Worth-a-Visit

The Princess Blue Ribbon mine is a lead mine in Camas County. There are numerous structures and lot's of artifacts lying around.

The Muldoon District site is located in Muldoon Canyon. The mine site consists of several old homes, mining roads, and some mining buildings. There are lot's of artifacts lying around.

The Consolidated War Dance and Jolly Sailor Mines are silver, lead, copper and zinc mines outside of Hailey. These mines consist of large tailing piles and many metal and wood artifacts. There are still visible structures on the main tailing pile.

The Empire Mine is located outside of Mackay, Idaho. Although it's near the Mackay Mine Hill tour, it's on private property with many signs. I took some pictures from the top of the hill. There are still many buildings standing and equipment lying around.

Mackay Mine Hill is a historic tour that you can take of all the mines west of the town of Mackay. The town was developed in the early 1900s and many mines can be found west of town. The tour provides numerous numbered destinations with signs including information about each of the destinations.

The Red Elephant Mine is a lead, silver, and copper mine outside of Hailey. There is a very large structure still standing at this mine site. There are also numerous tailing piles and lots of metal and wood artifacts lying around.

The Rustler Claims Mine is located down Croy Creek Road outside Hailey. The mine consists of several buildings, many artifacts, tailing piles, and a mining structure. The buildings have no trespassing signs posted so I didn't get a close look. There is a date of 1967 by the Newton Mining Company on the concrete at the foot of the structure near the mine. There were no mine shafts visible. This mine is worth a visit.

The Independence gold mine is located outside of Sun Valley and down Independence Gulch. The mine consists of numerous mining roads, tailing piles, metal and wood artifacts. There is a entrance to a mine shaft but it was still buried in snow when I visited. There is also an old trailed with some shelves.

The Hornsilver mine is a large, open pit silver and gold mine in the Arco desert. There are two large pits, a runoff pond and an old building from the original mine. The area appears very polluted with heavy metals and there are numerous signs posted warning to not drink or go in the water. It's an easy hike from the road up to the pit. It smelled like sulphur.