User talk:Amos2500

Stibnite Idaho is a historic place on the National Register of Historical Places. Stibnite was listed in 1987.

Almost all buildings have been removed from the landscape by the US Forest Service Payette National Forest Ranger District, including several that were viewed by many as having historical significance. There is an ongoing investigation into the removal of privately owned historical buildings at Stibnite, Idaho that were removed by US Forest Service employees.

Block quote STIBNITE MINE PROJECT: PAYETTE NATIONAL FOREST The Stibnite Mine, near Yellowpine, Idaho, has a long history of mining and ownership, and therefore has become a long-term cleanup effort. The existence of gold has been known in the area since the Thunder Mountain gold rush in 1900. Valley County records indicate claims in the Stibnite area go back at least as far as 1914, when Albert Hennessy established his private ownership interests in several unpatented mining/mill claims through the provisions of the 1872 Mining Law, (30 U.S.C. 22) on public lands. Approximately 800 acres of private property also exists on the site.

The entire USFS article including photos can be viewed here:USFS Stibnite Removal Project

A recent FOIA to the US Forest Service about structure removal showed many structures dating back to the early 1920s were willingly removed by the USFS. The last liveable structure was occupied by it's owner from 1959 until it's destruction by the USFS in 1998. The owner of that property has sinced moved to Zena Creek and resides there today.

At one time as many as 5,500 people lived at Stibnite. There was a hospital, school, bowling alley, ski slope, airport, gas stations, hotels, churches and many houses.

Stibnite was always a happening place but the claim to fame for Stibnite is during WWII when strategic deposits of antimony and tungsten were capitalized upon. During the war years gold production was put on hold while tungsten and antimony came to the forefront of mining operations. It was such a significant mineral reserve that it was the only mine in the US where you could fulfill your military service operations. Ore concentrates were often hauled from Stibnite to a smelter in Salt Lake City Utah in military convoys. Supplies came into and out of Stibnite via private carrier, US Army convoys, and Army Air Corps flights. Personal accounts of life at Stibnite can be read here: Life in Stibnite Idaho