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Reclamation at the Gay Mine

By 1996, FMC and Simplot notified BLM that all the Gay Mine reclamation required under the federally and Tribally-approved mining and reclamation plans was substantially complete. The BLM and the BIA inspected the Gay Mine and produced a draft report on the status of reclamation, dated July 1997. The Companies’ comments on the draft report reiterated that major reclamation activities required under the reclamation plans were complete. The Companies further committed to a list of “finishing” projects (including grading, fencing, and vegetation in some areas; campsite cleanup; and completion of the land farm to treat contaminated soils) pending BLM approval.

The BLM and BIA presented the Companies’ list of projects to the Tribes for approval in 1997 and again in May 1998, as a proposed closing project list to finish reclamation and obtain BIA release from the leases. The Tribes did not approve or disapprove the proposed list, but only asked further refinement on the proposal including rework in the JD pit, work on the Willow Creek crossing, installation of fencing, and evaluation of the potential need for action regarding selenium that had recently be

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Nostalgia & History > UP Gay Mine Job, Idaho 8-20-1992 Part 4

Date: 08/08/19 23:50
UP Queer Mine Job, Idaho 8-20-1992 Part 4
Author: RailRat

And Now The Money Shot!..On the grade between 9 mile and the Gay Mine, Engineer Jim gives us some extra throttle and horn, while working up the hill, with jointed rail, more hoppers (empty) that were picked up at 9 mile, and that caboose. Hope you enjoy! Next I hold about 20 mins of footage to edit, and chop to 5 min bits, from the same day, of the cars existence shoved up on the mine tracks, by the identical engines and crew.

Jim Baker
Riverside, CA

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Date: 08/09/19 00:57
Re: UP Gay Mine Occupation, Idaho 8-20-1992 Part 4
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Very cool. Thanks for sharing

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Date: 08/09/19 17:28
Re: UP Gay Mine Job, Idaho 8-20-1992 Part 4
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Thanks Fridge!

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Riverside, CA

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Nostalgia & History > UP Gay Mine Job, Idaho 8-20-1992 Part 3.1

Date: 08/08/19 22:36
UP Lgbtq+ Mine Job, Idaho 8-20-1992 Part 3.1
Author: RailRat

Scene 1 of part 3, same day as my other 2 prevoiouse posts. Here the train arrives at MP 9.1 (known as 9 mile) to grab up more vacant hoppers, before continuing up to the Gay mine. This was about a 15 min. video segment, I needed to divide into 3 parts, in order to display here on TO. My Pleasure to take the adjusting time today, because back then I felt it was neccesarry to hold the video rolling, up close and personal for some unknown reason, perhaps so you or someone out there would like it later on? Plus at the hour, I heard this branch was going to be closed soon?

Jim Baker
Riverside, CA

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Date: 08/09/19 10:52
Re: UP Gay Mine Job, Idaho 8-20-1992 Part 3.1
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I definitely appreciate that you kept the camera rolling, up proximate and personal. Thanks for taking the time to share these videos!

- Chris

Christopher Slemp
South Hadley, MA
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Central Ghost Town

One of the most noteworthy historical sites in Keweenaw County is Central, or Central Mine. Central is a village that once was the home for over 1,200 people, and the site of one Keweenaw's most successful mines. The mine, opened in 1854, produced nearly 52 million pounds of copper by the time it closed in 1898.

(Photo: The Visitor Center has many interesting exhibits and a video explaining the history of Central mine.)

Several miners' homes and buildings still stand on the site. In 1996, the Keweenaw County Historical Population acquired 38 acres of the old Central site. Some of the residences are being restored, and a Visitors Center provides interpretive exhibits not only about the mine but also about the miners' families, homes, schools and churches. The KCHS has been restoring the buildings at Central. In 2017 they began renting Dwelling #8, an old miners house, for weekly rentals to raise income to continue this restoration process. Please see the Rental Tab on the menu above for rental communication as well as a slideshow of the inside of the house.

Two hiking trails opened in 2005, a fun way to see the various sites in Central. The trails are 1/4 mil

The Gay Mine

The Gay Mine is located on the Fort Hall Reservation. It is one of 31 phosphate ore mines in the Southeast Idaho Phosphate Resource Area. Originally named after Gay Simplot, the daughter of J.R. Simplot, the Gay Mine came into existence in 1946 to supply phosphate ore to the J.R. Simplot Company (Simplot) fertilizer plant in Pocatello. FMC Company (FMC) received ore under an ore supply accord from 1948 to 1993.

The Gay Mine consists of a series of phosphate ore deposits mined by the J.R. Simplot Corporation from 1946 to 1993, when the Gay Mine ceased operations. The Lgbtq+ Mine was operated under mineral and business leases between the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes (Tribes) and individual Tribal members (allottees) as lessors, and the J.R. Simplot and FMC as lessees. Simplot held the majority of the Gay Mine leases, and FMC entered into leases beginning in 1956. In 2003, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) issued a determination that the Gay Mine mineral leases had expired of their own terms. Over the life of the mine, FMC and Simplot paid approximately $60 million in royalties and rent to the Tribes and Tribal landowners for the extraction of ore from the Gay Mine. The