2002 Mining History Association Field Trip
Murray Gold District, Sunshine Mine, and
Burk Canyon Tours
June 2002
Site of the Frisco Mill which was dynamited by union miners in 1892 during labor unrest.
Hecla Mine and Mill complex at Burk.
Hecla Mine Office (foreground) and hoist house.
Headframe at the main Hecla Mine shaft.
Hecla Mill and storage bins.
MHAers outside the mill buildings.
Taming Canyon Creek in the narrow canyon was solved by diverting it into a culvert running under the Hecla Mill.
