placer mining era in the state of Idaho.
• Zhu, L. (1994). The Chinese on the Rocky Mountain mining frontier: The Boise Basin, Idaho, 1863-1910.

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