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NATIONAL REGISTER BULLETIN Technical information on the the National Register of Historic Places: survey, evaluation, registration, and preservation of cultural resources U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service Cultural Resources National Register, History and Education Guidelines for Identifying, Evaluating, and Registering Historic Mining Properties The mission of the Department of the Interior is to protect and provide access to our Nation'snatural and cultural heritage and honor our trust responsibilities to tribes. The NationalPark Service preserves unimpaired the natural and cultural resources and values of the NationalPark System for the enjoyment, education, and inspiration of this and future generations. The Park Service cooperates with partners to extend the benefits of natural and cultural resource conservation and outdoor recreation throughout this country and the world. This material is partially based upon work conducted under a cooperative agreement withthe National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers and the U.S. Department of the Interior. Cover Photo: This photograph of Lead Historic District in South Dakota illustrates the complex array of mineral extraction facilities, mills, worker housing, and tailings piles which typify the industrial nature of many historic mining properties. (Scott Gerloff) NATIONAL REGISTER BULLETIN GUIDELINES FOR IDENTIFYING, EVALUATING, AND REGISTERING HISTORIC MINING PROPERTIES BY BRUCE J. NOBLE, JR. AND ROBERT SPUDE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER, HISTORY AND EDUCATION NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES 1992, Revised 1997 TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface............................................................................................................... ................................................................ .ii Acknowledgments ...................................................................................................................................................................iii I. Introduction...................................................................................... ........................................................................................ 1 II. Historic Contexts for Mining .......................................................................................................................................................... .3 Sources of Historic Context Information......................... .................................................................................................................4 III. Identification ................................................................................................................................................................................6 Survey and Documentation................................................................................ ............................................................................... 6 Preliminary Research ................................................................................................................................................ 7 Field Survey ..................................................................................................................................................................7 Property Analysis............................................ ............................................................................................................9 Identifying Property Types ................................................................................................................................................................9 Extraction.......................................................... ..................................................................................................................... 10 Beneficiation .................................................................................................................................................................. 11 Refining ...........................................................................................................................................................................12 Engineer-Designed Complexes......................................................................................................................................... 13 Mining Landscapes ............................................................................................................................................................... 13 Related Property Types ...................................................................................................................................................... 14 IV. Evaluation ................................................................................................................................................................................ 15 Applying National Register Criteria to Mining Properties ......................................................................................................... 15 Criterion A ............................................................................................................................................................................ 15 Criterion B ........................................................................................................................................................................ 17 Criterion C............................................................................................... ........................................................................ 17 Criterion D ............................................................................................................................................................... 17 Criteria Considerations ............................................................................................................................................... 18 Integrity ...................................................................................................................................................................................19 Location............................................................. ............................................................................................................... 19 Design ...........................................................................................................................................................................20 Setting ......................................................................................................................................................................... 20 Materials ................................................................................................................................................................. 21 Workmanship ........................................................................................................................................................................21 Feeling ....................................................................................................................................................................... 21 Association ...................................................................................................................................................................21 V. Documentation and Registration............................................................................................................................................ 22 Section 7: Description .......................................................................................................................................................................23 Section 8: Significance............................................................................... .........................................................................................24 Section 10: Boundaries ............................................................................................................................................................................... 25 VI. Selected Bibliography ........................................................................................................................................................26 Sample Periodicals and Journals........................................................................................................................................................ 26 Books ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 26 VII. Glossary................................ ............................................................................................................................................................29 VIII. National Register Bulletins.............................................................................................................................................................. .31 PREFACE Mining activity comprises an impor actual mining occurred have received The National Register evaluation tant component of our nation's heritage. considerably less attention.However, process offers a framework for assessing Native Americans engaged in the the industrial mining sites often face the the significance of mining sites, while extraction