Bunker Hill Mine

Bunker Hill Mine The Bunker Hill Mine and Smelting Complex, was a large smelter located in Kellogg, Idaho. When built, it was the largest smelting facility in the world.

The late 1880s saw a boom in mining activity in Idaho's Silver Valley as railroad lines were built through what was previously inaccessible wilderness. The Bunker Hill mine, the largest of the Coeur d'Alene area mines, was discovered in 1885 by Noah Kellogg. A cadmium processing facility was added to the smelter in 1945, which recovered high-grade cadmium from the smelter's waste products. In 1899

the Bunker Hill and Sullivan mines were receiving fifty cents to a dollar less per day than other miners. The Bunker Hill Mining Company operated the only mines in the district that were not unionized, and the only mines that paid less than union scale of $3.50 per day. On April 29, 1899, 250 union miners seized a train in Burke and drove it to Wardner, the site of a $250,000 mill of the Bunker Hill mine. The miners set off three thousand pounds of dynamite, destroying the mill. Two men were killed, one of them a non-union miner, the other a union man accidentally shot by other union miners.

11/05/2022
Still need info on the Russel tunnel from anyone working in that area in 1989 to 1991. Thanks. Bob Hopper
10/17/2015

Still need info on the Russel tunnel from anyone working in that area in 1989 to 1991. Thanks. Bob Hopper

10/16/2015

Does anyone out there have experience working in the Russel tunnel in Wardner in 1989 to 1991? Or if you have any friends or relatives that worked the Russel tunnel in those years let us know. Bob Hopper would love to chat with you.

Beautiful Milo Gulch in the background.
09/28/2015

Beautiful Milo Gulch in the background.

09/28/2015
Does anyone know where this? Bonus if you know what mine level.
09/25/2015

Does anyone know where this? Bonus if you know what mine level.

Russell Tunnel
09/25/2015

Russell Tunnel

09/25/2015

The soon to be finished Russell tunnel, it is way bigger than it looks.

40 tons of lead concentrate ready to ship to China
09/25/2015

40 tons of lead concentrate ready to ship to China

09/23/2015

Delicate placement of timber on steel sets

220 feet in to the Russell Tunnel
09/23/2015

220 feet in to the Russell Tunnel

Address

140 Railroad Avenue
Kellogg, ID
83837

Opening Hours

Monday 7am - 5pm
Tuesday 7am - 5pm
Wednesday 7am - 5pm
Thursday 7am - 5pm
Friday 7am - 5pm
Saturday 7am - 5pm

Telephone

+12087869891

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