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The Birch Creek Charcoal Kilns are a group of beehive-shaped clay charcoal kilns near Leadore, Idaho, built in 1886. They were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. The kilns were built in 1886 to produce charcoal to fuel the smelter at Nicholia, which smelted lead and silver ore from the Viola Mine about 10 miles east of ...
Smelting is the process of extracting metal from ore. [5] Charcoal-fueled smelting in both pits and kilns had been used in Utah since at least 1872. [6] Overall, there were 36 beehive-shaped smelting kilns operating in the district. [7]
The state sales tax was introduced at 3% in 1965, easily approved by voters, [7] where it remained until 1983. [8] The sales tax is 6% with a very limited, selective local option up to 6.5%. Sales tax applies to the sale, rental or lease of tangible personal property and some services. Food is taxed, but prescription drugs are not.
Laclede is located on U.S. Route 2 at the intersection of Riley Creek and the Pend Oreille (pronounced Pond O'Ray) [2] River. Laclede has a post office with ZIP code 83841. [3] Laclede is surrounded by forested lands. The Riley Creek Recreation Area and Pend Oreille Wildlife Management Area lie one mile (1.6 km) SW of Laclede. [4]
The NPL guides the EPA in "determining which sites warrant further investigation" for environmental remediation. [2] The industrial sites were areas of mining, heavy metal processing and manufacturing, during a period when processes were inefficient and wastes were dumped, contaminating water and land, with polluting materials also released ...
The three surviving beehive-shaped kilns were built of local sandstone about 30 feet (9.1 m) in circumference and about 30 feet (9.1 m) high, with 24-inch-thick (61 cm) walls. A granite marker reads: Charcoal Kilns were built by Moses Byrne, 1869, to supply the pioneer smelters in the Utah Valley. [1] [2] Moses Byrne settled in Piedmont about 1867.
A University of Idaho study found that in 2021 alone, 17,000 people between the ages of 21 and 30 moved away from Idaho. At the same time, we have a booming clean energy industry that desperately ...
Big Creek is an unincorporated community in Shoshone County, Idaho, United States, outside the city of Kellogg. It is near where National Forest Develop Road 264 becomes Big Creek Road. The Shoshone Country Club was developed north of Big Creek.