Wallace, Idaho Silver History Site

Silver History Site
Wallace, Idaho 83873

Hours
Not Applicable

Admission
Free

As the “Silver Capital of the World,” Wallace, Idaho is awash in silver mining history sites. The most accessible of these is visible from Interstate 90, sharing a lot with the Wallace Chamber of Commerce. The ambiguously named “Silver History Site” is a public park dotted with mining equipment. The exhibit’s head frame, stamp mill, ore car, drills, bits, and even a closed tunnel is capped off with a statue of a miner with his wife and child, dedicated to all miners and their families.

View of the Wallace, Idaho Silver History Site
View of the Silver History Site

Shovel and ore cart at the Wallace, Idaho Silver History Site
Shovel and ore cart
Statue dedicated to the miners and their families by Ken Lonn at the Wallace, Idaho Silver History Site
Statue dedicated to the miners and their families by Ken Lonn.

Drill Bits at the Wallace, Idaho Silver History Site
Drill bits
Ore cart and head frame at the Wallace, Idaho Silver History Site
Ore cart and head frame
Collection of drills at the Wallace, Idaho Silver History Site
Collection of drills

Evolution tunnel with blast demonstration at the Wallace, Idaho Silver History Site
Evolution tunnel with blast demonstration.

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