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Stalking the Smelters

Posted on September 1, 2021 by Ray Brooks / Comments Off

Detective Work in the Mountains Story and Photos by Ray Brooks I rose early and arrived by 11 a.m. at the southern gate to Nicholia, which had been a mining and smelting town in the 1880s. It’s now
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Ghosts of Brick and Stone

Posted on September 1, 2021 by Tom Straka / Comments Off

Idaho’s Charcoal Kilns By Tom Straka Contemporary photos by Dick Ringelstetter The charcoal kilns of central Idaho’s early mining days described here are accompanied by another story in this issue about the mines, smelters, and charcoal pits connected
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Whatever Comes

Posted on July 1, 2021 by Karlene Bayok Edwards / Comments Off

Tales of Backwoods Survival By Karlene Bayok Edwards Photos courtesy of Karlene Bayok Edwards “Hold still now,” Dad would say as he tipped the five-inch blade of his hunting knife beneath our splinters to lift them out. It
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Three Stinging Encounters

Posted on April 1, 2016 by Ray Brooks / Comments Off

The first time was back in the early 1980s, when I was driving home to Moscow with my buddy Kevin after a weekend climbing trip amid poison ivy-infested crags along the Salmon River above Riggins. Continue reading →

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Stalking the Smelters

Ghosts of Brick and Stone

Whatever Comes

Three Stinging Encounters

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