Mizpa Copper Mine

ID: 5560 ~ Source: Image courtesy of: University of Idaho, Ott Historical Photograph Collection.
This file appears in: The Sunken Ore of Lake Coeur d’Alene

Taken in 1915, the mine is located north of Beals Butte. Copper ore is contained in the burlap bags. Silver and Lead ore are contained in similar bags for transport also.

This file appears in: The Sunken Ore of Lake Coeur d’Alene

By Katherine Hentges
Lake Coeur d’Alene was a hotbed of steamboat activity in the late 1880s. At one time, the steamboat trade on Lake Coeur d’Alene was the greatest of any lake west of the Great Lakes. Lead and silver ore transportation made up the bulk of the…