Western Mining History

Bi-Metallic Mill - Philipsburg, Montana

Welcome to the newly designed 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.

Aaron Walton - Webmaster

Updates:

February 23rd - Gold Districts of California by the California Division of Mines & Geology has been digitized and linked to a clickable map of all California Gold Districts - almost 350 of them. Table of Contents - Map of California Gold Districts

February 23rd - Two new book reviews have been added: Thomas F. Walsh – Progressive Businessman and Colorado Mining Tycoon & Riches to Rust

February 7th - Gold production articles have been completed for all Western counties. Recent updates include Alaska, New Mexico, South Dakota, Utah, and Washington. Gold Producing District Index

July 3rd - Gold Hill, Colorado; Nederland, Colorado; Ward, Colorado Town profiles and galleries.

January 9th - Angels Camp, California; Jackson, California; Jamestown, California; Mokelumne Hill, California; Sonora, California; Sutter Creek, California Town profiles and galleries.

January 1st - Amador City, California; Coloma, California; Placerville, California; San Andreas, California Town profiles and galleries.

December 13th - Coulterville, California; Mariposa, California; Weaverville, California; Yreka, California Town profiles and galleries.

November 29th - Sierra City, California; Downieville, California; Grass Valley, California; Auburn, California Town profiles and galleries.

November 21st - Nevada City, California Town profile and gallery.

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