Bunker Hill Mine Smelter

ID: 5435 ~ Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kellogg,_Idaho#/media/File:Bunker_Hill_smelter_operating_in_winter_snow,_1970s.jpg ~ Creator: Environmental Protection Agency ~ Date: 1970s

This file appears in: Kellogg: Center of Silver Valley: A Town Founded by a Donkey

The waste from the mining operations contaminated the soil in a 21-mile area through the silver valley. After the Bunkerhill MIne closed in the 1980s the area was deemed a Superfund site.

This file appears in: Kellogg: Center of Silver Valley: A Town Founded by a Donkey

Kellogg: Center of Silver Valley: A Town Founded by a Donkey

By Jordan Parker

The small town of Kellogg has a colorful history; from a mining boomtown to environmental cleanup and finally to a popular site for outdoor recreation.