Blast from the Past - Ore Bins on the Mine Hill Above Mackay Idaho

2012: Make plans to make the FREE Mine Hill Tour part of your summer adventures. Mine Hill Tour Maps are available at Mackay City Hall, Sammy's, and the Chevron. 


The Mine Hill Tour needs your donations to continue to maintain and improve the tour. Send your donations to Mine Hill Preservation Committee, c/o Mackay City Hall, PO Box 509, Mackay, Idaho 83251.

Mackay Idaho Needs An Anvil Donation - February 12 2012

Blast from the Past - Leslie Ward LDS Relief Society on Mine Hill Tour August 5 2008

Mackay Idaho's Mine Hill Tour Stop #1: Shay Blacksmith Shop December 29 2011

The Mine Hill Preservation Committee chaired by Earl Lockie has been hard at work stabilizing the former Empire Mine Blacksmith Shop just above the Big Lost River at the former smelter site.  This is the first stop on the Mine Hill Tour (FREE and self-guided with interpretative signs). Mine Hill Tour maps are available at Mackay City Hall, Sammy's, Chevron, and many merchants in town - so, stop by for the map before heading up the Mine Hill.

Very unusual to have no snow on the ground at this time of year, December 29 2011

 Mining equipment displays inside the blacksmith shop.

 Same location in around 1908. The original blacksmith shop burned and was rebuilt without the cupola.

Mackay Mine Hill Tour Work Crew July 23 2011

Lin Pitkin, Leonard Wall, and Earl Wall gather to work on the Smelter Site Shay Blacksmith and Machine Shop July 23 2011

Blast from the Past - Shay Engine on White Knob

Historical photo of the Shay engine on the way up to White Knob above Mackay, Idaho. Although, the engine and tracks are gone, the entire Mine Hill Tour is available today - COME VISIT~



Donations Needed to Repair Mine Hill Tour Signs and Maintain Trail June 21 2011

Please send your donations to Mine Hill Tour, P.O. Box 509, Mackay, Idaho 83251

Mackay from Mine Hill June 13 2011

Empire Mine Headhouse June 13 2011

Guest Photos by Di Lords

Still have snow at the Mine Hill Ausich Cabin June 13 2011

Mine Hill Ausich Cabin June 13 2011. Guest Photos by Di Lords

Woodpecker Damage to Mackay's Mine Hill Tour Sign at the Cattle Guard June 4 2011

This hole in the Mine Hill Sign at the Cattle Guard appears to have been made by a woodpecker.

Mackay from the Cattle Guard on the Mine Hill March 7 2010