Sunset Mine, Placer Center Mining District, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA
A mass of brown sphalerite and sparse gray galena from the Sunset Mine. Small bits of magnetite make this piece magnetic.
A sawn and polished mass of brownish sphalerite, bright silver galena (best seen by reflected light) and lean magnetite from the South (lower) adit of the Sunset mine. Day Mines, Inc. leased the upper and lower adits to separate parties circa 1949 with the South adit lease terminated in 1950 due to declining metal prices and high labor costs. The ...
Photo of the Sunset Mine and mill showing the head-frame, mill buildings, and waste heaps
© University of Idaho Collection
Photo showing support facilities for the Sunset Mine including timbering and lagging piles. The houses in the background are likely miners quarters as this was a remote mine and a the small town of Sunset sprang up to house miners and their families.
The headframe above the shaft at the Sunset Mine. In the background are some open stopes on the vein.
