
Welcome to Western Mining History. My goal for this site is to document the historical, social, and political landscape of the American West through a study of its mining heritage. This is a huge and ongoing project. I currently have over 2000 images in the database and expect to add many more in the near future. I hope you find this site as informative and enjoyable to view as it was for me to create.
Town profiles have been added for Columbia, California; Fiddletown, California; Murphys, California; Volcano, California
I have scanned and uploaded 24 images from postcards and prints I've had lying around for a while.
I have finished scanning the entire book "Placer Examination - Principles and Practice" - a BLM publication:
Placer Examination - Principles and Practice with Glossary of Placers Terms
I Finally finished integrating the USGS mines place name coordinate database into Western Mining History. You can see the result here:
Database of Mines
I have setup a Facebook fan page here:
Click here to visit the Western Mining History fan page at Facebook
Town profiles have been added for Belmont, Nevada; Dayton, Nevada; Gold Hill, Nevada; Gold Hill, Nevada; Silver City, Nevada; Bodie, California