Hermes Mine and Cinnabar Camp
In 1942, while other mining camps slowly faded into obscurity, Cinnabar Camp was bustling with new construction: a three-story bunkhouse, a dozen cabins, and a mill rising from deep in the central Idaho mountains. This wasn't gold fever or silver dreams driving the activity. The United States needed
Livingston Mill
Two mills and a camp with 22 buildings. The Livingston is one of the most intact mining operations I've seen in Idaho, and it has a caretaker who lives on-site.
On the way in, we spotted the word "Trump" painted on one of the buildings. When
Hunting Grounds Mill
Clayton Mine
The Clayton Mine has something you rarely find at abandoned mines: a mill with nearly everything still inside. The coal-powered boiler still has coal in the bin. The massive diesel generator, the compressor, the ball mill, the flotation tanks, and vacuum filters are all still in place, as if the
Stanley Mine
